http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/ Engadget Comments for Wireless-N shocker! Cisco announces E-Series line of home routers http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/I get excellent range from my Airport in my 3 story home. Full signal everywhere. If you need extended range than you should not get a consumer router. AKA anything that says Linksys on it.]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
"I don't need a spaceship-looking router [car]. I need range."

That's what people said about the Prius, then they bought them in droves.]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
apt = closet?

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I'm pretty sure that you don't have room for a router.]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
I have my Wireless-N Netgear WNR834Bv2

And I love the controls http://i40.tinypic.com/352qbli.png

I'm on the second floor, and the router's in my room, but when I'm in the kitchen on 54mbps, I get 1-2 bars, 130mbps gets me a little over 3 and 270mbps gets me almost full. Only issue is, only my iPod touch gets spotty at 270mbps, so I keep it at 130mbps. Best thing is, it was only 70$ when I got mine at wal mart, probably only 50 or so now, since they're rolling out newer models.]]>Mar 31st 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
Wooooot. Another Cisco article. Is it because Cisco has the iPhone name registered too? ]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/They're really not that bad. I have the WRT610N that has the same body shape (with internal antennas). Dual-band router, computer runs on 5GHz range, and Xbox 360 runs on 2.4GHz (G) range. My computer, according to the router's stat page, connects with 86% signal at 204Mbps, and X360 72% at 32mbps. Both are about 50-60ft away, going through 5 walls.. So, the internal antennas aren't that bad. On top of that, if you still find problems with it, DD-WRT allows you boost the antenna power..]]>Mar 31st 2010 5:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
FYI, if you make your router name to long it will bog the router down to the point where internet and file transfers are @ 50kbps... weird ]]>Mar 31st 2010 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
I am confused, you say don't get a consumer router but you did. How is an Airport a pro networking device.]]>Mar 31st 2010 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Apr 1st 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
This is a blogsite, I don't care how many grammatical mishaps there are as long as I get the news...]]>Mar 31st 2010 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
I have my Wireless-N Netgear WNR834Bv2

And I love the controls http://i40.tinypic.com/352qbli.png

I'm on the second floor, and the router's in my room, but when I'm in the kitchen on 54mbps, I get 1-2 bars, 130mbps gets me a little over 3 and 270mbps gets me almost full. Only issue is, only my iPod touch gets spotty at 270mbps, so I keep it at 130mbps. Best thing is, it was only 70$ when I got mine at wal mart, probably only 50 or so now, since they're rolling out newer models.]]>Mar 31st 2010 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/To give you an idea of how far apart from the kitchen I am, here's a pic of my house:
http://i41.tinypic.com/nvuy4y.png

Also, keep in mind, that other routers I've used in this house (linksys and a d-link), have trouble going through the walls and floors, I don't know why, but the house is from late 1800's, and something in the walls/floors is blocking most wireless signals.]]>Mar 31st 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/You mean no external antenna. It still uses them, they are inside it. I don't see the problem, unless you wanted to replace the antennas. ]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/It's a Simultaneous Dual-Band wireless-N router for $179.00 but if your a student you can get it for $159.00
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC340LL/A/AirPort-Extreme?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg&mco=MTMzNzU2NDk]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
The WNDR3700 is considerably better than the Apple AirPort Extreme:

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/index.php?option=com_wireless&Itemid=200]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
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Genius. Funny shit. =)]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
The only recurring problem that I've had with Linksys routers is that they run fairly hot and have no fans. I used to have one in my server closet (literal closet, not a server rack) and it burned out at some point during the summer.]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
I'll stick with my far superior D-Link DIR-655 with built-in QoS ability.]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
This.

I'm over Linksys for good. ]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Thirded. For exactly 80$, I bought a gigabit switch and that d-link wireless N router and connected 2 different rooms with both wireless and wired functionality. I have a stack of 4 linksys routers (the old kind that stacked) as an homage to linksys before cisco ruined them.]]>Mar 31st 2010 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Eeeeeeexactly. This alien saucer design they're entire lineup to is just one hot, connection dropping mess. From their bargain basement G line, all the way up to their gigabit + dual band flagship model, the connection is dropped anytime the user tries to do anything even remotely bandwidth intensive. If you want to learn new and interesting ways of insulting a product, take a few minutes to visit the tech support forums. ]]>Mar 31st 2010 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Apr 6th 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/many ISPs do this. and most of their hardware is garbage. you might be able to setup their included (and in many cases required) hardware in bridge mode. call your tech support for directions.

this turns their hardware into a simple modem and allows you to configure any router you want to handle your network, etc.]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/It still has ethernet ports, doesn't it? Disable the built in Wireless access point and plug another in through ethernet. Problem Solved.]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
I agree, call them and see if they'll run you through setting up the box they gave you for bridge mode. This is what I did with my DSL set up. I've got a cisco router running dd-wrt firmware (mostly to see how much traffic I have going across my WAN port each day) doing pretty much everything that box did plus more.]]>Mar 31st 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/
You may be able to google a help guide if you search on your modem's model number. The DSL modem that I have from Verizon was initially setup as a router (only 1 ethernet port on it), but I was able to put it in bridge mode after about 30 minutes of setup (including finding a useful doc to explain how to do it). I can't wait to get Comcast within the next month... even if they throttled me into oblivion, it would still be 10x faster than Verizon's DSL.]]>Mar 31st 2010 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/31/wireless-n-shocker-cisco-announces-e-series-line-of-home-router/Mar 31st 2010 2:16PM