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Linksys WRT300N Wireless-N Broadband Router | 
 enlarge | Brand: Linksys
Category: CE
List Price: $151.58
Buy New: $59.76
You Save: $91.82 (61%)
New (50) Used (11) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  145 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 6.9 x 7.4 x 1.6
nv:Device Type: Wireless Router
Form Factor: Desktop
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11g
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11b
Wireless Network Standards: IEEE 802.11n
Wireless Data Transfer Rates: 300 Mbps
Wireless Transmit Power: 17 dBm
Security Protocols: 128-bit WEP
Security Protocols: 64-bit WEP
Security Protocols: 256-bit WEP
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3 Ethernet 10Base-T
Networking Standards: IEEE 802.3u Ethernet 100Base-TX
Routing / Firewall Protoccols: TCP/IP
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: WRT300N
Model: WRT300N
UPC: 745883573110
EAN: 0745883573110
ASIN: B000FDOWQK
Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
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| Features:
| • | LAN Ports - 4 | | • | WAN Ports - N/A | | • | RS-232 Port - N/A |
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Product Description
Package Contents: Wireless-N Broadband Router, CD-ROM with Norton Internet Security, User Guide, Ethernet network cable, power adapter. The Linksys WRT300N Wireless-N Broadband Router is three devices in one box. It's a Wireless Access Point, letting you connect to a network without wires. It's also a full-duplex 10/100 switch connecting your wired-Ethernet devices together. Finally, its router function ties it all together, allowing your network to share a high-speed Internet connection. The advanced MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels up to 4 times faster & reduces dead spots. It's up to 12 times faster than Wireless-G, but works great with both Wireless-G and -B devices. Wireless signals are protected by up to 256-bit encryption, and keeps your network protected with a powerful SPI firewall. Now you can share high-speed Internet, files, printers, multi-player games and even media-intensive applications at faster speeds, without the hassle of stringing messy wires! Reset button Up to 256-bit wireless encryption Complies with IEEE draft 802.11n standards Blazing fast wireless speed for high-bandwidth applications, such as audio streaming and file streaming 256-bit encryption for unsurpassed wireless security Expanded wireless coverage, up to 4x the range of 802.11g products All LAN ports support auto-crossover (MDI/MDI-X) -- no need for crossover cables Device can be placed vertically or horizontally System Requirements - PC with Windows 2000 & XP, network adapter, CD-ROM drive, Internet Explorer 5.5 or Firefox 1.0 Unit Dimensions - 7.40 x 1.57 x 6.93 (188 x 40 x 176 mm) Unit Weight - 18.60 oz. (0.527 Kg)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 140 more reviews...
 Cumbersome Linksys Router November 16, 2008
My Linksys router ultimately functions as advertised, but its "Quick Install" disc and accompanying instructions are ludicrous. Although I am quite able with electonics, several attempts at installing my Linksys router using its "Quick Install" instructions, as supplemented by "Help" instructions contained in its "Linksys Advisor" and the Linksys Web site, wasted many hours. Knowing the process would waste even more time (this happened with a prior version of Linksys router), I finally resorted to Linksys "Tech Support," where I first dealt with a barely literate woman somewhere in India who labored through spelling my name, understanding the serial number of my product, etc. and generally taking a great deal of time before disconnecting me without providing a case number so that on my next call (apparently Linksys operators are not allowed to make calls even though I had been previously asked for my phone number), there was no case number to supply the next operator. So we again struggled through "can you spell your name (yes, I've been able to do that since age 3), etc. and then taking a very long time to help me initiate operation of my Linksys router, something that was advertised as being short and simple.
Worse performance than my wireless-G router October 24, 2008
I bought this router because my new laptop had wireless-N technology. However, it took forever to get the router to work with my laptop with encryption enabled. Then, when I finally got it work, the signal strength/range was no better than my G router. The router's speed was worst of all. Compared side-by-side the download and upload speeds for my G router were consistently better by a considerable margin. I tested the speed using multiple websites and the wireless-G router was always better. None of the suggestions from the Linksys website helped improve the speed. I don't even use it anymore. I just use my G router for everything, although I haven't had the heart to disconnect it altogether because I paid $70 for it. I'm secretly hoping that Linksys releases a miraculous firmware upgrade that will fix it.
 Works, and is fast... but it's unreliable. September 30, 2008
I didn't have the problem others seem to have had with this router. I had it up and running (both wired and wirelessly) in only a few minutes using their web controls. And it's fast. My problem is with its wireless reliability. If I do large file copies or downloads over the wireless link, the router will suddenly stop speaking to my laptop. My laptop can *see* the router, but the router won't allow me to connect. Powercycling the router fixes the problem immediately, or I can wait an hour or so and things usually work again just fine. The same thing happens with my wife's laptop.
Another problem I've found is that if you disable SSID broadcasts, your laptop won't find it. For security reasons, I always disable this. Our laptops have never had an issue finding previous Linksys routers we've used when the broadcasts are off, but for some reason this particular router doesn't do well. I've played with the beacon settings and timings to no avail. As with all Linksys products (and almost all tech products in general these days), calling or emailing support gets you nowhere.
Linksys hasn't released an upgrade for my version of the router (1.1) since I bought it. You'd think they'd have a bugfix release, but no. There's no support from them at all. If you're using it for simple general home use (and not planning on any heavy duty data transfers), this router will probably be OK. But if you want a reliable router that doesn't drop the ball when you use it, look elsewhere.
Stay away from this one September 26, 2008
Bought this router over a year ago. Unfortunately, the wireless connection hardly works without manually intervening. Laptop cannot find the network most of the time and have to cycle the power on the router to get it to work. Have had this problem with a couple of laptops and so it is definitely the router as the laptops worked elsewhere. The router has the latest firmware which is dated Feb 2007 and so Linksys does not even appear to be working the issue... guess they are too busy making other faulty routers to fix the ones they already sold.
 Nice Router/Super Fast September 22, 2008
I didn't get a warm fuzzy feeling buying this product because of the different reviews. Here is what I encountered.
Not much came in the box. Just some quick setup documentation.
The wired side was easy, which was expected. I setup the router to work with my friend's cable modem. So no problems here.
I did have problems setting up the wireless. The recommended card (WPC300N) would not see the network. I configured WPA-PSK and AES encryption. I performed multiple reboots, out of nowhere it displayed the signal strenght of the wireless router. I setup a local profile within the Linksys software and everything was fine from that point. Since I didn't have a lot of time I didn't mess with anything else. I will see what my friends have to say sometime this week. They are end users, so let's see how many calls I receive. So far several days have past.
I spent about an hour or so on this.
I hope this review helps!
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