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Good spec except it doesn't have gigabit ethernet and external antenna. Ummmm.

We have the g version of this router and love it. However, much cheaper than n... why do you need 'n' when your 'high speed internet' is slower than the g transmission? Unless you're on a T3 line or something...

@boiledokra

Maybe some people connect to other systems at home where the speed would be important?

I've had my g-router for about 5-6 years now and i'm about to upgrade to this. For the small price difference, i would prefer having the faster transmission rate.

The lack of an external antenna could be a plus for some - takes up less space!

#3, impossible. No one uses wireless routers for anything except connecting to the internet.

AFAIK, n-to-n covers more *distance*, in addition to being fsster. Got this one a few days ago at FutureShop in Canada (wish I'd known this deal was coming) and like it so far. The setup and user interface is visual and inuitive.

What the hell is "inuitive"?

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Inuitive.

boiledokra, to expand upon dogchainx's snarky answer: if you have other computers within your home network and want to transfer, say, some large multi-gigabyte files between them, a .G wireless laptop would certainly be the SLOW link in that chain. Granted, a .N connection wouldn't show much improvement for your typical user's broadband situation, but in a scenario like above it would be a dramatic improvement.

Am a true Linksys fan. Have the WRT54G for about 3-4 years worked pretty well. Many different hacks you can do with that one. Upgraded to this and it works great.

I had one of these. I had to reset it multiple times a day; the wireless kept dropping out. Not recommended.

N transmission is significantly better for houses where you're hitting multiple walls and floors to get to the client device. My N router provides a great signal outside my house, any G router I ever tried simply didn't cope well with being in a closet in the middle of my house when trying to get the signal outside.

I've used a couple of this new style Linksys router and I'm not a big fan. They get significantly hotter and you can't upgrade your antenna if you need to. For most people, neither of these things are problems but for the power user, you're stuck with the stock antenna (which are pretty decent), and don't stick it in with much other equipment.

I've been using one of these for about two months. I don't really have any complaints about it. I get a strong signal throughout my 3 floor house and haven't had issues with lock-ups or signal dropping. There are two versions of this router - V1, which is compatible with DDWRT, and V2 (the one I have) which is not, but I don't have any problems with the original firmware.

I own one of this. It beats up my old D-Link DI-634M. Strong signal and don't lose connection. ( my one is version 1 not 2).
Any one know how good it is compared to Apple airport extreme ?

@ #15

Apple Airport Extreme is a lot better. It helps that it has a gigabit connection. I own this, and it drops all the time. Then again, I live in a house that's over 100 years old. :-/

#16.
Thank you for you info. Will try one airport extreme and see if beats up my 160n.

Got one when it first came out few months ago and had lots of problems with dropped signals. upgraded the firmware and still had problems. Finally had to call tech support and after talking to 4 diff people, found one who actually knew something about the routers and fixed it. Works well now

I have 1 of these and only conn so far is it gets very hot, though maybe that's not an issue, but makes me think it might not last all that long.

I haven't had any issues with heat, although mine is not in a small enclosed space, so that might help.