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Linksys WRT100 RangePlus Wireless G Broadband Router with MIMO | List Price: $93.76
Discount Price: $55.49
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Platform: Windows
Brand: Linksys
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Firewall - SPI
- Weight - 0.74 lbs
- Warranty - 1 year
- -- Wireless signals protected by wireless encryption, and your network protected from Internet attacks by a powerful SPI firewall
Time is not on my side [Posted on 2008-03-15]
I bought the WRT100 from Amazon. Since I have used many of their products before, I did not use the setup utility, but simply configured everything manually. It is very much like the WRT54G family. Configuration was easy and predictable.
For me, signal strength is much better than the 54 series. I use it in the B & G modes only, without a MIMO adapter.
My problem is the internal clock. It doesn't keep proper time and Linksys has again failed to write correct/updated USA Daylight Savings Time rules into their firmware.
A week after I first installed it, I noted the clock was fast. About 4 minutes/day. There is no way to set the clock except reset the router and let it find a time server. After reset the clock is correct. This is a big deal for me because I use time-based Access Restrictions. I on-line chatted with Linksys and they went through their normal "update the firmware" routine. I did that to no avail. Linksys gave me authorization to return it to them, but their online system didn't work. I exchanged it via Amazon with no issues.
The replacement now has the same issue. Plus, last week when we moved to DST, the router didn't. I had to tell it I'm in a different time zone. I assume that I'll have to undo this fix in a few weeks. The new router's clock is still 4 minutes/day fast. I do not yet know what my final resolution will be. I would be interested in hearing if anyone else has a clock issue.
Solid Wireless Router [Posted on 2008-03-18]
Before this Linksys, I owned a Belkin, which was a total pile of garbage. So to me, this is the best router ever built. Setup was fairly straightforward; they recommend that you use their CD installer, but you can configure it through the router's IP address instead (for more advanced users; details are in the owner's manual). I like that there is support for Wireless a/b/g and Wireless-N, and the signal strength is pretty strong all around the house. Whether this is because of the MIMO antenna or not, I'm not sure, but it seems to output a strong signal. I should mention that the first unit I purchased just magically stopped powering up, but I was able to return it back to the store for a new one, and I have had no problems since. I suspect that there was something wrong with the AC adapter. Other than this, I would recommend this router to anyone that wants Wireless-N at a reasonable price.
quit working [Posted on 2008-06-14]
First one worked for 4 months then died. RMA'd it and received a re-manufactured unit 3 weeks later. The re-manufactured replacement unit was doa. Now sending the re-manufactured unit back for another RMA replacement and another 3 week wait. Would not buy the wrt100 again or recommend it to others.
Fast, Stable and Connected at 150 mbps!! [Posted on 2008-08-05]
After 8 years using an old linksys B router, I dicided to upgrade to a faster wireless router. I choose the WRT100 because I was curious about the MIMO and it unoffically supported 80211n.
The setup up was very easy, took less than 5 minutes configuring the router's pppoe to connect to my ATT DSL.
Four laptops, macbook pro, macbook, dell inspiron 8200 running linux, and an old G4 powerbook, and one pc desktop, compaq pressario were all soon connected.
The range was very impressive and actually was able to pickup a strong signal from one block away. When using an n wifi card, the connection speed was about 70 as compared to a 54 when using a standard g wifi card. My macs have 80211n atheros cards and connected at speed greater than 54mbp at 70mbps. If you pair with a Linksys brand wifi card that supports mimo your speed would be much higher. My compaq desktop connected at 150mpbs.
When paired with the Linksys WUSB100 usb adapter on my compaq pc desktop, the connection speed was at 150mbps, much faster than a superG speed of 108mpb.
The WRT100 is actually the same unit as the newer WRT110. The internal circuitry is the same. Only difference is the updated outer casing. The firmware for the WRT110 can be used for the wrt100. I have updated the firmware of the wrt100 with the latest wrt110 firmware 104 which enables the "wifi protected setup" feature. Now the "reserved button" located on the top of the unit as a function and is enabled after updating to the 104 firmware. So now with the updated firmware, the WRT100 is now an actual WRT110!!!
I'm extremely satisfied with the WRT100, a fast and stable router.
does not work - [Posted on 2008-09-12]
I spent a lot of time trying to get this to work on two different computers. It did not work and also screwed up my current network setup.
I have had trouble with other LinkSys routers in the past. Will never buy again.
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