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

Features & Design

Value for Money

Performance


| Details | |
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| Part Code | WAG160N-UK |
| Review Date | 15 Jul 2008 |
| Price ex VAT | £54 |
| Price inc VAT | £62 |
| Overall rating |
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| Performance |
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| Features & Design |
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| WiFi standard | Draft 802.11n |
| Modem type | ADSL |
| Wireless standards | |
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| 802.11a support |
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| 802.11b support |
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| 802.11g support |
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| 802.11 draft-n support |
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| LAN ports | |
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| Gigabit LAN ports | 0 |
| 10/100 LAN ports | 4 |
| Features | |
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| MAC address cloning |
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| Wireless bridge (WDS) |
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| Interior antennae | 2 |
| Exterior antennae | 0 |
| 802.11e QoS |
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| User-configurable QoS |
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| UPnP support |
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| Dynamic DNS |
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| Security | |
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| WEP support |
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| WPA support |
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| WPA Enterprise support |
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| WPS (wireless protected setup) |
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| MAC address filtering |
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| DMZ support |
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| VPN support |
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| Port forwarding/virtual server |
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| Intrusion detection |
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| DoS protection |
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| Web content filtering |
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| Dimensions | |
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| Dimensions | 202 x 160 x 34mm (WDH) |
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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