Linksys by Cisco WAG320N-UK Dual-Band Wireless-N ADSL2 Modem Gigabit Router

Spie · 19 Dec 2009 at 13:25

Just started using the Linksys by Cisco WAG320N-UK Dual-Band Wireless-N ADSL2 Modem Gigabit Router and I cannot believe how good it is.

It is the first totally transparent Wireless router I have ever used. Ultra-fast and amazing range. Looks good too

If you are looking for a top class wireless router, buy one :cool:

tolien · 19 Dec 2009 at 14:00

Spie said:
It is the first totally transparent Wireless router I have ever used

How so? It does NAT and supports universal Plug and Pray, like the majority of routers, but as far as I'm aware does nothing especially "transparent" :confused:

Spie · 19 Dec 2009 at 14:16

It works faultlessly and continuously. Every other wireless router I've ever owned hasn't. Almost, but not quite.

Oxide™ · 19 Dec 2009 at 15:42

Spie please do me a favour and check it's menus if it has a wake on LAN option?

Spie · 19 Dec 2009 at 15:55

Will do

paradigm · 19 Dec 2009 at 16:33

Spie said:
If you are looking for a mediocre quality, home/consumer grade wireless router, with branding attempting to give it status it doesn't deserve, buy one

Fixed.

I'll stick with my "Cisco by Cisco" kit.

tolien · 19 Dec 2009 at 17:21

The user manual suggests it won't send the magic packet itself, but it should be capable of allowing you to do it from the internet (forward port 9 to the LAN's broadcast IP and fire away). There are posts on the Linksys forum implying it won't do it though.

I'm prone to agree with Paradigm - Linksys's ADSL routers have always been awful (in contrast with their routers without a modem which fluctuate from mediocre to excellent), so if this one's good it's an exception to the rule. If your previous ones have been worse then you've bought some real lemons :eek:

About its only interesting feature is that it does Annex M, which this does not. The data sheet says something about using "port 1" (which I'm guessing is meant to be a switch port) as a WAN port too.

#Chri5# · 20 Dec 2009 at 21:30

Calling a Linksys ADSL router just awful is a bit generous IMHO.

griffy · 21 Dec 2009 at 02:28

So what is better for around the same price? Netgear? Belkin? 2wire ?
I have all of the above brands, and the Linksys in the OP

bigredshark · 21 Dec 2009 at 10:52

It's a fair question, if I for some reason had to buy a consumer router I'd be fairly stumped these days. Netgear are, in my opinion, rubbish. Belkin I wouldn't touch, d-link I'm not wild about. Linksys would probably be my choice by default. Thankfully I have a pretty flawless Juniper box to use...

paradigm · 21 Dec 2009 at 11:04

If I had to go consumer, I'd get a Draytek I think, or perhaps a Billion. Fortunately I don't and won't go consumer.

tolien · 21 Dec 2009 at 12:46

Depends what other features you want too - the choice of reasonable yet relatively inexpensive (i.e. it'll work and has a decent base set of features that aren't broken but isn't the price of an 8*7 and doesn't try to be) 802.11n routers is a good bit smaller than for 802.11g. Obviously the latter's been around for a lot longer but it's still disappointing that the trend in quality is apparently downwards.
It doesn't help that you can get some genuinely decent routers and some that couldn't legally be sold as doorstops from the same brand.

I'd probably go for a two-box setup with a WRT54GL and an ethernet ADSL modem (something like the Linksys AM200), total cost a little less but, wireless aside, you have IMO a far superior router.

Coolasmoo · 21 Dec 2009 at 23:14

Do you know if this uses the same chipset as the 160n ?

Broadcom BCM6358 , Be* Dslam's are compatable with this

VeNT · 22 Dec 2009 at 12:44

I'll stick with the tomato and AM200 ta.

jonshaw_uk · 22 Dec 2009 at 12:51

i have one of these routers and so far its been superb. my old netgear dg834gt would fall over at least 4-5 times a day requiring it to be rebooted. the linksys has only been on a few days but as yet no problems. i did have a problem with tv versity and my ps3 but figured out it was due to my pc (running windows 7) putting the new router as a public network and not home network. changed it over and everything working on the ps3 instantly.
im yet to try the usb nas option but will give it a go over crimbo.

my only flaw with this router is it didnt come with some sort of stand to put it upright but thats my only tiny gripe

#Chri5# · 22 Dec 2009 at 13:14

paradigm said:
If I had to go consumer, I'd get a Draytek I think, or perhaps a Billion. Fortunately I don't and won't go consumer.

Billion goes in the same skip as Linksys in our office.

Biffa · 22 Dec 2009 at 13:24

Wow router snobs.. who woulda thunk it

paradigm · 22 Dec 2009 at 13:44

#Chri5# said:
Billion goes in the same skip as Linksys in our office.

I did say consumer. For the office I'd be binning everything you can buy off the shelf.

griffy · 22 Dec 2009 at 19:22

Consumer products for consumers! Shock Horror

I can't believe the snobbery about routers aimed for the home user on this forum, yet they same snobs dont seem to offer up any nicely priced alternative, they are all crap etc lol :rolleyes:

paradigm · 22 Dec 2009 at 21:01

griffy said:
Consumer products for consumers! Shock Horror

I can't believe the snobbery about routers aimed for the home user on this forum, yet they same snobs dont seem to offer up any nicely priced alternative, they are all crap etc lol

I offered my suggestions on brands for a home user.

Personally I'd rather own used Cisco kit, but then I know how to use it.

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