Linksys is keeping us busy with their new Ultra RangePlus family of home networking gear. Announced are the draft 802.11n Gigabit Router ($130 WRT310N, pictured), the draft-N Broadband Router ($100 WRT160N), and a trio of Dual-Band draft-N products including a USB Notebook Adapter ($80 WUSB600N), an ExpressCard Adapter ($80 WEC600N), and new Gaming Adapter ($90 WGA600N). The WRT310N and WRT160N both feature new un-Linksys designs with a dumbed-down, flash-based user interface and enhanced RangePlus internal antenna to keep the clutter down. The dual-band gear split the load between 5GHz (HD streaming or gaming) and 2.4GHz (everything else). The WGA600N, WUSB600N and WEC600N will be available soon, the others now.
posted Jan 7th 2008 4:29PM
One can only hope that "new look" extends to the GUI inside ...
Yeah... So it has good specs but why in the heck you guys at Linksys needs to make it like a toilet seat!?
I suppose the real question is: are we going to be able to DD-WRT on this thing?
^ Agreed....we need DD WRT...if it can't run it...forget about it.
It was great when all Linksys devices were stackable one on top of another. It looked nice and took up less shelf space. Now with stuff like this, more shelf space, more stuff to dust, and different colors drom the same manufacturer. What happened to consistancy?
I don't know about you, but stuff like routers and hubs i keep hidden in a closet. I try to hide as much of the computer gear I don't interact with directly.
I thought Cisco dropping the Linksys branding?
I want a router that looks like a router. Not a manta ray.
I want a router that looks like a router. Not a manta ray.
Grr, sorry for the double post - first one took me to a blank page.
This 'draft' status nonsense is the most embarrassing thing in the industry I think, and there's some competition in the area of idiocy, takes them 5 years to hammer out a semblance of a standard.. pathetic.
I assume this is a four port router? If so, is it gigabit? Many homes have a hybrid of desktop/notebook setups. I know lots of people that use port replicators etc... With the intro of things like WHS, running a gigabit house becomes an increasingly nice feature .. yet many computers and routers still only run at 10/100.
the first sentence is: "Announced are the draft 802.11n Gigabit Router ($130 WRT310N, pictured)....." and there are lights on the front of it numbering 1-4..........
......hrm.
Linksys documentation says: "There's also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together." on http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1175239525280&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=2528039789B02
It could be documentation issue.
ehhh still junk....stupid linksys...no one could design a better looking router? Come on...jeez.