By: jeremy white

jeremy white — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 21:57:52 +0000

For those of us more concerned about tec specs then product features, can Cisco linksys start putting more info on the box? One can always hunt online to find them, but one huge advantage netgear has is the put a good amount of info on their packaging. Even the router CPU speed, flash size and amount of RAM. I feel insulted as a customer that linksys feels I’m to dumb to understand that stuff, at least that’s the way I see it. Thanks a ton!

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By: Karen Sohl

Karen Sohl — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:40:37 +0000

Hi Algy — great comments here. I will take your info back to our engineer team for you make some great points – especially since you are and have experienced it! Thanks for taking time to comment – i think these will also help other readers.

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By: Algy Goosen

Algy Goosen — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:36:11 +0000

I’ve been spending some ‘intimate’ time with our dual band router and network setup lately, mainly because our Internet Service Provider didn’t… provide a service that is. Our access to the Internet kept failing because of issues on their network. Which forced me to look at the Cellular 3G / 4G networks as a backup. At this moment we’re using our (newly purchased for this purpose) Smart Phones to provide us with Wi-Fi Hotspot capabilities, but I’ve searched for (and found) some routers that have 3G / 4G as a backup (or even main port with the landline WAN as a backup) all built in. Cisco makes (at least) one (881G/W), so does Netgear (MBR1210 Turbo Hub) or Ericsson (W35 Turbo Hub). It would be GREAT to see such a product under the Linksys range aimed at the home user or the cottage user and slightly more affordable than the Cisco Business Product.

Secondly, I think ALL Routers need at least 2 extra features – a physical ‘undo / back / Crtl-Z’ button as well as a ‘click here to accept changes’ software button just after configuration changes have been saved, to make sure I haven’t tweaked myself right off the network That way, if I don’t click on the button, the unit reverts back to its previous settings in say 60 seconds, with me back on the network. Don’t laugh, our Linksys Router has a few traps built in to catch the unwary and force me to walk up 2 flights of stairs with my laptop in hand to physically connect (via Ethernet cable) to ‘undo’ what I’ve just changed – sometimes inadvertently. For instance, I use the MAC Address Filter in the Wireless settings to ‘permit’ only the MAC Addresses in our household. But whenever I need to add a new unit (e.g. a smart phone or tablet), I have to undo this feature so the unit can access the network and so I can see its MAC Address and add it to the list… no problem so far. Then, enabling the MAC Filter Feature again, our Linksys (WRT610N) secretly changes the ‘permit’ button (previously ticked) to the ‘prevent’ button, which of course then throws off exactly everyone in our own home network the minute I hit the save key – not funny… just ask my wife.

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By: fayesz123

fayesz123 — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 16:12:51 +0000

Good set of instructions for new comers for the wireless networking world….!!!! worth…

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