Others say...

"WRT350N, Avoid This Product As Though It Was The Black Death"
I purchased this router after having the Linksys 802.11G product. I was looking forward to the external USB storage connection as well as the suppossed speed increase. I provide IT support for a major corporation and I consider myself to be a fairly advanced user. I made every attempt to make this product work with some stability with absolutley no success. Updated firmware, various configurations of Wireless settings etc. From what I can tell the biggest problem is that this product really does not know how to deal with any other wireless networks that might be near by. I get "Excellent" signal strength, at least that's what the Linksys utility says, but I get only 6 Mbps throughput and the connection drops every few minutes. And yes I found the setting to force it higher. So unless you live on an island with no other inhabitants, avoid this product as though it was the black death.

"Drops signal, loses ISP connection"
My intentions when purchasing this router was to upgrade my junk wireless G router from Radio Shack and get increased range and speed with the N signal. I was let down by Linksys right from the start. As soon as I opened the box I noticed the large antennas and was excited to see how much range I could get out of this router. I set up the router in place of my wired Linksys BEFSR, hoping this router would replace my whole network nightmare. I attempted to run the install cd that came with the router, the EasyLink. It failed, several times. Finally I decided to just manually set up the router, which worked, for about a day. When I moved about my house I noticed no difference between my internal G wireless adapter on my laptop, and my shiny new wireless N PCI card. Bummer. As with the signal, I noticed NO increase in wireless speed between laptops as well as my Xbox 360. Bummer, again. I decided to keep the router because it was Linksys. I figuered it had to be better than my junk Radio Shack router. Well, once again, bummer. The router was stable, for the first 24 hours. After that, the router would drop wireless signal and require a restart of the router. Once I called Linksys and dealt with their tech support for 3 hours, they decided the problem was the IP address of the router. WHAT?! Their solution to my problem was to change the router from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.2.1 Wow! It worked. My router stays stable, but now it loses connection with my ISP. Having it Release and Renew does nothing. The only way to fix the problem is to restart the ENTIRE network. I have not tried the USB storage device, as I cannot get the router to work for basic internet activity for longer than 48 hours. I have called tech support several times, and each time there is nothing they can do. The firmware has been changed by Linksys' request several times. I've even gone as far as having my ISP replace my modem 3 times, each time the results are the same. Unfortunately I did not use Amazon to purchase the router, and the retailer where I purchased this router will not take it back.

The result is I now have a very expensive wired router, with the old BEFSR picking up some slack as an access point working in parallel to feed the 6 connections in the house. Running everything with wires, the router works great. I have to reboot the whole network once every 6 months, as the high network traffic eventually gets the best of the router.

If you want a router that drops signal when it feels necessary, or want to talk to a tech support person, then this router is for you. If you want something reliable with great support, choose a different router or company all together.

"Do not order Linksys WRT350N ship from & sold by ANTOnline"
I ordered a new WRT350N router on July 19,2008. ANTOnline shipped a old/reburbished item and no Setup CD and documentation in the box. The package is unsealed and the item old/used router. There is no luck to contact the Seller ANTOnline. I have to end up to filled a complain with AMAZON.

"Storage Link is not ready for prime time."
This router has a nice setup process. It appears to have better range, especially from one floor of my home to the next. And I'm seeing excellent transfer rates across gigabyte NICs that are wired directly to the router.

But it hardly makes up for two big issues: First, the Storage Link is not ready from prime time. Yes, there are some users that understand routers, group policies, and all of the other settings required to make this thing work. Mapping a Network drive is not beyond all users. Linksys does a lousy job describing how to setup and use this feature.

Yes, I read the manual. Yes, I surfed several forums for tips. And, yes, I did finally get it to connect. But the hassle factor is really high. And, for some reason the process to reconnect to the mapped drive is problematic. Eventually I unplugged the USB drive and returned it to its' base computer. I wanted a single repository of music and images, but Storage Link does not appear to be the solution.

A second issue is the preference for "wireless" connections. Where my wireless devices connected without a problem, I am still working to configure wired devices and my ethernet/network enabled printer. The setup wizard that makes everything seem so smooth and easy - also hides the ability to manually intervene. Renaming workgroups, users and computers is not my idea of a fun time.

I gave this router a 3-star rating based on the basic speed improvements (within my LAN) and simple wireless setup. You can find other products, even from Linksys, for $50-$60 less that will give you most of the same functionality, speed and range. If they would let someone dedicate a few hours to improve the User Manual this product could be a real winner.


"Flashing the POS commonly known as the WRT350N"
Since this router came out I have found myself flashing more and more of them. People are fed up with the constant unstable connections, and constant default setting resets needed to keep this thing going. I myself have one and will soon be selling it to my friend to get a new router.

I have had problems with it dropping my connections usually every 10-15 minutes. I too voided the warranty on this product by flashing it to use "DD-WRT" (WARNING: flashing your router WILL void your warranty and Linksys will not give any support once they find out you have done it. So do it at your own descretion. You will also lose the ability to use the network USB storage feature.)

Once i installed DD-WRT mini on the router it restarted and yes everything seemed just fine. Next i upgraded DD-WRT mini to DD-WRT v.24 and uh oh... No access to the web GUI to edit the settings. Simple work around... NO I DID NOT BRICK the router. Anyways... i used TELNET to connect to the router using the standard login: ROOT and password: ADMIN and TURNED ON web GUI access by entering the following command "httpd -h /www" (This seems to happen every now and then when i am installing it on a new router for the first time.) If you cant TELNET into it try SSH using "PuTTy".

For all the info you need and more or access to download the files used above just google the UPPERCASE words above ;)

In the end... after flashing it you may have voided the warranty but i guarantee you will have a MUCH BETTER router in the end. DO NOT ATTEMPT FLASHING IF YOU ARE NOT TECHY!!! TAKE IT TO A TECH TO HAVE IT DONE. If you dont know anyone then take it to GEEK SQUAD or FIREDOG and bring the disks with the files for DDWRT and have them do it... (but no clue what they may charge for it... nor guarantee that the techs there will even accept the job since it voids product warranty. GOODLUCK)

Video of another guy who did what i do on a weekly basis:
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