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List Price: $93.55
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Manufacturer: Linksys
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Linksys
EAN: 0745883583959
Feature: Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Switch, with a built in speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point
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Label: Linksys
Manufacturer: Linksys
Model: WRT110
Publisher: Linksys
Special Features: nv:Device Type^Wireless Router|Form Factor^Desktop|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11g|Wireless Network Standards^IEEE 802.11b|Wireless Data Transfer Rates^54 Mbps|Wireless Transmit Power^16 dBm|Security Protocols^128-bit WEP|Security Protocols^64-bit WEP|Security Protocols^WPA2|Networking Standards^IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T|Networking Standards^IEEE 802.3u Ethernet 100Base-TX|Routing / Firewall Protoccols^TCP/IP|Routing / Firewall Protoccols^DHCP
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Internet-sharing Router and 4-port Switch, with a built in speed and range enhanced Wireless Access Point
MIMO smart antenna technology captures faint signals for extended range and reduced dead spots
Much faster than Wireless-G when connected to Wireless-N, but also works great with Wireless-G and -B devices
Wireless signals protected by wireless encryption, and your network protected from Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall
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Editorial Reviews:
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The Linksys WRT110 RangePlus Wireless Router is really three devices in one box. There's the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. A built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch connects your wired-Ethernet devices together. The Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. The Access Point built into the Router uses smart antenna technology to achieve extended range. The Multiple In, Multiple Out (MIMO) technology actually uses these reflections to increase the range and reduce dead spots in the wireless coverage area. The robust signal travels farther, maintaining wireless connections much farther than standard Wireless-G. With MIMO, the farther away you are, the more speed advantage you get. The RangePlus Wireless Router can dynamically enable this double-speed mode for compatible devices, while still connecting to other wireless devices at their respective fastest speeds. To help protect your data and privacy, the Router can encode all wireless transmissions with industrial-strength 256-bit encryption. It can serve as your network's DHCP Server, has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most known Internet attacks, and supports VPN pass-through. Configuration is a snap with the web browser-based configuration utility. With the Linksys RangePlus Wireless Router at the center of your home or office network, you can share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers, and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications at incredible speeds, without the hassle of stringing wires.
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Summary: Works with iPod Touch
Comment: After reading all the reviews, I was not sure if the Linksys WRT110 would work with the iPod Touch. I bought the router anyway since I used an older version of the router before and it worked for a while. For my surprise, the Linksys WRT110 worked with the Touch without a glitch. Just make sure that the DNS address on the Wi-Fi settings is the same as the router for the Linksys to work. The Linksys router assigned some crazy addresses to the DNS, so I deleted those numbers and manually entered the IP address assigned to the router and had the iPod connected in no time.
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Summary: so so
Comment: The router was easy to install and connected to every thing just fine but the firewall is preventing me from connecting with my friends on some game consoles plus the customer service is bad i had to set on hold for a hour at a time for several diffrent time and still never fix my problems
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Summary: WRT110 is good so far...
Comment: Got the Linksys WRT110 because my Netgear WGR614 has been acting funny (will only connect to one wireless device at a time). I chose to do a manual install/configuration of the WRT110 and skipped the disk install completely. Setup the encryption (not WEP, by the way) and other settings, and I had the wireless router working in 10 minutes (it actually took less, but I was tutoring my 17-year old nephew on how to properly install a wireless router, which was why I skipped the disk install version). Afterwards, I searched the available wireless network, found the router SSID, typed in the password for network security (a definite must-do in San Francisco), and I was wirelessly connected! Still connected after 3 days, too.
I gave it a 5-star rating because it worked for me out of the box and without the disk installer. No glitches, and the device was current with the latest firmware. The router is on the second level, and I have decent signal (24-54 Mbps) in all the rooms on the same floor, and a stronger signal than the previous g-router on the other floors (18-24 Mbps with WRT110, -vs- 0-12 Mbps with WGR614). Internet is not affected, since my DSL is only 6 Mbps, anyway.
I picked the WRT110 over the WRT54G2 to try out the MIMO technology. I will update this review in a few weeks after I've completed my testing. Stay posted.
After configuring it as a stand-alone router, I then put it to the test by adding it to my LAN. I have a special configuration, which is a bit more advanced than those of a typical user. I have a D-Link DIR655 (Gigabit Wireless N router) as my DHCP router and is set as N-only mode. I have the WRT110 as wireless-g device hooked to this router which transmits at g-only.
"Why do I have two routers, when the DIR655 is backward compatible with G as well as N?" one might ask. The reason I have it with this configuration is because I have three wireless-N devices and four wireless-G devices. The G devices drops the DIR655 down to wireless-g whenever they are wirelessly connected to the DIR655. So, I have a wireless-G router hooked to the DIR655, the wireless-G computers are connected to the WRT110 and the N devices are connected to the DIR655, and all the devices are working to my preference.
Update:
After having this router for a week, it has stood up to the test and consistenly maintained its connection. My test is basically to bring two laptops (both wireless-G) one floor up and on the other side of the house where the router is located. Both laptops connect fine, and consistently maintain 8-24 Mbps, wheras connection with the old router is still hampered and drops connection every now and then. So either the MIMO function works as noted, or this is just a better router all together. I do not have the WRT54G2 to compare (with and without MIMO), but I'll try to get my hands on those and do a side-by-side comparison.
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Summary: good product
Comment: Works well. Easy to follow instructions. I have it on my first floor and get a very good signal on the second floor on the other side of the house.
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Summary: Why pay for high speed internet when you put a cork in it?
Comment: I did speed tests with my wonderful router.
I have Comcast internet, claiming 6.0 MB/sec. Another review said Comcast said it wouldn't work with their service, but that's not my problem.
When I wire a laptop into the Comcast cable modem I get 6.7 MB/sec.
When I wire the WRT110 into the cable modem, and wire the laptop to the WRT110, I get only 3.6 MB/sec.
When I disconnect the wire between the laptop and the WRT110, connecting wirelessly, sitting RIGHT NEXT to the router, I get only 2.6 MB/sec.
Linksys's service says that the slowdown is because they have a firewall. Great.
They had me upgrade the firmware, from 1.0.2 to 1.0.4 (the latest available.) It made no difference.
In its favor, it was easy to install. There you go.
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