Linksys WRT300N - Sept 2008

Hi
I've had more than enough trouble from my 2 Linksys WRT300N Wireless
Routers. The following link to the linksys forum site
http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/bo...read.id=109919
provides the details.

Has anyone solved the problems with the router or have you got your
money back?

Brian

Looks like they deleted your message. I guess if all the big box stores get
back these units and they don't re-order, then, that's a kind of recall.
Wishfull thinking!
Return it to where you bought it as soon as you can.

Rich
in Texas

"BrianKBC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6839c20e-b4a6-4de0-bf4a-(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> Hi
> I've had more than enough trouble from my 2 Linksys WRT300N Wireless
> Routers. The following link to the linksys forum site
> http://forums.linksys.com/linksys/bo...read.id=109919
> provides the details.
>
> Has anyone solved the problems with the router or have you got your
> money back?
>
> Brian
>

I bought one about 8 months ago. I found that I got no better distance
with an N card in a laptop than non N. routers. Im not that impressed.
I have had others who have had problems accessing it. I think ?? i
checked the bios which is 1.1 and there is no upgrades as of yet. It
would be nice to improve it since, well I own it and dont want to buy
another.

steve

Peter Pan wrote:
> did the box say up 4x 6x 8x 12x etc times the range? the words "up to" are
> weasel words, usually there is absolutely no difference in range, but people
> buy it cuz they see up to nnX times the range (where the nn keeeps getting
> bigger, no change, just got to put a bigger number on the box so people buy
> it).. wonder why they don't just print up to one zillion times the range and
> be done with it.....

Type N is all about speed, in practice there is no significant
improvement in range.

On Sep 5, 6:41*am, DTC <DTC_no_s...@example.com> wrote:
> Peter Pan wrote:
> > did the box say up 4x 6x 8x 12x etc times the range? the words "up to" are
> > weasel words, usually there is absolutely no difference in range, but people
> > buy it cuz they see up to nnX times the range (where the nn keeeps getting
> > bigger, no change, just got to put a bigger number on the box so peoplebuy
> > it).. wonder why they don't just print up to one zillion times the range and
> > be done with it.....
>
> Type N is all about speed, in practice there is no significant
> improvement in range.
I think your right about the that.

However Like a fool I read the promotional data on it and it says:


"Start a Wireless Network With Up To 4X the Range and 12X the Speed!"

"The Access Point built into the Router uses the very latest wireless
networking technology, Wireless-N (draft 802.11n). By overlaying the
signals of multiple radios, Wireless-N's "Multiple In, Multiple
Out" (MIMO) technology multiplies the effective data rate. Unlike
ordinary wireless networking technologies that are confused by signal
reflections, MIMO actually uses these reflections to increase the
range and reduce "dead spots" in the wireless coverage area. The
robust signal travels farther, maintaining wireless connections up to
4 times farther than standard Wireless-G. "

I suppose that this is only in a perfect environment. I was expexting
eg if the distance was 50 feet now it should be 100 feet with the N.
I get no better distance.

Regards