Linksys WRT1900AC Available For Preorder

[isamudaison]

FYI: It's now available for pre-order (due out April 13):

http://store.linksys.com/Linksys-WR...productId158014980VVcatId553965VVviewprod.htm

 

[microchip]

Love the looks. Unfortunately, I had a lot of issues in the past with Linksys routers, so I'm reluctant in getting one

 

[connorm]

can't wait for a review! expecting this to be the top ac1900 router

 

[claykin]

can't wait for a review! expecting this to be the top ac1900 router

Why?

I've read the claims...1.2Ghz Marvell CPU, 4 antennas (with only 3 actually working for TX/RX), eSata.

To me, the eSata port sounds most interesting, except I suspect you won't have native access to the port (lets hope I'm wrong). i.e. to read disk SMART data.

Plus its Linksys (Belkin). Do you really think that Linksys and Marvell have it in them?

 

[jalyst]

FYI: It's now available for pre-order (due out April 13):

http://store.linksys.com/Linksys-WR...roductId158014980VVcatId553965VVviewprod.htm]

Yeah, if you're a yankee, whole world != yankee...

 

[connorm]

Why?

I've read the claims...1.2Ghz Marvell CPU, 4 antennas (with only 3 actually working for TX/RX), eSata.

To me, the eSata port sounds most interesting, except I suspect you won't have native access to the port (lets hope I'm wrong). i.e. to read disk SMART data.

Plus its Linksys (Belkin). Do you really think that Linksys and Marvell have it in them?

actually all 4 antennas do work. only 3/4 sending and recieving at the same time though, and the device adjusts which antennas are used based on signal. i believe it can change active antennas on the fly, rather then having to restart the driver like u have to do when u change wireless channels.

as for estata. i already have a user for it. my $20 HD dock from newegg that fits about every drive there is supports usb 2.0 and esata. i have an esata port on my computer so i have used it like that before but i have always used the dock primarily for network drives.

i like the directly linksys is taking 10X more then asus. the rt-ac68u and its little cousin the rt-ac56u arent even wall mountable. sad.

ontop of that asus is about to release 4x4 solututions way before 3x3 ac has even become common. its just a tactic to sell more routers. its not practical at all at this time

dual core 1.2 GHz processor 3x4 marvell chipset, and esata are all firsts for consumer routers in this pricerange (lets say $250 or less)

+ the wrt1900ac just looks beautiful i would probably stare at it a good bit

the only thing possible i could dislike about this router is wifi performance of firmware, but because it will probably be tomato/dd-wrt capable eventually, and i dont need it immediately. firmware should be an issue. the only thing i see being a possible issue with this router is wifi performance vs the 68u, forthcoming 87u, and the r7000.

 

[RogerSC]

Reserving judgement...it will be interesting to see how it actually stacks up against the other wireless-1900AC routers. While it does have a retro look, can't say that it really appeals to me. Never liked the retro toasters enough to have one, either *smile*. And I'm not fond of Linksys these days, they have the same firmware problems everyone else has, and this one has an even more sophisticated form of antenna usage.

We'll see. Not that I'm in the market at the moment, but I like to see great new products come out and do really well.

 

[TonyH]

Hi,
Time will tell once some are in the end users hands. I just don't understand. Faster and faster is the only thing matters? Life is short what's the hurry?, LOL!

 

[Razor512]

If the SOC has native support for sata, then it will likely be one of the best storage routers available when it is finally released.

For example, the NAS performance of the wndr4700 was CPU bound (but it did have native sata support), but here is what it was able to do with its single core 1GHz CPU http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wndr4700#testinternal.hdd.-.nastester.1.4

With the linksys using newer CPU, there is a good change that the CPU will have a better IPC while also running at a higher clock speed, thus allowing for better storage performance.

If they make this router fully open for developers to have the best chance possible at getting 3rd party firmware for it, then this will be a a router that combines and exceeds the best parts of the wndr4700, and R7000, and WRT54GL.

 

[TonyH]

Hi,
It seems h/w spec. is going way ahead of f/w development. Seems to be the case. And at the same time h/w has bugs, f/w has bugs, never ending game.

 

[thiggins]

Hi,
It seems h/w spec. is going way ahead of f/w development. Seems to be the case. And at the same time h/w has bugs, f/w has bugs, never ending game.

As I have said many times before, as long as people are willing to buy, companies will sell. Caveat emptor.

 

[sm00thpapa]

I've always been a Linksys fan and still have 2 WRT54GL's with DD-WRT installed. I love this retro look as well. It's actually made by Belkin.

 

[sfx2000]

Here is hoping that thru the Cicso/Belkin thing, that some of the old-school guys are still there...not just from an ID design perspective, things on the desk, but the mindset behind...

I'm probably not the only person that bought and used a Linksys BEFW11S4 or earlier - in many ways, they've enabled the WiFi revolution in the SOHO space... they were not perfect perhaps, but good enough, and better than the rest at the time...

WRT54G is a major point with many of us, pre-Cisco... the WRT54G has enabled not only OpenWRT and DD-WRT, but many other SOHO solutions...

BTW - still have a WRT54G v1.1 on the shelf for reference... as well as a WRT160NL 1.0... they're about how to do things right... not just from a tech perspective, but also from a user perspective.

 

[sm00thpapa]

I'm just glad they went back to the external antennas. I was never a fan of the so called internal antenna. A piece of metal on the side of a plastic wall with a wire running to it. That doesn't sound like much of an antenna to me.

 

[jalyst]

It's actually made by Belkin.

That's been well substantiated long ago, everyone who follows this field at least lightly knows this.

 

[sm00thpapa]

That's been well substantiated long ago, everyone who follows this field at least lightly knows this.

Working in networking for the last 25 years I come to the conclusion that Belkin makes junk routers and it has been proven many times. Now they acquired the task of making an AC router. All we can do is hope for the best and prove me wrong.

 

[jalyst]

...I come to the conclusion that Belkin makes junk routers and it has been proven many times, now they acquired the task of making an AC router.

Well, Belkin bought Cisco's consumer networking division & much of it's IP/know-how, which was once 100% Linksys (which you hail as "teh b055"), so your assertion (quoted above) is too simplistic. WRT1900AC is clearly the start of a new breed of networking devices we'll see from them, drawing conclusion based on devices prior to Belkin's ownership/consolidation of consumer_Cisco is silly. Will the WRT1900AC be the "cream of the crop", impossible to say, it may not even be middle-ware, time will tell.

 

[TonyH]

Hi,
A BIG task at hands for developers. For consumers it has to be matter of
enable this enable that kinda set up. Rest has to be done by f/w utilizing ah, say, AI based algorithm. In the end technology makes people dumber
and lazy?

 

[thiggins]

Hi,
A BIG task at hands for developers. For consumers it has to be matter of
enable this enable that kinda set up. Rest has to be done by f/w utilizing ah, say, AI based algorithm. In the end technology makes people dumber
and lazy?

What is this comment related to? MU-MIMO?

 

[sm00thpapa]

Well, Belkin bought Cisco's consumer networking division & much of it's IP/know-how, which was once 100% Linksys (which you hail as "teh b055"), so your assertion (quoted above) is too simplistic. WRT1900AC is clearly the start of a new breed of networking devices we'll see from them, drawing conclusion based on devices prior to Belkin's ownership/consolidation of consumer_Cisco is silly. Will the WRT1900AC be the "cream of the crop", impossible to say, it may not even be middle-ware, time will tell.

True Jalyst time will tell.