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Linksys WAG160N in Wireless routers

Verdict

Fast performance, slick design and excellent software, all at the right price.

Review Date: 15 Jul 2008

Price when reviewed: £54 (£62 inc VAT)

Buy it now for: £60.99

Overall Rating
6 stars out of 6

Features & Design
5 stars out of 6

Value for Money
6 stars out of 6

Performance
5 stars out of 6

PCPRO Recommended

Details
Part Code WAG160N-UK
Review Date 15 Jul 2008
Price ex VAT £54
Price inc VAT £62
Overall rating 6 stars out of 6
Performance 5 stars out of 6
Features & Design 5 stars out of 6
Value for Money 6 stars out of 6
WiFi standard Draft 802.11n
Modem type ADSL
Wireless standards
802.11a support no
802.11b support yes
802.11g support yes
802.11 draft-n support yes
LAN ports
Gigabit LAN ports 0
10/100 LAN ports 4
Features
MAC address cloning yes
Wireless bridge (WDS) no
Interior antennae 2
Exterior antennae 0
802.11e QoS yes
User-configurable QoS yes
UPnP support yes
Dynamic DNS yes
Security
WEP support yes
WPA support yes
WPA Enterprise support yes
WPS (wireless protected setup) yes
MAC address filtering yes
DMZ support yes
VPN support no
Port forwarding/virtual server yes
Intrusion detection no
DoS protection yes
Web content filtering yes
Dimensions
Dimensions 202 x 160 x 34mm (WDH)
User comments

Yes, the Linksys has the most easiest software setup wizards I've ever come across

By nicomo on 11 Aug 2009

Yes, the Linksys has the most easiest software setup wizards I've ever come across

By nicomo on 11 Aug 2009

Looks nice, but a terrible product

If you're thinking of getting one of these I recommend you have a google about for customer reviews or visit the linksys forums to see the problems people are having with them. Personally I'm about to take mine back after numerous issues, some of which include:
Router randomly switching to wireless isolation mode, so that no machine on the network can see each other.
Overheating.
DHCP server issues, not issuing IPs.

The DHCP server built in is also about the most feature poor I've seen, you can only allocate a block of IPs for DHCP allocation, you cannot setup machine allocation on the modem, if you want static IPs you have to manually set the machines to their static IP details.

Terrible product.

By sewellj2 on 27 Oct 2009

Definitely a Lemon

Thoroughly agree with sewellj2. Terrible problems with DHCP. Avoid.

By 3feet on 18 Nov 2009

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