Customer Ratings & Reviews

Would recommend to anyone having issues with harassment. Haven't had a problem since I installed ut

This router has been a relief compared to a supposed game-router I had purchased from a different brand at twice the price. Plus it can automatically detect which bandwith is preferable to your device.

The item was installed but could nit cover my square footage. It’s a great brand!

Router works great, instructions were easy to follow. Hook up was easy and once installed my computer ran faster than ever, the speed was what i was paying for now.

The store clerk that helped me was incredible. He instructed me what to do and because I needed it ASAP to work,,,i did exactly as I was instructed by store employee. He was amazing

Good quality- store worker was very knowledgeable and guided us with good information and explanation of products.

It works when you finally have it set up. But if you buy this to use as a network mesh like I did, their setup interface is incredibly misleading and confusing.

Excellent buy!!! Good Quality!! This piece works very good!

It seems like I've been testing out a lot of routers lately. I had an old Linksys that was on the higher end for a long time. Despite my distaste for the interface and how much they push their mobile app, I overall thought it was a good really router. Since then, I've tried a couple routers on the cheaper side of things and have thought they were decent routers as far as settings goes and customization but their performance was just... subpar. My home is technically 2 stories with a split level living room. It's not huge but with the router on one side of the home, it struggles to get to the upstairs on the other side of the room. I was excited to try out another Linksys and since this one was a good $50 or so more expensive than the other ones I tried, I hoped my wifi struggles would be taken care of. Sadly, only a little bit. Overall, setup was pretty easy. As much as I'm not a big fan of their mobile-most approach, I will admit that their setup process seems like it would be really painless for someone who doesn't know the first thing about networking or setting up a router. I am not that person, but I can see how it would be very helpful. I also only have one of these routers right now so I don't have to set up anything as a mesh. The app seemed very good at these kind of setup tasks. It takes you through everything with diagrams if you need extra help. It even convinces you to unplug and replug your modem (with timers so you can leave the modem unplugged and everything). I noticed this step because I feel like it's pretty common for me to hook up a new router and then wonder what's wrong with it for a minute before remembering that the modem probably needs a reboot. Definitely something I'd forget to tell my dad if I was talking him through setting up a new router over the phone. There was one step I didn't love about the initial setup. I was only allowed to name my wifi once for both bands. I like to keep my networks separate so I can specify which network every device connects to (and the 2.4 interference in my area is terrible). Aside from that, the initial setup process was pretty OK. Settings on this router are about as bare bones as I expected. Linksys likes to dumb down everything so the lay-person isn't exposed to settings that they might not understand (overwhelming them) or that they might misconfigure and cause performance issues. If you are a lay-person and don't know much about networking and just want something to plugs in and works, this is great news for you. I wasn't as pleased after the last two routers I used with the offerings. For starters, they really push the mobile app for all of your configuration needs. But the mobile app doesn't expose all of the settings. The aforementioned setting for separating your 2.5 and 5 Ghz bands into separate wifi networks is just not existent on the mobile app. When I finally logged in to the router page on my computer, I was able to find the ability to do this. After this is done, the wifi settings page on your mobile app just doesn't scroll down enough to enter advanced settings anymore which is the only place you can find their Channel Finder feature which is supposed to scan the channels around you to find the best channels that won't overlap. When I tried this setting the first time, it found channels that were definitely not the best for my area and neither the app OR the web based interface has any place (that I've been able to find) to set the channels for each band manually. So I'm just stuck on whatever channels it has chosen in a heavy interference area. It's so bizarre to find a router now a days that you can't adjust the channels for your wifi since it's such a crucial step for troubleshooting interference issues. The rest of the settings you can find are pretty much your bare basics. Nothing to right home about. It'll get the job down for 90% of just home users that need wifi but if you're looking for any advanced settings at all, this is just not the router for you. On top of that, even though the router is on your local network and the connection to the router should just be a really simple (and fast) local connection, the app and web interface area painfully slow. Changing any page. Doing anything really results in a loading indicator blocking the whole page for 5-10 seconds. I don't understand how they could engineer a webpage (or API for the mobile app) that's this slow on a local network. None of the problems I mentioned are new to this specific router. They've been around for a long time. If you aren't an advanced user, you'll probably be fine. If you are, look at similarly priced options from ASUS and TP-Link for more advanced features and settings. Performance-wise, I think I do notice a little bit in the way of 2.4 Ghz coverage over the last couple routers I've played with. Not a lot. Not enough to endorse this router and forgive the lack of customization. But it does seem a tad better. Speeds overall for my wired connections seem to be up to the 1Gbps download speeds I get through my ISP. I'm not really set up to test out their 3Gbps claims, sadly, but I'd expect my local connections to be faster than 1Gbps if I wasn't running everything else through a 1Gbps switch right now. In conclusion, this is just an OK router. It does what it's supposed to do with minimal fuss. It sacrifices a lot of customization features so that it can be dead simple to setup and use and not have to worry about. This is probably what a lot of people are looking for. I still can't get over how annoyingly slow their web interface is and how many features and settings are missing from routers priced almost $100 cheaper, though. The fact that they push their mobile app so hard for all your router settings and then they have even fewer settings available on there baffles me even more. For that reason, I'll probably be switching back to something like my cheaper ASUS that I can fine tune a lot more. If you're looking for something you can just plug in and go and don't need to worry about more advanced features, this one might be pretty good for you.

would be 5 stars if instructions were included so you can go on line and set up how you need it, app is junk

Has worked well so far. This product is built solid compared to other routers i have used so far.

Excellent product for the price. My house is 2700 sqft and it provides WIFI coverage for the entire house.

I didn't know I could get such fast and reliable internet, until I bought my Linksys router

Works great to enable me no sent video to the tv from my Mac.

I thought that this Wi-Fi router wasn't going to be very good, but I love the UI and how much customization that I have with it.

Really worked , as before my son’s room can’t get wifi, now use this worked out , very happy to have it . Good price that day too . Thanks

Our old router was very slow. This router has greatly increased download and upload speed on our phones and laptops

Work amazing! It was easy to use and has fast connection!

Linksys has always been a good product for WiFi and I will always go with them.

Great product! I had no issues setting it up and my wireless connections are fast and consistent