EA6700 Problems!

Hi,
Just thought I would provide some feedback with regards my EA6700 router.
I purchased a LinkSys EA6700 router last week thinking that at the more expensive end of the home router scale I would be getting something that would out perform my BT Homehub 3 and also allow me to have better control over internet access to prevent my son from spending all night online so he might get some sleep!!
I connected the router up on Friday evening, connected to this I have 2 Seagate NAS drives, 1 Sonos Bridge and fair number of other devices connected wirelessly. Almost immediately my son started complaining about poor internet speeds and I have to say even just browsing the Internet everything seemed a little sluggish, although I just thought my normally very responsive BT Infinity connection was having an off day
Then today the Internet became unuseable, continually dropping the connection, as I was at work I phoned BT and they did a line test and suggested that there was a problem with the line, now I don't know how these tests work but I assumed that it would be external to the property and the LinkSys router could not be the root cause of my problems. On returning home I noticed the LinkSys light was off on the top so went to pick the router up to have a look and jesus wept the thing was so hot I burnt my fingers!!! I have immediately disconnected the **bleep** thing and plugged my old BT Homehub 3 device back in and wham instant 50mb/s download and 15mb/s upload and everybody is happy again!
So needless to say the EA6700 is going back to Amazon tomorrow, a very disappointing experience and one I don't intend to repeat anytime soon!
Andy

Be aware that the USB ports on routers is just for convenience for connectivity and will not obtain anywhere close to any speed you think you should get. Routers can not obtain USB2.0 speeds so 3.0 is useless. Routers are designed to ROUTE data from their Ethernet ports and do everything a router does. USB connections are way down on the list of things to handle.

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Nonsense! Just read this forum. All router (all EA6xxx) are damaged? Bugs in the Chipset ?
If it is a replacement of all devices!
But linksys certainly will not do it unless it is already a big problem.
Why? Cash!
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Linksys EA6700, "Cannot find the DHCP server"

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Folders added to USB disk connected to EA6700 not seen by Panasonic TV

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Sorry for not replying to this forum earlier. I have been busy with other tasks.
I disconnected the USB disk from EA6700, and connected it to my PC.
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EA6700 Permissions on USB Drive

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EA6700 won't connect to the modem

Hi experts!
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Hello all
I just exchanged my old basic Netgear router for Linksys EA6700, which was supposed to be a more powerful router.
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For devices running on 2.4 GHz, the range can go up to 100-150 feet (30-46 meters). If your wireless network devices are too far from each other, consider relocating the devices. Wireless networks are also susceptible to obstructions that may lead to low signal. Oftentimes, the signal gets reflected, refracted, or absorbed by the obstruction: Thick walls and ceilings, mirrors, glasses, metal objects and aquariums.
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Apple TV gen 3 not working with Linksys EA6700

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EA6700 Internet speed drops

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I recently purchased a brand new EA6700.
Installed it prperly and started surfing from several devices such as Laptop, ipad and iphone.
Though the new router slows download speed from 15Mbps to approx. 2-5Mbps.
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ADSL ROUTER-MODEM Siemens SL2-141 and now EA6700 connected to it using CAT5e(from SL2 LAN port to EA6700's internet port)
After reading almost everything written here, I have done several tweaks yet no success.
Switched ports at the SL2 ROUTER-MODEM.
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Reset the EA6700 to factory default and reinstall it manually.
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Hi there, just replaced WRT610n router with an EA6700 to improve the WIFI signal.
Honestly speaking, it made zero difference.
Reason to improve the signal? Have a Chromecast plugged into a Panasonic DT30 TV in bedroom (in reality only some 10 meters away) and it struggles to keep a decent signal.
In fairness our laptop or Nexus 7 confirms the signal is 'poor' in that location .... they work reliably but visible signal bar shows low signal.
We know the config itself works as we have three other identical Panasonic/Chromecast units in other rooms which work perfectly.
My question is - how best to improve the WIFI signal at the Bedroom Panasonic/Chromecast position?
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Just to note, we have multiple RJ45 outlets in all rooms, all TV's are RJ45 connected as are 90% of devices e.g Sonos, PS3, Xbox, TV's, Printers etc. So WIFI is ONLY used for 1xNexus 7, 1xIpad, 2xlaptop......rare that more than 3 devices would be used at a time and has never been a performance problem. House is simple brick built 3 bedroom semi.
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Have tried Linksys livechat but although it says live and ready to go, by the time I entered details, it says no agents on line.
A disapointing day product and support wise but hoping there's a hero out there to shine a light. Many thanks in advance
Solved!
Go to Solution.

If you can't reconnect to the EA6700 its because you aren't getting an IP from it with the DHCP disabled. On your laptop you can specify an IP Address for the laptop of 192.168.1.253 temporarily to connect to the EA6700.
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Regds,
SD
N.B. And yes there are more articles and tutorials available but much of them targets the Java SE / EE, but if you want to read them here is [another great one straight from SUN|http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/concurrency/index.html] .
Edited by: find_suvro@SDN on 7 Nov, 2008 12:00 PM

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