Linksys E1500 Wireless-N Router with SpeedBoost - Wireless router - 4-port switch - 802.11n - desktop

Average Buy for Everyone
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Is this product current?
 
 
Do people like it?
 
Reviews and opinions are mixed or people are just OK with this product.
122 User Reviews
 
3.75 out of 5
1 Expert Reviews
 
3.5 out of 5
 
Good Value?
 
This product is selling at a price in-line with its capabilities and what you'd expect to pay.
 
What are the key features?
 
While this is a mid-range product it contains certain features that are typically found on higher end products.
IEEE 802.11n • WPA2 • WPA • Internal integrated antenna
Based on the facts above, Retrevo rates it:
 
Average Buy for Everyone
 
 
 
 
 
Is It Time to Buy? (What is this?)

Yes! This wireless router is selling below its average price and its price has held steady in the past 14 days, making right now a good time to buy.

Average Price
$63.36
 
 
 
 
Today's Price, holding steady
 
 
 
 
 
Most Favorable User Reviews
 
Very pleased by B. Elder "Magnolas" on amazon.com May 15, 2012
After reading several reviews that stated that the setup was cumbersome, I made the choice to go ahead and order with the hope that things may have been overstated. My approx. 10 year old Linksys router (a WRT54GS model) had been, in my opinion, the ...
 
"So far, working flawlessly" by Ken K on cnet.com Jul 5, 2011
Good buy, good price Updated on Jul 5, 2011
 
Excellent product by Tennis ace "Tennis player" on amazon.com May 30, 2012
I purchased this product and it has done exactly what it was designed to do. Have had no problems whatsoever. Would recommend this product.
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Good router by Roz on amazon.com May 15, 2012
We live in a rural area and our cable strength is not very good but we decided to try a router anyway and this router has worked out great. It is in the second floor of our farmhouse and I can get on the Internet outside on my porch!
 
Excellent.! by Micky on amazon.com May 2, 2012
Genial. Me parece bueno el servicio y la seguridad de la pagina. Me gustaria que existiera por completo en español.
 
 
 
 
Most Critical User Reviews
 
Avoid this router by Jennifer L. Riemer on amazon.com May 13, 2012
I have been using this router for about 9 months now and it was great in the beginning. About 3 months back I started experiencing intermittent connection issues with the wireless connection. It slowly degraded over the next few months to the point ...
 
"firmware is junk, DHCP server problem." by kjuergen on cnet.com Jul 7, 2011
I replaced a stone-age Linksys with the E1500 and on the first attempt none of the PC's (winDOS XP, winDOS7, Linux) and print servers/storage were able to connect to the internet as the DHCP server didn't provide the default gateway. Exchanged the unit ...
 
don't buy by deb r on amazon.com Apr 30, 2012
Bought this item. Installation instructions in box did not work. Tried multiple times. Finally got it to work after my 23 year old son was able to install not using the instructions provided by vendor. It was sooooo slow. Tried a new cable. It was ...
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linksys has gone way down hill. by capncush on amazon.com May 21, 2012
i had owned a linksys router for many many years before switching to ATT and therefore no longer needing it. I recently switched to comcast and bought this router. do not buy it. i originally bought the 1500 version and i couldnt even connect my mac to ...
 
must use advanced set up or download speed halts to a crawl by Jeff Weissman "JWE" on amazon.com Jun 18, 2012
I switched to the E1500 from W54wrt G router. Set up and install was as easy as can be expected but immediately the download speed crawled to unacceptable. it took me 2 months of frustration and almost sending this back before i found that you have to ...
 
 
 
 
User Reviews from the Web
amazon.com
 
3.9 out of 5
from 114 reviews
Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Linksys E1500 Wireless-N Router with SpeedBoost
I'm not a guru in this area so I needed 2 things out of this router, work out of the box and give me good range on my home network...Other than that however, this looks to be a very good wireless router for home use...The program walked me through naming my network and setting up my password and it automatically set my network to use WPA2 security (which experts recommend over WPA or WEP...
cnet.com
 
2.3 out of 5
from 8 reviews
Linksys E1500 Wireless-N router with SpeedBoost Review - Routers - CNET Reviews
Good signal strength, have not had to continually reboot (as I did with the Netgear), and well priced...Haven't found any yet Good buy, good price Updated on Jul 5, 2011 Good price, good speed, stable (with firmware update) Poor parental control (not costumisable...You also could 'block' ten websites, but what good is that...
 
 
 
 
Expert Reviews from the Web
cnet.com
 
3.5 out of 5
Apr 4, 2011
Linksys E1500 Wireless-N router with SpeedBoost Review - Routers - CNET Reviews
The Linksys E1500 Wireless-N router with SpeedBoost has a nice, compact design and offers good performance...It's affordable and comes with Cisco Connect,...The Linksys E1500 lacks advanced features such as dual-band, Gigabit Ethernet, and support for USB devices....If you have used the Cisco Connect software, the log-in password for the Web interface is the same as the encryption key...At the retail price of just around $80 (expect street prices to be even...
 
 
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