I bought Linksys Wireless-N router today in a crunch (old router died). I’ve since read bad reviews. You say?
So far, I’ve read “poor” reviews from PC Magazine, TechWeb, PC World and PriceGrabber. I read a few good user reviews at a few sites (here on Yahoo! Shopping and I can’t recall where else.). I read a “good’ (editor’s) review on CNet, but the reviewer still said the wireless speed was mediocre (even more so for a Draft N router).
I bought this router in desperation. My old (formally) reliable D-Link Ethernet router suddenly died so I raced out to get a new one.
I was impressed by this Linksys based on the hype on the package and what I’d read in ads previously. I’m planning to get a laptop in the next 12 months, so the wireless will then be handy (I have no use for it now).
As 95% of the routers at this store (Circuit City) carried were Wireless, I figured I might as well go for the best. Now I’m afraid I paid twice as much as I needed to at this point in time.
Has *anyone* had at least “good” experience with the wireless capabilities of this router?
The Wireless-N spec has not been finalized yet, which means you essentially bought a prototype – a test model. Buying early models of just about anything new, from computers to cars, is a bad idea. Give ‘em a few releases to work the bugs out, then buy.
They don’t call it the bleeding edge for nothing.
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