Why I buy this one ?
- Lets you connect Wireless-N (802.11n), Wireless-G (802.11g) or Wireless-B (802.11b) devices to your wired network
- Uses the very latest wireless networking technology, Wireless-N
- MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels farther and reduces dead spots
- Support for WMM provides improved QoS over wireless connections for better video and voice performance
- Standards-based POE (IEEE 802.3af) or External DC power

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What our customer's say!

"Good Job", This Access point worked like it was suposed to and it is nice to see.

"One of the most stable Access Points", I'm not sure why other people are having problems with this access point. With the the latest firmware (as of 06/2008) the access points are stable and run for many months without crashing. I've configured 7 of these to cover a 100,000 square foot warehouse with the AP's suspended from the ceiling. No power had to be run to each access Point because they are all power over ethernet - we simply had to get a power over ethernet switch and run a standard ethernet drop to each access point.

I've gone back to the warehouse two months later and all access points had an uptime of 61 days - not a single one had crashed. I decided to reboot each of them, just in case, but they were all up and running, responding, and supplying a wireless signal, after 2 months. I was actually a little shocked, I figured at least one would have crashed. The nice thing is since they are power over ethernet I just had to unplug each one by one from our power over ethernet switch - no running around anywhere. I figured 2 months of being stbale in a hot warehouse over the summer for all 7 access points is an excellent test of stability.

The best thing is that all the AP's share the same SSID and password and I can roam from one end of the warehouse to the other while downloading a file and without dropping a single ping. I did have to plan the wireless channel configuration ahead of time and I tried to minimize the interference with each other. Remember there are really only 3 distinct channels, 1, 6, and 11, so try to space your access points apart so that you get the least amount of conflict. There is a serious problem with the 802.11G specification where each channel overlaps with channels +-3 channels from it - so an access point on channel 3 conflicts with both channel 1 and channel 6. Short story - use only 1, 6 and 11 for your wireless channels.

In any case, with proper configuration and the latest firmware, everything runs stable and has tremendous range. I'm getting a good signal with every access point spaced 200 ft apart. Each access point is able to supply a medium but stable signal at a 120ft radius so placing the AP's 200 ft allows for a little bit of overlap to ensure good coverage everywhere. This was tested with all the racks in place in the warehouse, metal racks with wooden shelves.

In short, a tremendous access point for the price, great for businesses that require long term stability.


"Blows BIG TIME", This thing blows big-time. I manage, design, and install networks for a living. I installed this in my house to compliment my new Dell laptop with wireless-N and I can say that my dvd rewinder was a better investment. PoE is pretty cool, which is why I bought it, but it's the only feature that works reliably. Drops connections pretty frequently only to reconnect a few minutes later. Range is good, but even at 10 feet, I reliably get 5% of my internet connection bandwidth. If you're really good at setting these things up (which, again, I do for a living), the setup is pretty easy. Using it, however, isn't such a pleasure.

Absolutely horrified--I got better performance from 10 year old 802.11FH, which you can pick up for about $10 on ebay.

Sucks balls... big time.

"Absolutely Awesome!! As Good As Hoped!", I bought this about 4 weeks ago and haven't had a problem yet. I don't know what the other reviewers are talking about, except sound like they don't understand the difference between an Access Point and a Router. I am using this with a 8-Port Desktop Switch & a Wireless Router. I bought this on my previous experience with Linksys, the strength of reviews from PC World & others, and a couple of friends that work with Wireless Networks on a daily basis.

"Scary", Installation, setup, operational were all exceptional. For 15 days. Then the transmitter quit and my customer service nightmare began. They teased me with a free 800 number that was disconnected. I tried the free chat, and was told that they didn't support this product thru the chat. So, I tried the 900 number referred in the 800 number for $9 a pop. After accepting the charge, the number went to directory assistance. I resigned myself to return the product (again, a 900 toll number) and was finally directed to customer service, after bouncing around a few people I was told to download the new firmware. I downloaded same, and the WAP started working! I submit that Linksys would do their customers a service if they were honest about downloading the latest firmware, and not so inclined to milk them for $.

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"No stronger signal than wireless-G, don't waste your money", As of this writing, all reviewers have given it one star. I give it one star as well even though I was able to connect two workstations, each with a Linksys WMP300N wireless-N pci card w/ antenna, to it. Here's why I only give it one star - the signal strength is exactly the same as the wireless-G router (also Linksys) that it was supposed to replace. I even upgraded the firmware to the latest version (1.2.12 at this writing).

Where's the 4X range claimed? I don't know... I paid extra $$$ for this N protocol unit, plus extra $$$ for the N network adapters - no better performace - I'm seriously disappointed!

Here's the claim (copy/pasted): "MIMO technology uses multiple radios to create a robust signal that travels farther and reduces dead spots" - no, this is not true. This is probably true if the signal travels freely through the air with no walls or floors to stop it - not very practical for real-world application.

Bottom line: if you want extended range then avoid this product as if it were a drug-resistant bacteria - seriously!

"Nightmare - avoid at all costs", After a day of comprehensive testing both in various modes (G-only, B/G/N mixed) and with different security configurations (no encryption, WPA2-Personal/AES) the unit was spectacularly unreliable both with Intel and Linksys NICs. I upgraded the firmware to the most current release before testing began. Absolutely ridiculous, given that my WAP54G access point has been extremely reliable.

After a string of recent disappointments with driver quality and availability, this is the last straw for me. I've been buying a lot of Linksys hardware over the past few years, but now I've had enough. I'm taking a look at Intel, Netgear and D-Link hardware in future for all purchasing requirements, and am not going to bother taking a look at Linksys again, life's too short. That's it.

Linksys senior management feel free to phone me personally (look me up in google) to tell me why I should ever evaluate their products again. But I suspect the company simply doesn't care.

"Big, Big Problems", If you buy this item, be prepared to spend hours trying to get it installed and setup. The strange thing is that if you connect it directly to a router, it will connect quickly and get you online BUT if you want to setup your wireless network with security (an important thing) and to do any other configurations, you will have to connect to the unit using a special IP number. The truth is that in most cases, it will be very, very, very difficult to make that connection. Linksys doesn't mention anything about this. The solution requires you to manually change your cable or DSL modem's IP number and then to connect directly with a CAT5 cable and then you have to set your modem back to normal -- but Linksys doesn't bother to tell you this. It took me several hours of searching the web for hints and trying many different things.

I would be very cautious about buying any Linksys product. The company is clearly not interested in providing users with the most basic information required. It would cost them nothing to provide this information -- or to revise the item so it doesn't need such absurdly difficult measures. I'm not buying Linksys again.

"works ...some of the time", I bought one of these and connected it to a WRT350N on the other side of the house via ethernet cable. I did this because the "4X range" (cough, cough) of the 350N turned out to be more like 1.1X range.

I set it up and it worked immediately. Apparently, the idea of using this as an access point in addition to a wireless router is not something that ever occured to Linksys or, at least to the writer of the manual. So, everything was trial and error. The only info given was to make sure it has the same SSID as the rest of the system. Channels? Settings? Figure it out yourself.

My complaint with this access point is that it frequently drops connection to the rest of the network. The wireless connection to the computer stays up, so you don't actually know when this is happening until you stop getting pages to load in the browser or responses from the server. THe only thing to do is a hard reboot. There is a software reboot, but the AP, unlike the 350N rounter, will NOT allow you to access the firmware from a computer connected to it. You have to go somewhere else to get a signal from the router instead, or a computer hard wired to the network to pull up the AP firmware and order a reboot. Easier just to go and yank the power plug, since I am getting up anyway.

There is a setting that claims to improve "interoperability" with the linksys N card (which I use) enabling it did not fix the problem.

Calling linksys was worse than useless when you factor in the cost of the call. The people answering the phone know nothing at all and are just using the same data base of technical "help" you can get to yourself on their website. It has nothing about this problem, so they can't help. I have been told several times that a level II tech would call me ("within the hour", "sometime today", "as soon as possible") but, to date, that has not happened.

Clearly this product was released too soon.

"Needs improvement", As of firmware version 1.2.8, this thing can't keep a network connection up very long. When moving large amounts of data, the WAP4400N tends to reboot. It has a nice form factor and was easy to install, but since I actually need a wireless network, I'm sending this back.