Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router Reviewed

Thank you for the review.

Do you think the final non-Beta firmware will make it shine a little more?

I have it on order for 2 weeks now and not yet shipped. I never had a wireless router before. Now I don't know if I should cancel the order and wait a few more weeks?

[thiggins]

What Beta firmware?

No, I don't see any firmware tuning in the short term that will improve wireless performance.

You tested with 1.000.00 B17 which probably won't ship in retail.

[thiggins]

That was the latest firmware that I downloaded from the Linksys support site.

Isn't 1.000.00 B17 beta? I don't think retail units will ship with this firmware.

What speed can we expect using the USB port? Can we assume the barrier will be the limit of the pugged device? Let's say a 16GB USB key that handle 30MB/s, we will be able to run at that speed or the router could limit this?

Thanks

[thiggins]

You wish!

I didn't retest the USB file sharing because the 610N has the same CPU.

I measured only around 4 MB/s on the 600N.
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/conte.../30208/96/1/3/

This ranks it near the bottom of the NAS Charts, i.e. not very fast.

Hi wondering if you can tell if the flash on the WRT610N is still 8MB or not?

[thiggins]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

Hi wondering if you can tell if the flash on the WRT610N is still 8MB or not?

Nope. Didn't disassemble it that far.

[jalyst]

Hi Tim,

Once again thank-you for your invaluable contribution to the community!
In your personal opinion which of the two devices do you prefer and why?

It doesn't have to be on the basis of wireless performance alone, as it sounds
as though the difference is negligible there.

Cheers,
jed