| Product Summary | | Manufacturer: LINKSYS | | Mfg Part#: WRT610N | | UPC: 00745883585205 | | Buy.com Sku: 208226470 | | Item#: C4TS3E | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 552 | | View similar products |  |
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| | | | Product Guides | | | | The Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router is really four devices in one box. First, there's the dual-band Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100/1000 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together at up to gigabit speeds. The Router function ties it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection.
We've also included a Storage Link that lets you easily add gigabytes of storage space onto your network using readily available USB 2.0 hard drives -- or plug in a USB flash disk for a convenient way to access your portable data files. The built-in Media Server streams music, video, and photos from the attached storage device to any UPnP compatible media adapter. And you can get to your files from anywhere in the world through the Internet.
The Access Point built into the Router uses a dual-band version of the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N (draft 802.11n). By overlaying the signals of multiple radios for each band, Wireless-N's "Multiple In, Multiple Out" (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate. Unlike ordinary wireless networking technologies that are confused by signal reflections, MIMO actually uses these reflections to increase the range and reduce ""dead spots"" in the wireless coverage area. The robust signals travel farther, maintaining wireless connections much farther than standard Wireless-G.
With Wireless-N, the farther away you are, the more speed advantage you get. It works great with standard Wireless-G, -A, and -B equipment, but when both ends of the wireless link are Wireless-N, the router can increase the throughput even more by using twice as much radio band, yielding speeds much faster than standard Wireless-G. But unlike other speed-enhanced technologies, Wireless-N can dynamically enable this 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.
Since the Router can operate in both the 2.4 and 5 gigahertz radio bands at the same time, it effectively doubles your available wireless bandwidth. For instance, you could set up your network to handle video streaming on one radio band, and use the other band for simultaneous data transfers -- avoiding any interference or collisions that would degrade the video performance.
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 and gigabit wired networking is 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 Storage Link Router at the center of your home or office network, you can easily add storage, share a high-speed Internet connection, files, printers and multi-player games, and run media-intensive applications at amazing speeds, without the hassle of stringing wires!
| | Features |  | Built-in Storage Link, transform any USB storage device into a NAS | | Built-in Media Server, streams music, video, and photos to any UPnP compatible media adapter | | Blazing fast wireless speeds for high bandwidth applications such as video streaming or file sharing | | All ports support Gigabit speed and Auto-Crossover (MDI/MDI-X) -- no need for crossover cables | | MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels farther and faster, with reduced dead spots. | | Performance Investment Protection: Compatibility with Wireless-A (802.11a), Wireless-B (802.11b) and Wireless-G(802.11g) Standards | | Supports up to 128-bit encryption |
| | Tech Specs | | CD-ROM drive | | | | Wired or Wireless Network Adapter with TCP/IP Protocol | | | | LELA software and Setup Wizard require up-to-date Windows XP, Vista, or Vista 64-bit Edition | | | | Setup Wizard also runs under Mac OS X 10.4 or higher | | | | Ports: Power, Ethernet, Internet, USB | | |
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Value |  4.5 | | Performance |  4 | | Ease of Use | 4 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4 |
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5 of 5 Great N Router Wednesday, September 10, 2008
A Customer from Provo, UT
This router works really well and has so many capabilities. The external hard drive feature is really handy, although not an intuitive setup. I would definitely recommend this one - just find it at a good price (<150) Was this review helpful?  
4 of 5 Ok after they sent me a replacement Monday, September 08, 2008
rickleapard@hotmail.com from Great Lakes, IL
This router by spec is awesome. Unfortunately I was having a lot of problems with my external hard drive constantly disconnecting from the network. I contacted customer support, which sucks, and they wanted me to return it to where I bought it. I told them I would rather use the manufacturer's warranty and that they replace it so I don't have to pay any shipping. The one they sent me for a replacement works as advertised. My only complaint with that is they sent me a remanufactured unit. I sent them a 2-day old unit and got a used one in it's place. Hmmm.. The router has now been online for over a week without any problems. So I am now content. Was this review helpful?
3 of 5 Nice overall, as usual first-gen Linksys products Sunday, August 10, 2008
Keith from Portland, OR
If you've had experience with Linksys networking products in the past, then you already know that this company's pre-release testing is completely laughable and it's a crap shoot whether you're going to get proper functionality of any first-gen Linksys product. This router is no different. This thing should have been held from production until firmware was actually ready to address problems that could have been found in even the most rudimentary end user testing.
You can Google to find dozens of customers reporting the same issue--the router tends to reboot when both wireless bands are in use simultaneously. Linksys doesn't know whether it's a hardware overheating issue or something in the firmware, but I can confirm I can reproduce it under the same conditions others have described. Luckily for me I only need the 5ghz band, as all my devices are able to use that. I turned the other band off entirely and I get very good performance (240+ mbps consistently) with no random reboots.
Signal strength is good and setup is super easy. The QoS features on the device are also very nice--the quality of my VoIP service is completely consistent now where it used to fluctuate with the volume of network traffic. The price is also quite attractive.
One last "con": if you're buying this solely for the "storage link" feature, don't. The file sharing system doesn't let you set attributes on files even if you have full admin rights, and working with large files over wireless escalates the instability I described above. I tried it with 2 different USB hard drives from 2 different manufacturers with the same result. My advice if you want network attached storage is get a NAS product. Was this review helpful?
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