Customer Ratings & Reviews

Excellent router with simple ans useful interface.

have no problems with it. would recommend to freinds

Very easy to install. Would recommend this product.

Tried it out and liked it. worth the buy for me!!!

Excellent. Very simple to configure and many options.

PROS: + Good Build Quality + eSATA & USB 3 Ports + 4 Gigabit Ports + Fast dual core CPU + Descent range for only 2 antenna + Smart Wi-Fi Setup for console access virtually anywhere + Easy to use interface + Lots of extra features & customization + OpenWRT compatible + Dual Band (2.4Ghz & 5Ghz) CONS: - Expensive for what it does - Bridge or "Access Point" mode removes all extra features - Not as fast as cheaper routers which have more antennas - USB Drive speeds not very fast (i.e. NAS) Like many of us, I've owned countless access points over the years. Including the original Linksys WRT54 series that came out back in early 2000. I'm currently using a TP-Link C5 AC1200 Wireless Router, which has has comparable specs, except it has 6 antenna instead of the two here. Oh, and it costs about $100 less. OUT OF THE BOX & SETUP As is typical these days for access points, you don't get a whole lot. Just throw the antennas on the box and follow the quick setup guide. Which in this case, is pretty straight forward. You can either connect via LAN or Wireless and are given the option of using the Wizard or manual configuration. For most folks connecting to your modem, the wizard is the way to go. It's able to quickly identify your internet connection and help setup your Access Point names, passwords, etc. From there you, you call it a day and enjoy the internet. Although if you're buying this access point, you're interested in more than this. ADVANCED FEATURES If there's a feature that Access Points are pushing these days, this router has it all. You've got guess access points modes, tons of parental controls, FTP server, auto-update, etc. The two worth special mention here is the NAS (Network Area Storage) and Smart Wi-Fi. The NAS is very simple to setup. Simply connected my Seagate USB 3.0 drive to the USB port and you're done. Go to the NAS section in the setup interface to get the IP and connect from any system. You have other options such as setting permissions and such. Otherwise, it's ready to go. My main issue here was that it wasn't very fast. Speeds were limited to around 10Mb/s, give or two a few Mb. It didn't matter if I was on 2.4, 5Ghz, or connected via LAN. It just didn't want to go very fast. If speed isn't an issue, Smart Wi-Fi brings some nice added functionality. You basically create an account with Linksys and it allows you to remotely manage your device from anywhere with internet connectivity. This is particular useful if you want to access the files stored on your drive elsewhere. Quite handy. ACCESS POINT / BRIDGE MODE If you use the wizard, it'll actually automatically detect that you have an existing internet and set itself up so you've got internet. Although it's using DHCP, switches to a whole different subnet, etc. In other words, this isn't ideal. You can try to manually configure some settings to work around this, but it never worked right. You pretty much have to set it to Bridge mode. Which does work. I configured a static IP and my own DHCP/DNS servers took over. Everything good to go. However, it disables every single advanced features. No guest mode, USB storage, Smart Wi-Fi, all gone. For those of us doing this, jumping over to OpenWRT is clearly the best option. PERFORMANCE So how fast did it go. The best AC speeds on 5Ghz were around 35Mb/s average, with a few peaking at about 40Mb/s. And that's only a couple feet away. If I switched back to my TP-Link C5, it was easily about 5Mb/s faster, on average. And it was able to maintain a slightly better signal at further distances. Nothing drastic, but it was noticeable, and expected. There are quite a few more antenna's. Gigabit LAN speeds were right as expected, up to and right around 100MB/s, so nothing out of the ordinary there. Although that is with transferring files over the LAN. As previously noted, using the USB storage was considerably slower. CONCLUSION Overall, it's really not a bad access point. If you want a lot of features, functionality, and the ability to use OpenWRT, there aren't a lot of options. But if wireless speed is your top priority, there are other access points that cost considerably less, while still providing most of the important features folks are looking for.

Didn't see an improvement from the router I already had.

I bought this router because my parents have cable service, and needed a router that would work in a house with metal lath. It still has had problems in the room where we all want it to work. That said, my parents have not complained about their internet access.

Not the signal I was expecting but only overall ok

Seems to be working well. We use rokus quite a bit.

Router works as expected. It is difficult to review some aspects of wireless routers as many factors can affect their performance. However, I am of the opinion that something about the output strength of this router is lacking

I thought this router would be a little faster than it is, having upgraded from a b-g-n Linksys. Should have returned it and gotten a faster one. I'm the only one using the Wi-Fi, so it should be faster.

not quite sure -----old router was netgear and it worked well. not sure if this Linksys is working right or if we are having problems with other new equipment,

Bought this Nd the range was decent. Returned for Asus router which was best move... Can't go wrong with the Asus.

I replaced an aging dual band Asus router after nearly 7 years. I was able to replicate all port forwarding rules, static DNS entries, etc without any issues. The interface is not as intuitive but all needed functionality is there. Connectivity wise, no issues after nearly a week of use. My partner and I work from home which requires a dependable network connection for data calling (using MS Lync), VPN, etc. Not a glitch yet. Also stream music and video without any issues in our 2700 sq ft, 3 story home.

This product could be better for the price I wish I would of bought a package together. Instead of sea pater. It gives us some trouble.

I have to disconnect every 4 days. Wont do it again

I purchased this router to replace an old one that didn't reach all the rooms in my house. Once I plugged this one in and turned off the old router, it only got worse. The range was half of what it was before, the connection was always flaky, and the router kept rebooting. If you want a new router, pick something else.

My TP Link router wouldn't power up anymore so I thought I'd give this Linksys a try. I thought I had some settings disabled, but it turned out to be the router that was slow. When I opened a web browser it takes at least 30 seconds or longer for the page to open, I had this router about 10 days and couldn't take it anymore. So I returned the Linksys and got the Netgear Night Hawk.

like I said lots of problem when I first got it called them to fix it took 2-3 visit to get all problems fixed.