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Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router | 
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| Brand: Linksys
Category: CE
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $144.77
You Save: $55.22 (28%)
New (31) Used (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  59 reviews
Sales Rank: 358
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 2.6 x 12.1 x 10
nv:Device Type: Wireless Router
Form Factor: Desktop
Form Factor: Wall Mountable
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11g
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11b
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11a
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11n
Wireless Data Transfer Rates: 270 Mbps
Wireless Transmit Power: 16 dBm
Security Protocols: WPA
Security Protocols: 128-bit WEP
Security Protocols: 64-bit WEP
Security Protocols: WPA2
Modulation Technology: BPSK
Modulation Technology: QPSK
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: WRT610N
Model: WRT610N
UPC: 745883585205
EAN: 0745883585205
ASIN: B001AZ01EO
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Gigabit Switch, with a built-in, dual-band, speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point | | • | Two simultaneous, separate, radio bands double your available bandwidth | | • | MIMO technology uses multiple radios per band to create robust signals for maximum range and speed, with reduced dead spots | | • | Connect a hard drive or flash-based USB storage device to allow access to your music, video, or data files from within your network, or through the Internet |
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Product Description
The sleek Simultaneous Dual-N Band WRT610N Router sets a new standard for design, expanded bandwidth, and robust performance. It's the ideal router for all your current and future digital entertainment needs. Introducing Linksys EasyLink Advisor (LELA), the application that provides and easy way to setup, view, manage, and repair your network - it's like having a Linksys expert in your home helping you to get the most out of your home network! Install it, set it up, and let it work for you! Linksys EasyLink Advisor works in the background, watching over your network. It will alert you to new devices, potential problems, security breaches and updates. If a problem occurs LELA steps in with a wizard to guide you and solve problems fast. It's so advanced, it's simple!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 54 more reviews...
 Worst EVER router!!! November 17, 2008
This is the worst ever router I have tested. I've had cheaper ones doing a better job. The N connection is a waste of time, effort and health!! It disconnects constantly, it has the worst wireless range, and I can keep saying only bad things about this worthless product! It really desappointed me awfully.
 Easily automatically configured with Apple MacBook Air with Mac OS X 10.5 at 5 GHz; but not with other wireless cards@ 2.4 GHz November 16, 2008
This Linksys WRT610N 2-channel wirelessly router works easily and smoothly with my Apple MacBook Air notebook computer with Mac OS X 10.5.5 at 5 GHz band of encryption methods of either WPA2-Personal TKIP or AES. In contrast, it did not work reliably at 2.4 GHz band with internal 54G wireless cards in my Dell Latitude D810 notebook PC and Brother MFC-8870DW wireless printer until two changes: 1) The encryption method has to be AES; TKIP did not work for me. This issue has been reported in many internet discussions. 2) I needed to call Linksys' technical support to modify some values in the 2.4 GHz band's Advanced Wireless settings to made successful and somewhat stable wireless connection. The 2.4 GHz band still does not provide a stable signal strength, which fluctuates from 1 to 48 GHz.br /br /The 2.4 GHz band can work, but Linksys may need to work on it. This is my personal and a casual wireless networking individual's observation.
 Excellent November 16, 2008
We bought this router to improve our wireless range at home. We went from an WRT5G to this. This router setup easliy with the linksys software. Once the first PC was added to the network I uninstalled the lela software. From there all is well. The dual bands are very nice. I have 2 PC's on the 5ghz band with one wireless gaming adapter. When I check my connection speed at any given time I am getting 270mbps. The 2.4 band is open to friends and family PC's when they come over. If they are 'G" only it doesn't slow down my "N" network at all. This is a very nice poduct and it's nice looking also.
 VISTA or DMA2200/DMA2100 users, don't do it - go with something else November 16, 2008
Linksys and all other router manufacturers advertises the greatness of the wireless 5ghz band (especially with 802.11n), but I'm beginning to have my doubts. It is true that the 5Ghz band is hardly being used so you'll have virtually no one to compete with,. However, the 5Ghz distance in no way compares to 2.4Ghz, and as a matter of fact, I find it to be quite terribe. At approximately 20 feet away, both my Linksys DMA2200 and HP notebooke barely get 1 bar using the 5Ghz N band with my WRT610N router. In comparison, while only using my 2.4Ghz WRT54g router, I get 5 full bars at that range, and at least 2 bars from anywhere else in my house. br /br /I have all Linksys equipment in my house as I have been impressed with all of their 2.4Ghz in the past. However, I've recently upgraded everything to dual-band N equipment and found numerous flaws in each of the new devices, plus none of them really even play well together. My setup is: Linksys 610n router, DMA2200 media center extender, and a WUSB600N Dual-Band Wireless-N USB Network Adapter for my laptop - all of which are currently using the most up-to-date firmware. Other devices include a WRE54G extender and Nintendo Wii.br /br /Problem #1) The LELA software with the new N devices doesn't even recognize that my DMA2200 is a media center extender. Using LELA, I should be able to select my media extender and allocate more bandwidth for streaming media. However, since my extender only shows up as an "unknown network device" those options are greyed out. I tried to manually change the device to a media center, but still no go. I suppose you can manually allocate bandwidth in the router setup somewhere, but considering these are all Linksys products, it's absolutely ridiculous that an option specifically incorporated in the LELA software for a Linksys Media Extender does not work!!! br /br /Problem #2) If you are only using one system with the router, the router might actually work as intended. For most of us though there are going to be at least 2 or more systems connected to the router (wired, wireless, or a combination of the two) such as a PS3, Wii, laptop, PC, media extender, Xbox, etc. If that's the case, you're probably screwed because you WILL experience frequent dropouts... ESPECIALLY if just one those clients is a VISTA machine. Check the linksys forums and you will find that this seems to be a problem with all of the new linksyss routers (610N, 310N, and 110). Here is a microsoft article that explains the problem [...] do to a problem with the way VISTA accepts DHCP requests from certain routers. Unfortunately, there is no real fix for this, even with the suggested registry modification which really doesn't fix the problem.br /br /Problem #3) Because of problem #2 I will never be able to get rid of the dropouts since my network is using one of Linksys's media center extenders. The DMA2200 is essentially a VISTA PC to some extent and accepts DHCP requests the same as a VISTA PC. Since it is not really a PC though, there is no registry modification that can be done to alleviate the VISTA problem (not hat the registry mod really works anyways). So as long as I try to use my DMA2200 wirelessly with my WRT610N router, the frequent dropouts will occur and there's nothing I can do about it. This is REALLY TERRIBLE since the DMA2200 is specifically designed to be used with the WRT610N router in order to take advantage of the 5Ghz band and wireless N transfer rates. You absolutely need 5Ghz wireless N to effeciently stream HDTV WIRELESSLY, but if you lose your connection every 10 minutes, it is impossible to watch any type of streaming media.br /br /Problem #4) As mentioned already, when the "N" 5Ghz range is working on the WRT510N router, the distance sucks compared to standard 2.4Ghz G, N or mixed mode networks. You can try to make it better by strictly using N products, disabling the 2.4ghz band all-to-gether, and using the wider 40mhz frequency, but it doesn't really help. The higher 5Ghz band is a more concentrated signal and therefore simply does not reach as far as the lower 2.4ghz band. I wonder why all of these new products state that the 5Ghz range will increase your distance, when in fact it actually makes it worse? br /br /So... basically, this router does nothing that it claims too and is basically rendered useless on any network with a VISTA machine. This has not been addressed by any Linksys firmware updates or VISTA software updates so there is no reason to even consider using this router if you you're using VISTA or some type of VISTA Media Center Extender such as the Linksys DMA2200. br /br /Although, I've always sworn by Linksys in the past, the amount of wasted time, frustration, and horrible support has really changed my view about them. I've reverted back to my old trustworthy WRT54g router and had to run cable through my house so that I wouldn't have to box my DMA2200 extender up and let it collect dust in the attic. It's really disappointing that I spent all this money to buy this equipment specifically because they're supposed to work together, but in fact they don't. Plus what's the point of having top notch wireless equpment if you have to run cables in order for them to work?br /
Very nice November 10, 2008
I've had this router running nonstop for about two months now, with no problems whatsoever. We have three wireless computers that can connect from anywhere in the house, and we have not experienced any dropped connections. The speed is excellent and consistent. The router's USB port allows us to connect a hard drive which can be accessed by any computer on our network--a very handy feature.br /br /I noticed some of the reviewers of this product complained about the router overheating or running hot, so I purchased an iron grate from Target (the type used for placing under hot cooking pots and pans to protect countertops and tabletops) and set the router on top of this. I don't know if it was necessary or not--but since we haven't had any problems, the $7.99 I spent on the grate seems a reasonable insurance policy.
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