A fast and far-covering wireless N-based router doesn't have to cost you a lot of money, just look at Linksys' example. The company's WRT160N is one of the slickest-looking and fastest wireless routers on the market, yet it costs just $169.

Good speed; easy to set-up; well designed

Doesn't have built-in content filtering options; but they're not essential

You'd be hard-pressed to find a true draft-n router for less than you can buy the Linksys Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Router (WRT160N). Linksys's own RangePlus Wireless Router (WRT110) may be $20 cheaper on the mean streets of Techtown, but it's not a true draft-n machine (it employs Linksys's...

Good price; Supports WPS; Good Web-based management interface

Somewhat slow even for a 2.4-GHz-only router; Buggy installation routine; No support for 5-GHz band; No Gigabit Ethernet or USB connections

I've had this router about 2 years or so now, and I have to say it's a pretty solid one. This one is a higher end gaming router , but I've found it to be well worth the money. It was easy to configure other computers into my home network, both under windows xp and windows 7.

I recently bought the Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router by Linksys, which I installed in the basement. The set-up materials look easy and seem like they should be, however I did run into some difficulties.

Fast Connection Speed

Difficult To Setup

The installation was a bit rocky at the start. The "easy setup" CD simply did not work at all. It failed to detect the modem, although it was properly connected. So I called the 24/7 tech support, they answered with a message that said they had an unusually high volume of calls, and instead of...

I had a WRT54G before this, and it would kick me off the network every so often. This router has been consistent and reliable, set up was simple enough, and the wireless N makes downloads a bit faster than before. Not to mention is looks very good in the living room!

Linksys has been the number one brand for home routers and wireless networking for quite a few years

Works nicely; once flashed with open source firmware

Unfriendly setup and needs to be flashed with open source firmwre

The Linksys WRT160N Wireless-N broadband router has consistent performance, good range, a helpful software application, and a good set of networking features. Its lack of Gigabit and USB support are the only major knocks against it.

The Linksys WRT160N comes in a compact, sleek design; It sports an easy-to-use Web interface and offers a good set of networking features.

The Linksys WRT160N doesn't support the faster Gigabit standard for wired connection; nor does it have USB support

The WRT160N's performance met our expectation for a single-band Wireless-N router. On our throughput test, where the router was set to offer the best possible performance, it achieved 40.3Mbps, just a little slower than the 45.3Mbps of the WRT320 and a bit faster than the 40.1Mbps of the WRT400N.

Compact; sleek design; Easy-to-use web interface; Offers a good set of networking features; Included software is very helpful for setting it up with both Macs and PCs

Doesn't support the faster gigabit standard for wired connection; No USB support

The Linksys WRT160N Wireless-N broadband router has consistent performance, good range, a helpful software application, and a good set of networking features. Its lack of gigabit and USB support are the only major knocks against it.

Compact; sleek design; Easy-to-use web interface; Offers a good set of networking features; Included software is very helpful for setting it up with both Macs and PCs

Doesn't support the faster gigabit standard for wired connection; No USB support