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Technical information
Brand Linksys
Product Dimensions 5.2 x 24.6 x 19.4 cm; 800 Grams
GramsItem model number WRT3200ACM-UK
Manufacturer Linksys Series Linksys AC3200
Connectivity Type Wi-Fi Wireless Type 802.11ac
Number of USB 2.0 Ports 1
Number of USB 3.0 Ports1 Number of Ethernet Ports 4 Are Batteries Included
NoItem Weight 800 g
About this item
1.8 GHz dual-core Central Processing Unit powered for performance with enterprise-grade processing capabilities for lightning-fast uploads and downloads
Fast dual-band Wi-Fi router on the market: Tri-Stream 160 technology doubles the bandwidth to 160 MHz on all spatial streams for the fastest 5 GHz band of any router
Open-source ready fully customisable with open source firmware from OpenWrt and DD-WRT, for optimal performance, especially suited for advanced gaming needs
MU-MIMO technology delivers blazing-fast Wi-Fi speeds to multiple devices at the same time. Storage File System Support : FAT, NTFS, and HFS+
256 MB flash and 512 MB of RAM memory handle more without delay for optimal performance
eSATA, USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports Share content via an external storage device with ultra‑fast data transfer speeds; USB 3.0+ delivers enhanced performance over USB 2.0; eSATA delivers optimal data transfer speeds from external SATA drives and accommodates USB 2.0
DFS certified + 3rd scanner radio to get access to restricted DFS channels at full bandwidth for the clearest Wi-Fi not available to most other routers
Operating Temperature is 32 to 104 F (0 to 40 C) Storage Temperature is 4 to 140 F (-20 to 60 C). Wi-Fi Speed- AC3200 (N600 + AC2600). Wi-Fi Range- Very Large Household. Wi-Fi Bands- 2.4 and 5 GHz (simultaneous dual-band)
Costumers Product Reviews
Pros
I bought this to use alongside a Netgear DM200 modem which I will talk about in a separate review. The Linksys WRT32X gets a lot of mixed reviews. It would seem to have a lot of good reviews on many tech sites, but actual customer reviews seem very mixed on Amazon. From my experience I was replacing a BT Smart Home Hub 6 which I had been using for my BT Infinity connection. The BT Hub 6 has been a reasonable performer but far from stellar. I had been experiencing a lot of connection drops and lacklustre wifi performance of late and decided that it just had to go. So my quest for a reasonably priced high performance router began.
I stumbled upon the WRT32X whilst searching Amazon and immediately like it looks along with the greatly discounted price. On reading reviews it seemed a mix bag with most of the negatives criticizing the router firmware as just too basic and the positive ones hailing it as great when flashed with custom firmware OpenWRT being one mentioned a lot. I decided to take a risk and ordered it along with a modem as if you don’t already know this is a wifi router only and needs a separate modem to work.
After setting up the modem I connected the Linksys WRT32X to the modem via its internet port and started the router up. The setup of the router can be performed either via a network cable straight into the router or by wifi using a temporary ssid and password that the router has from the factory. Setup was about 1o minutes only because I initially had one setting which I need to input alongside my PPOE login details and that was the VLAN ID.
After this the router connected to my ISP and immediately started to download the latest firmware and update itself. After this I was able to login to the router and take a look at the settings. A lot of the more interesting settings are under Advanced settings but it’s all fairly rudimentary stuff. I’m not a router expert but most of my needs were met by stock firmware so I decided to not bother with flashing any custom firmware. The setting I was most interested in was device prioritization as I wanted my gaming machines at the top of the list. This was done quickly and saved to the routers settings. The ability to get better performance with Killer enabled laptops and PC’s is of no use to me as I have no such compatible devices in my house.
Prior to my upgrade I would have got speed test results in the low 40 Mbps and latency was anywhere between 40 – 60 ms. My speeds were now 69 Mbps and latency was below 30 ms. This all seemed a bit too good to be true so I launched Origin on my gaming rig and started to download a game. Whilst viewing the router dashboard and watching my actual download speed from Origin I was amazed. Where I was before getting downloads at anywhere between 2 - 4 Mbs my download was hovering around 7.5 Mbs almost double. The throughput on the router dashboard was maxed and was showing 69 – 70 Mbps so this all looks in line with my download speed.
With all the wireless devices from phones, tablets and Amazon Echo devices in my house at times the multiple connections can be up to 20 devices or more at a time and this router does not miss a beat. If you can’t already tell I am very pleased with this router and modem combo and would not hesitate in recommending it to a person like myself who just wants something that you plug in and works with a minimum of setup shenanigans.
Cons
It works as a ok wifi and ethernet router but on that basis vey expensive. The wider functionality is not up to date to the point that it is not always compatible with even vaguely recent kit and requires opening security flaws to function. So: wifi in default settings on mixed mode will not work with existing with other protocol compliant hardware especially Google's Chromecast - turning off the 2.4g hz wireless more advance protocols (ie moving to a/b only) fixed this. More worrying is that the use of external storage is only compatible with SMB 1 protocols. A know security issue since 2007! and now turned of on Windows by default - in fact these are so bad that windows actually has a function to keep turning them off which must be disabled to use as a NAS. Will try with open source firmware but any one non-technical should avoid this like the plague and it is appalling compliance behaviour from a networking company. None of these were properly documented and I had to dig into expert discussion fora and trial and error to sort this out.
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