Customer Ratings & Reviews

When my Netgear router stopped working, I needed an equivalent or better one. I found that in this Linksys router. Best of all, its not netgear.

I referred to a network engineer for a technology firm on which product to purchase, and he suggested this. It works fantastic. Highly recommend!

We bought this for our camper. It works throughout. We liked it so much we bought a second one for our house.

Great coverage for a home 1800 square feet...and no dead spots due to minimum walls and good placement of router in the middle of the house...

Have used this device for the past year. Very high performance for home use. My service is 150MB and it delivers it anywere in my home.

Easiest setup ever and the range of the 5 gig is awesome over 200' outside of our house and went to 2.4 gig I'm over 800' outside of our house

The EA9500 is Linksys’ flagship router for 2016. It supports the latest wireless technologies and standards most notably MU-MIMO (more on that in a minute). It has a tri-band radio (2 x 5Ghz @2166Mbps + 1 x 2.4 Ghz @ 1000Mbps), eight gigabit ethernet ports, and two USB ports (one being USB 3.0). This router is an absolute beast, both physically and in its performance. It is larger than the Netgear Nighthawk R7000 that it is replacing, which I already thought was a fairly large router. I have been using it now for several days and have had no hiccups in performance of any kind on my wired or wireless devices and with these specs I didn’t anticipate that I would. No problems streaming HD video to multiple devices even while simultaneously streaming a 1080p game over Geforce Now which is incredibly bandwidth intensive. MU-MIMO is one of the most exciting new features of this router. Look it up if you’ve never heard of it but basically it allows devices to have their own communication stream to the router thus providing huge benefits in wireless efficiency. Unfortunately, it’s a feature that I won’t be able to fully benefit from until I get at least a couple of MU-MIMO capable devices, for which there aren’t many on the market today. You can bet though that in a few years all mid and high end devices will support this so you are really doing yourself a favor by future-proofing your wireless setup now. Probably the best thing about this router besides the performance and future ready features is the setup and configuration. The setup wizard is one of the simplest I have used. It helps you every step of the way from getting connected to the net to setting up your network SSIDs and security. It really is just plug and play—but plug and play done the right way. In the past so many routers have provided something that just got you connected, without bothering to help you secure your network which is why so many people would have unsecured wireless networks which is a really bad thing. You can also setup the router from a mobile app provided by Linksys. One of my favorite features is I can set up a new device using WPS right from the app which is really convenient. My biggest disappointment with this router is the lack of security for the guest network. It provides an insecure network that prompts you for a password when you connect, but even this is cleartext. I don't really use the guest network that often so for now I’m just disabling it and will reconsider it if Linksys enables security through a firmware update. I did not test the external storage, media prioritization, or USB functions as I don't use them. Overall this is an excellent router that won't become obsolete any time soon.

This is a great router. The setup is easy and it is feature packed. The plentiful amount of LAN ports on the back are real nice to have.

This is by far the best router I've ever owned. The adjustable antennas really make a difference. Had trouble getting a 5g signal on the patio but not now.

The Linksys EA9500 is a great router that can handle many devices at one time. I have a 3 level house and it provides good coverage everywhere, even outside.

Bought this to have wireless out on the dock-which works great 100' out in the yard-from router. We also use for multiple devices running at same time.

the router is a great addition to our home as its strength and power has reached to parts of the house where our other routers couldn't dream of touching.

With this system, you will never have down time or lag. I am overly thrilled with the connection and speed of this router and would never buy anything else.

I picked up this router because my ASUS AC87R router was starting to give me trouble, especially with streaming video. The router is fast, has good range, an abundance of ports, and very importantly, it is stable. I haven't had to reboot once because of performance issues. Why only four stars? The features are pretty basic for this price point. I am kind of missing ASUS's security features such as network based virus / malware protection and VPN capabilities. This router has neither. I am hoping to see an expanded feature set in future firmware releases, or with some third party firmware such as DDWRT. No complaints at all with the features that are present, was just hoping for more.

it booms to every corner of the house...no dead spots..no dropped signals...no interrupted streaming...just silently works..well worth the dough...Jim

My tech knowledge is fairly limited, but this is a nice router to have if you are streaming on multiple devices. Buffering rarely takes place.

Living in a rural area with low signals from our internet provider this has helped. Our family have been much happier with the internet.

Great product for a small house. If you have a two story house I would also recommend getting an extender in addition to this router

This product works great my internet no longer lags. No more buffering while watching Netflix or Hulu this is the best investment for WiFi if you have a large house and family.

Very happy with this Linksys wifi router. Expensive but worth the quality and reliability. Highly recommended.