Cisco-Linksys WRT160N Wireless-N Broadband Router

Comment: I've read a lot of reviews for this product and was wondering if I would have any problems at all. So far, everything has worked fine. The setup was easy and fast, way better than my previous Linksys G-router. Just follow the easy steps including installing the program. My computer sees the network and connects to it automatically as it would with any home network configured. I bought this router cause I wanted to stream movies to my Blu-ray player using a Netflix app (I don't mean to advertise but in case you want to do the same thing) and it does the job. I needed a high speed network since I wanted to stream hd movies so I upgraded to N. I've watched several movies like this and I've had a really good experience. The movie will take a couple of seconds to start the streaming and play but after that there's absolutely no interruption. I haven't tried playing online games with a ps3 or Xbox but I assume it should work just fine since playing online games on my PC run the same as if I was connected via an ethernet cable. The specs should say the range of the router but this is where it's not so good if you live in a two story house or a large single story one. I live in an apartment that has two rooms, with the living room next to my room and the kitchen and a dining room on the other corner of my apartment. If I use my pc on the kitchen or further I notice my signal drops by half. I guess this is why it only costs around $50 vs $70 or more for other N-routers besides the network speed. As you can read, the range is not so good. If you have an apartment like mine or probably a little larger you won't have any problems. If you live in a larger house and you want to use your computer all around, get a higher range router. I'm a college undergrad, and considering all the stuff we use today in our apartments and the size of them I'd say this router is perfect for us. I still have to wait and see what happens later in the year since I usually encounter problems with routers after a year or maybe a little less. There was a period of time when my previous router was having some issues and almost no computer could connect to it even though they saw it. I managed to fix that but it was a real pain and I had to access it's default IP and a whole bunch of other procedures. I hope this doesn't happen this time.

I hope my review was helpful. The way I see it, there's a chance you might be lucky like me or not. You could get a broken one that doesn't work well. The risk is up to you.

Comment: I bought this product 1 week ago and I installed it without problems. I put the router in a second floor, and it has some range signal in the first floor, therefore I am happy, because I can use my laptop with Internet anywhere in my house. I really recommend it.

Comment: For the first 5 or 6 months I was having no problem with the connectivity to the internet with Linksys WRT160N router.
And then, it began to have disconnection problem first once a day. And the disconnection problem frequency increased every week. Now it is more disconnected than it is connected to the web. Every time the diconnection happens I have to unplug the power adaptor from the power outlet and wait several minutes till its cool down.
I think it has a defect with the power adaptor that comes with the router.
If you are looking for a reliable router, I would definitely "not" recommend this one.

Comment: I bought the Linksys WRT160N router about two years ago. it worked well with my XP operating system. I purchased a new computer with Windows 7 operating system. This is where things started to go wrong. I receive 20 Mb/s connection speed from Comcast. However, when I connect through the Linksys WRT160N router, the connection speed degrades throughout the day to 4 Mps. When I called Linksys today (8/22/10), I was told that I needed to purchase a new router. That my two year old router was "too old" and needed to be replaced. Linksys offered me a $15 credit toward a new router. Needless to say, this prompted me to go on every site that sells this router and let others know. They did not offer to help me upgrade the firmware. I am not sure I will stick with Linksys. Maybe it is time to try another brand.

Comment: Ordered this router because my other router wrt54G stopped working after 4 years. This router was a suggestion by my tech who tried to revive the old router to no avail. He told me that the router was easy to set up and to buy a refurbished one because they were just as good. He told me that Amazon had the BEST price on this router from another store. Appears he was right on all counts. Very, very easy to set up with my AT&T DSL modem and my wireless computers, printers and scanners in my office. I did it by myself! So far the router is working flawlessly so no worries about factory refurbished routers and who doesn't want to save money nowadays?