Cisco-Linksys WRT320N Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router

10 Review to this product

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  Ian E. Lynch
  March 28th, 2009 on 7:23 am

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  I bought this product as I had several Giga-bit nodes and a 802.11N Notebook so I nneded the increase speed. I must admit the setup wasn’t as easy as the WRT110 that I just replaced but once I had re-program all my wireless devices it worked great for me.
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  Allen Vietzke
  May 11th, 2009 on 4:23 am

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  I have the 310n and bought the 320n for my mother-in law, both will run hot out of the box but once I updated the firmware they cooled way down and performance was better and reliable
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  Brendan Buschi
  May 11th, 2009 on 6:12 am

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  I bought this to replace my Linksys WRT54GS wireless router because I wanted the gigabit functionality for my wired network. I installed this router without using the included software. It worked instantly and flawlessly.
  
  I have only had it for about a week. So far, I have nothing negative to report. The strength of the wireless signals is improved and my wired computers (3) transfer data at incredible speeds.
  
  Installing routers successfully, especially wireless routers, requires a solid understanding of the technology and options available to you. I was actually hesitant to buy this router because of the negative reviews I read, but I wanted gigabit connectivity and this seemed like the best option. A lot of products get blasted, but its not always clear whether the problems lie with the products or those attempting to install and use them.
  
  Suggestion: When installing wireless routers, I suggest filtering MAC addresses for wireless connections to only allow computers with the MAC addresses you have entered on your list to connect to your router.
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  Atys Papageorge
  July 17th, 2009 on 3:16 pm

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  Ready to go out of the box on notebook with Windows XP Pro. On second notebook with Vista, a telephone call to tech support quickly got that unit online. Not the fault of the modem but Microsoft Vista as usual. If tech support wasn’t as good as it is, then the documentation would need to be improved. Wireless range excellent.
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  Steve L. Swihart
  August 1st, 2009 on 4:05 am

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  I had this thing on a different subnet, functioning, in about 10 minutes, without the use of the included software. Documentation is a bit dumbed down – there should be some info for someone who’s set such stuff up before that is easy to find, but it’s on the CD in a PDF file.

  Lights are well thought out. Performance and range are decent.

  Having the 4 Gb ports is nice.
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  Photoshop User
  August 29th, 2009 on 11:55 am

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  I have this router now for six weeks. Right out of the box it gave me great speed over wired Gigabit ethernet. But over a few days, the speed went down to good ol’ dial-up times. Only a router reset gave back the full speed – for a few hours until the problem came up again.
  
  There was long discussion about this problem over at the vendor forum, and finally the issue was solved by Linksys/Cisco (had something to do with UPnP, you don’t wanna know the details).
  
  So please do yourself a favor: Buy this router. It is the best device for a home great network with a fast internet connection. BUT immediately after purchase, upgrade the router firmware to Ver 1.0.03 build 10 (release date 08/13/2009). It will save you the trouble I had.
  
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  Dean Knight
  November 13th, 2009 on 8:49 am

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  I bought this router a couple of months ago. It was to replace my WRT54G. I read some reviews that said overheating were a concern, so I when I got mine, I propped it up vertically rather than allow it to remain horizontal.

  I have had no problems with overheating, dropped connections or freezing. The router has worked exactly as advertised. The range for the wireless wasn’t quite what I expected for my blue-ray player, so I ended up running a line under the house for that. But for my laptop, the N-band works like a champ.

  The only thing I would recommend considering for this router is this: you must choose either the 2.4Ghz or 5.0Ghz radio bands. You cannot use both. So if you have a single device that is using 2.4Ghz, then everything must use that band. There is another Linksys router that broadcasts on both bands and handles devices on each simultaneously. I think if I would have read the specifications better I would have gone with that router even though it is slightly more expensive.
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  Majid
  December 12th, 2009 on 2:55 am

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  Amazing product. I got it for a decent price (Not the Cheapest compared to D-Link and others) but is one of the best. Received it quite fast, and the installation was easy and painless. But in the first few days the router wasn’t performing perfectly for some reason, so I went investigating the issue and found that there was a bug in the firmware and the article recommended updating the router’s firmware to 1.0.03 which later I recognized that one reviewer mentioned it before. After the update the router was smoking fast despite the online gaming and HD movies watched on my XBOX 360 while running 2 laptops with high downloading demand.

  I highly recommend the Linksys WRT320N Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router if you’re looking for a replacement or simply buying a new one.
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  Maurice Calloway
  February 7th, 2010 on 9:10 am

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  First let me preface this review by saying, i do own this product and it saved me from jumping off the WIFI bridge to something like powerline which might have been the nail in the cauffin had i bought all that stuff and discovered it only works for computers that are on the same circut of your homes circuit box.

  Anyway, if you’re looking for a rocket science review of this sexy little device..press fast forward.. this is dedicated to those who just want a WIFI setup that works and solves your Range issue so they can get on with life!

  This past Friday I called it quits and ditched all my Linksys G routers/access points/hodge podge WRT54g-DD-wrt gateway hookup stuff and threw it all in a box and hauled it to the craigslist section of the garage. Yes, I know if i had unlimited hours and my time was worth nothing, i could pop the top of those old linksys units and tinker with open source firmware till the next presidential election – But frankly, I’d rather enjoy my life.

  so on to a ‘N’ew chapter of success with WIFI “N” and G is now for ‘G’oodbye

  First I live in a typical newer home in the burbs and this SINGLE unit effectively covers all 3000sq ft home with ease. I positioned the Linksys N dual-band gigabit unit in my garage/home office area which is located on the 1st floor at the far west side of the house. After about an hour of snafus installing the setup software on Win7/and Vista (reason for 3 stars on setup).. Voila! I got it working and it was like my house started glowing with N! First thing i did was grab my Dell inspiron 1721 laptop (with built-in G adapter) and headed to the furthest side of house which is my master bedroom that is approximately 400-500ft away and on the 2nd floor (think diagonal opposites)

  The laptop instantly found my new N WIFI SSID, I saw 4 bars, input my WPA2 passphrase (no 128 hex crap – simple human word i picked)and got a whopping 48mbs solid connection (not bad for a G adapter on N network).

  NOTE: as I went around the house and enabled all the other older G-based PCs, I found that on on Windows XP and even some Vista machines, the wifi adapters didn’t detect the new WPA2 based N network. So i had to go in and manually setup the WIFI network using the SSID and WPA2 passphrase. You must also pick the option that says “connect to this wifi network even when it is not broadcasting”. But once I did that, all machines in the house had a reliable 3-5 bars no matter where it was in the house.

  Linksys has a cool new network management software package called Network Magic Pro that comes with the unit (Trial Version then u must buy) but its really slick.. you can view all computers connected to your N network and see if the connects are live or dormant plus do a bunch of other cool stuff. After all was setup and done (about 2.5hrs later) I saw all 10 devices on my N network. Mix of laptops, desktops, xbox, ps3,etc .. all visible as little icons on this cool little network map. EVEN helped my kids XBOX connections!!!

  I now plan to upgrade all my G network adapters to N soon and maybe even sooner since I found [...]

  This N machine solved all my headaches and brought weeks of frustration hunting for solutions to G-connectivity finally to a close! Now Im going to relax kick my feet up and enjoy the superbowl without the whole house complaining the wifi is down..the wifi is down!!

  GET THIS if you have G-connectivity problems. It works perfectly with G network adapters that maybe on your older PCs laptops. I did get an additional N network adapter to connect one of my media servers and the WIFI speed showed 5bars with 230MBs!!!! – so you see when you hook two “N” devices on both sides – it goes far faster than what most home network users will ever need.

  Cheers!
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  BuyerOfThings
  March 9th, 2010 on 6:48 am

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  I replaced 2 Linksys WRT54G’s with this WRT320N. The one thing that immediately struck me was how great the range was compared to the old WRT54G’s I was replacing. The range is so good in fact that I no longer need to place 2 wireless routers in my home. Just one WRT320N covers my whole house, and it does an excellent job of it. Where I used to have 50% signal, I now have 100% signal. Internet thruput appears no different that what I got with my old units, which is good news ([...]). I can’t comment on reliability yet, since I’ve only had this unit for a short time. Setup went without any hitch, firmware installed is 1.0.03 build 10. Overall, very pleased with this purchase. I thought I’d be stuck buying WRT54G’s for the rest of my life, but it appears that Linksys has put together something even better!