AirLink 101 AR670W 300 Mbps 802.11n Wireless LAN/Firewall 4-Port Router

10 Review to this product

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  Michael J
  January 7th, 2009 on 5:59 am

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  I just replaced my old airlink wireless g router with this one and haven’t had any problems so far. I have better signal strength downstairs now compared to the old router. I also bought the airlink Wireless N PCI card for the computer in the guest room (the computer is about 50 feet from the router and it connects between 133 and 150 MBPS) and the connection has been rock solid. I didn’t realize my Asus netbook has wireless N as well and can get connection speeds of 133 MBPS downstairs as well…

  My coworker picked one up which was defective though. He exchanged it for a new one and it has worked flawlessly. He gets better signal strength than the Linksys WRTG router he was previously using (about 15 to 20% better)..
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  Clara Popa
  February 8th, 2009 on 7:00 pm

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  Just great! Got it form Fry’s together with one PCMIA wireless card and one PCI wireless card and they work great together. Never got any problem (got them for around 3 months).
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  D. H.
  May 21st, 2009 on 10:40 pm

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  I bought this router 3 months ago at Frys for $23. I’ve been using it with a variety of machines: Intel Apple Macbook Pro, a windows desktop with an Airlink Wireless-N PCI card, a Samsung Saga, and an Apple Airport Express (for iTunes music streaming to remote speakers), and 3 other Windows machines with OEM wireless cards. The Apple and Wireless-N enabled desktop automatically connected to the router at N speeds while the rest of the devices used 802.11g speeds.

  The only issues I’ve had are with the Airport Express and this router (more interference than with my Linksys WRT54G router, though the Airport Express is a 802.11g model) but I live in a dense part of town with about 20 wireless networks within range–so I can’t really be sure it’s the router as all the other machines work fine/consistently.

  Another plus is that the technical specs of this router are very good and a port of the DD-WRT firmware is in the works for it, opening up many more options for power users. Overall, I’m very satisfied with this router, esp for the price.
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  Karol Wilk
  July 4th, 2009 on 3:43 pm

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  This router is pretty good. After fiddling with the settings, the best, fastest performance I get is when I manually adjust for my own QOS (Quality of Service) settings. Out of the box performance is okay but when you have a lot traffic – devices, i.e. iPods, printer traffic etc, the router doesn’t do well with Auto QoS, unless it is restarted once in a while. Works well with AirLink usb cards and other Draft N devices I’ve tested (HP Entertainment Laptop + MacBook 13″ (aluminum) )

  My setup: Linux Ubuntu 8.04LTS running with an AirLink (RA2780-chipset) usb N card. Works really well…

  I would recommend this device to anyone who is looking for a cheap entry into the 802.11n…
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  Lorreen
  July 31st, 2009 on 10:37 pm

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  I chose this router because it was cheap, my needs were basic, and my 10 year old router was clearly dying. I’m writing this review because even though it was cheap, it works quite well and is meeting my needs perfectly. I’ve had it for a few weeks now (all of them trouble-free) and it’s a big improvement.

  Setup was well-documented and super-easy. For me everything just worked. I haven’t had any dropped connections, or had to restart it since I started running it. And I get good reception from all locations in my large apartment. I paid about $25 and even with the added cost of expedited shipping, I consider it well worth the money (and would even if it had cost me more.)
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  santa5696
  January 6th, 2010 on 8:50 am

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  i bought this product to fill my needs for a wireless router. the ease of setting it up was great,basically automatic.
  
  i had a problem in the beginning, but soon learned it was set on the same channel as my downstairs neighbors,channel 6 the default.
  
  as soon as i changed it to channel 1, i have 100% signal and ripping download speeds!
  
  thanks!
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  Derrick Hilton
  February 8th, 2010 on 5:57 pm

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  I purchased one of these and flashed it using DD-WRT. I now have wireless N Repeating Bridge for extending the wireless signal to the dead parts of the house, but I also have a 5 port access point for the Xbox 360, Ethernet enabled HP printer, and Blu-ray with Netflix player. The factory bios seemed to be basic but functional and would work for most people who just needed a Wireless N router. It also had WDS bridge mode that lets routers share an internet connection. I just don’t understand some of the reviewers problems with this product, for example the installation wizard isn’t even necessary if you know your way around a router, but even so, the error he described shouldn’t have been caused by this device. The RT2880 chip is being used in a ton of routers these days and works great. You can also further beef up the router/access point by replacing the factory antennas with Rp-sma connectors, but depending on where you live, that might get you in trouble with the FCC if your putting out that much output, however I don’t think changing the 2.2 dbi antennas for 5 dbi should really increase the routers radio profile that much, just get you an extra 5-10% boost.
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  Richard Park
  February 24th, 2010 on 12:53 am

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  This router with the default firmware is not so hot. I bought it almost 2 years ago from Fry’s at a very cheap price – and cheap was what I got. 150Mbps operation was weak and there were limited options on configuring for QOS.

  Reflashing with DD-WRT has really improved this router’s capabilities and performance. The chipset has always had the potential to run 300Mbps Wireless-N – but Airlink chose not to implement it in their firmware. DD-WRT does, and also provides advanced QOS and other configuration options.

  I am using it now as a 300Mbps wireless access point to my clunky Verizon FIOS actiontech router which unfortunately cannot be replaced due to the need to maintain MOCA connectivity to the set-top FIOS TV boxes. The FIOS router has only 56Mbps wireless speed which is fine for most wireless browsing but insufficient for wireless streaming of data to a media appliance connected to my TV using a wireless N to internet adapter.

  By configuring the DD-WRT/AR670W to be a 300mpbs access point, the wireless connection to the media appliance now provides sufficient bandwidth to play DVDs that are ripped to my networked Windows Home Server.

  Give this router a shot with DD-WRT firmware as I believe it is a winning combo for a low-priced, high-performance wireless router.
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  BM from Bellevue, WA
  March 1st, 2010 on 7:36 pm

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  Working great over an year now.. flashed with DD-WRT firmware, awesome. Only issue is the the antenna are not removable.
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  W. D. Larson
  March 17th, 2010 on 4:37 am

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  This low cost router does everything the expensive brand name routers do. It was simple to set up and has good signal strength.