The Linksys WRT600N has far more features and configuration options than than the average user would ever need, including 3 Antennas to support 2.4GHz, and 5GHz Wireless-a/b/g/n. Works best in a situation where:
- All your network devices are Wireless-N capable
- You have a IPv6 DOCSIS 3.0 Internet Connection
You may not see any performance difference from Wireless-G (54 MB), and may be disappointed with the range configured to Wireless-N @ 5GHz. Why? Here a some possibilities:
- The lower the frequency, the longer the range. The higher the frequency, the higher the throughput, but range greatly decreases. If you configure the router to use 5GHz, you will have faster data transfer speeds, but half the wireless range of 2.4GHz.
- Wireless-N speeds can only be realized if all your network devices (wireless and LAN controllers) support Wireless-N.
- If your Internet connection type is Broadband, web surfing will be the same speed as a G Router, but the connection between your Router and Laptop could be faster if the Laptop has a Wireless-N controller.
More Information
- GazGuzla Alternative Firmware Flashing Instructions located Here. Compare with DD-WRT Instructions, and review the Forum Thread
- Additional Router info Located Here.
| DD-WRT? | Tomato? | X-Wrt? | Platform | Flash | RAM | USB | |
| WRT600N | Y | Broadcom 4705@300MHz | 8 MB | 32 MB | 1X2.0 |
Recommendation – Good Router, better with DD-WRT. Routers with so many options have more potential for bugs, so be careful flashing alternative firmware. The USB 2.0 port is nice to have for Network Printers and Storage. A standard home user with Broadband (DOCSIS 1.1 or 2.0) should configure for Wireless-G, at 2.4GHz. if you are lucky enough to have the newer DOCSIS 3.0, or using the WRT600N as a corporate router with a dedicated pipe, or as a repeater for a 1GB network, choose Wireless-N at 5GHz.
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Why do you recommend wireless g when its a wireless n router?
Jon,
The “G” recommendation is based on tests with the most common technology at the time of this post( 2 MB Broadband Connection, 2X PC’s with standard b/g Ethernet cards, G Nas, 2X G laptops, skype dual phone, and several other test devices). The second reason was what seemed to be several bugs and range issues using some of the 5Ghz N features. Of course if you have a faster Internet connection, your connected devices are N compliant (use the $100 Linksys WPC600N PC Card, for example ), you may have better success than I did. You can always run both 2.4Ghz G and 5Ghz N bands in parallel, then slowly, as firmware updates and compatible hardware releases become common, cut over to 5 GHz altogether.