Product DescriptionThe Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router is really three devices in one package. There's the Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect 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 the very latest wireless networking technology. By overlaying the signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N's Multiple In, Multiple Out (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate. The robust signal travels farther, maintaining wireless connections much farther than standard Wireless-G. Wireless-N can dynamically enable double-speed mode for Wireless-N devices, while still connecting to other wireless devices at their respective fastest speeds. In congested areas, the Good Neighbor mode ensures that the Router checks for other wireless devices in the area before gobbling up the radio band. 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. The incredible speed of Wireless-N makes it ideal for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming, and Voice over IP telephony, and gives you plenty of headroom to run multiple media-intense data streams through the network at the same time, with no degradation in performance. With the Linksys Wireless-N Broadband 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 incredi
What Others Say
Installation a piece of cake
I did the installation in a couple of minutes. I always mess up software installations. I was a little worried this time. But it's EASY. I have two laptops. One vista, one xp. I had a really old linksys router which no longer works. I can't believe how easy the setup is, or I am just being super lucky today. Cable: Comcast. Thank you linksys!
Very slow between wireless to wireless
I bought this one to set up all my home networks. I have 3 PCs and 4 notebooks. I wanted to use 1 PC as a file server and connect all the other computers to it. So I need a faster wireless router. I installed the router and it worked so so to connect to the internet. But when I tried to connect my own PCs it's way TOOOOOO slow I can't even use it. My file server located at a room where I can't connect through wire so I bought linksys N wireless network card hoping that it'll work well because they all are from same company. I tried all the PCs to connect to the file server but all of them are too slow to share anything. I have to change the router again.
the router works, but falls short of expectations
i bought this router to replace an old linksys d-link router. so basically i was just upgrading products and inserting it into the exact same network. i was at least expecting the same if not better performance. what i was not expecting is worse performance. the range isn't as good, although theoretically it should be better. also, it seriously cuts down my internect speed. i've been on the phone with linksys twice now to see if they could help me solve the problem but they weren't able to help me. i'm very disappointed with Linksys WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router.
Do Your Homework Before You Buy (duh)
After my LinkSys WRT54G I thought the WRT160N would be the best to run my onboard N card on my HP Laptop at the same time run my kids G cards on their laptops. Unfortunately, the router was dropping connections every few minutes on both N and G when they were running concurrently. After some research I found that the attena design mucks up when it has to manage both N and G. I might be mistaken but, you dont get the extra range features of N when it has to use some of the antennas for the G. Also, I'm not so sure that you would get full functionality of the N and other router features unless you purchase the fully compatible Ultra RangePlus N and G cards for your computer. The product is not so usefull without the "concurrent" dual capability ... Read More
Very Poor Product
Mine was unreliable, as it would freeze, and require a reboot from time to time -- a real PITA since it was installed in my vacation home 250 miles away, and was used to monitor automation systems in the home remotely. I checked the Linksys Support Site, and discovered that others had problems with this unit. The Linksys Tech that monitors the board suggested a third party firmware, but noted Linksys would not support the product with this solution. Mine went to local electronic recycling. I wrote a letter to John Chambers asking for a refund (it was beyond the time limit of Best Buy to return) and his guy called me and essentially told me to pound sand. I installed a D-Link DIR-655 it its place a few months ago, and it works great -- has much ... Read More
