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On this model, I believe they changed the TCIP address of the router to 192.168.1.0 vs the 192.168.1.1 address of my WRT330N router.not a "biggie" but took a little research to locate. I set this up for my father-in-law and the WRT600N worked great once we learned to "unbridge" the DSL modem from AT&T. I was also able to easily setup his USB backup drive off of the router so it could be used as network storage. Once this was accomplished, the rest of the setup went very smoothly. This is the second Linksys wireless router I've purchased and I am very pleased with their performance. He was pleased with this feature and now has an easy place to backup all of his important documents, music, and pictures. All in all it is a great product.
I could not wait to install the Linksys WRT600n. Other than that I am enjoying gaming online, and have found that I can be a good distance from the unit and still am receiving signal. The dual band work as described and the network security was very easy to set up.
This made things very easy. The only draw back was that the software that came with the Linksys kept telling me that it did not recognize the unit and asked that it be turned on. Fortunately, I have a friend in my company IT department who helped me install this unit and my home network.
My laptop and other wifi applications noticed the network quickly and was very easy to setup. Once the unit was installed I noticed immediately that internet speeds increased tremedously, not only over my wifi network but on the hard wired network as well. I was using an older g wifi router from D-Link.
The thing is that it was turned on and working. I would highly recommend.
DDNS - Obviously the router doesn't keep track of the WAN IP changes and if you save the configuration a few times, it'd try to update the IP on the dynamic DNS server multiple times, causing the custom domain to be banned.4. DHCP again - If you assign a DHCP range and assign them as static entries.
with some fundamental problems below:1. I just can't recommend this router to anyone at the moment, esp.
It'd also send DHCPNACK with DHCP diabled.2. DHCP - If you have a dedicated DHCP server somewhere on the network, then forget about this router.
The darn thing would still assign IPs even if you disable the DHCP function. It'd still assign those IPs to other machines.3.
Tech support - Not exactly the router's problem but if you have a support person who'd recommend connecting a cable modem to the LAN port to get around the DHCP problem, you're just not going to trust their tech support anymore.
Save your settings on each tab before you go to the next one. That scrambled the router's eggs. One thing to note when changing router settings. The manual gives enough of a description of the settings to make your way around. I have been using this router for about a week. It's supposed to make connecting a wireless adapter to the router a one button affair. Setup of the USB adapter was very easy too.The only hick-up I've had was I recently upgraded my DSL speed. Speed has been very good with throughput on my DSL connection benchmarking the same whether wireless or wired.
Resetting the router and re-changing all the settings again fixed the problem. You can't just change all the settings and do one save action. Setup was easy enough, even though I skipped the CD and just dove into the settings manually. I suddenly lost any ability to connect to the net via the router (wirelessly or wired) even though all the settings were correct. Otherwise, you lose your work. I teamed this router with the linksys WUSB600N USB adapter using only the N band. The button on the top of the router is still useless until Linksys enables it via a firmware update. Overall, I've been pleased and these two devices were easy to set up and work well together.
It is worse then the original linksys router I had before I switched to D-link. Everything started very well. Since I needed a new unit I decided to give the WRT600N a try. My experiment is over and I am getting another D-link DIR 655 device. My PC is 10 feet away from the router, the PS3 and Sqeezebox are 20f away. So guess what I am doing.
I have a ReadyNAS network storage device that is also connected to the router via a 1GB Ethernet connection. Networking is set and you're up and running in a few minutes, or so you thought.My wife's PC is connected to the router via the 1GB Ethernet and naturally this connection is very fast. This is our central storage where we keep our files (movies, music, documents, e-mail, etc). This connection is also very fast. I purchased this unit because I gave my daughter the D-link DIR 655 unit I had (which worked extremely well). I set it up with WAP2 security. There are no walls to speak of between those devices as we have a large open space between our leaving room and office.
As it turns out, the WRT600N router is horrible at supporting streaming media over it's wireless network, period. The performance is choppy, inconsistent and gets worse as time goes by, so much so, that I have to reboot the router periodically. The wireless network is another story altogether. The installation was easy and intuitive. It is really bad.
Working on my wife's PC is fast and easy (I have a 7Mb ADSL internet connection from Qwest). My wireless network has many devices connected to it - PS3, Squeezebox, my PC, my laptop and my wife's laptop. Absolutely no comparison with the DIR 655. The DIR 655 performs significantly better (as rated by all professional reviews I read on the net) and does not have any of the side-effects I described above.
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