WRT160N Disatisfaction

First purchased in March.
Eventually told to return the unit by tech support.
Installed replacement unit with tech support assistance.
Made the choice not to pay $9.95 for extar software.
Experiencing same dysfunction as first unit.
i.e. Internet Explorer cannot display webpage.
Wife ready to leave because she doesn't like workarounds on PC.
After I pack her bags, what should I do?

You should downgrade the firmware if you have WRT160N v2, Just check the version number listed on the bottom of your Linksys Router right next to the model number it should say WRT160N v2, if no version information available it should be version 1...Don't downgrade the firmware if you have WRT160N v1...
Click here to downgrade the firmware...

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WRT160N Version 3; SERIOUS HELP NEEDED FOR SETUP PLZ??!?!?!

I bought this router probably around 3 weeks ago.
The following is a list of chronological scenarios that i have tried in order to install it and everything during the first week that i got it:
1. I followed the CD's instructions, got LELA, but then when i used LELA to 'add another computer' it just gave an error, and then after this i could not be screwed using LELA anymore and so i uninstalled it, and then went online to 192.168.1.1 to configure the settings of the router, SSID, password and security which i put was WPA2 etc.
BUT THIS DID not work at all, i have 2 laptops, 1 of them which is new, and the other which was a couple of years old, they could not detect anything.
2. I then did some internet research, and read on these forums that i needed to change some of its advanced wireless settings, i did that. And then I could actually connect......and was extremely happy at this moment, BUT the next day i noticed, that even though i was about a metre away from the router, my speed was varying BADLY, initially when i first connect with my new laptop which has a Intel Wifi 5100AGN adapter it has a speed of 144mbps, but when i open internet explorer, i see the speed going slower and slower, until it is 1mbps, and sometimes the wireless just cuts out. This happened to my other laptop as well.
3. I then called for technical assistance, spent so much time talking trying to solve, and downloaded the latest firmware, reflashed the router, but still it has this problem of slowing speeds which is really frustrating.
And doing some more talking and following more instructions from the person on the phone, both my laptops could not connect to the router, even though it can see it at 'Excellent' connectivity.
4. And so, the person on the phone concluded that i should exchange the router with new one, which i am planning to do, and will probably get it tomorrow. But i am also thinking to myself whether or not to get a different one.
SOME NOTES:
-When it is wired the internet works fine
-the adapter in the older laptop is a intel 2200BG, so i know that it would probably go at a max speed of 54mbps
-when i said changing advanced wireless settings, i meant changing frequency/RTS/beacon levels etc to the values i have seen on these fourms.
CURRENTLY, since i am exchanging i have gone back to the old ASUS router which is G. and it connects well with the old laptop with a constant speed of 54mbps, but havent tried the new laptop as i can not be bothered. Also my main reason of getting a N router is just for range, because with the current one, i just cannot detect the router when i am in my bedroom, which is less than 20m, even if i can detect it is is very poor connectivity, WHERE AS with the WRT160n before i exchanged it, i could detect at first with Excellent connectivity, but as i said, the problems with speed and wireless cutting out etc is what results from this router.
I guess my main point is that, i want to ask any of you have used the VERSION 3 of WRT160N, and is currently working very well wirelessly. Can u please tell me the step-by-step instructions to help me set this router perfectly?
regards

Try updating both of your laptops wireless cards that could fix the problem (you know may not be compatible with your WRT160N).
I know you said you changed the channel your router broadcasting in but do you have a lot of other wireless networks in your area???
GoodLuck
Matt

Setting up home network with WRT160N

ok got the WRT160N for christmas and just trying to set up a home network. I am not real familiar with setting up networks, so please treat this thread as talking to complete first timer,lol, with a bit of knowledge.
Scenario= Want to have main pc wired and another pc in other room wired as well. with access for two laptops.
Now I had an old dlink wired router and had absolutely no problem setting this up( main pc & spare pc in other room)
Someone please help me
TY

Download the userguide for your router from linksys/download and follow the instructions.
Greetings from Northern Ontario, Canada

How to connect my Mac Book Pro to Linksys WRT160N router

HI,
I just bought a Linksys WRT160N router. I pop the installation disk in my mac book pro and walk thru the installation procedure successfully.
But I can't connect wirelessly from my MacBook Pro (running mac os x 10.5).
It sees the router and I did type in the password correctly (i copy from the text file generated by the installation procedure), but I keep getting 'coonnection timeout'.
Anyone has similar problem and know how to fix it?
Thank you.

I experienced this behavior today. My client had a WRT160N version 3 running on firmware 3.0.02. I upgraded it to the current version, 3.0.03, because checking for upgrades is part of the service I provide to my clients. After that point, I could not connect wirelessly -- I got the "connection timeout" message every time I provided the password. Reviewing the firmware release notes, I saw a mention of "Fixed wireless channel 11 being unstable." My client was operating on channel 11. When I moved the router to channel 1, bingo -- the wireless connected perfectly. And no, no one in the vicinity was running another network on 11 -- there was only one other, and he was on 6, which is non-overlapping.
The best part was when I called Cisco for help and got told there would be a charge for assistance to solve the problem their own firmware obviously caused, that (unlike every other manufacturer in the business) they don't recommend people upgrading their firmware unless something is clearly broken (where is that on the website or in the upgrade instructions, please?), and that they don't keep copies of the older firmware.

How do I make an Airport Extreme work with a Linksys WRT160N

I have a Linksys WRT160N V3 Router that I have connected to my cable modem. I have an iMac in another room along with a PC based laptop. Range is fine to get them to connect wirelessly. However what I would like to do is to also connect my Blu-Ray device to the internet. However it isn't wireless. I was told I could use an Airport Extreme to bridge to my WRT160N. What I want to do is hardwire connect my Blu-Ray player and perhaps my iMac to the Airport Extreme using my WRT160n's access to the cable modem. Basically I'm trying to make to wirelss routers talk to each other. I can't seem to make the Airport Extreme work. Any assistance would be great.
Thanks,
Tim

Welcome to the discussions, Gonzotoo!
+I was told I could use an Airport Extreme to bridge to my WRT160N+
Unfortunately, this is not correct. The AirPort Extreme does not have the capability that you need. If you could connect the Linksys and Extreme together using an ethernet cable, it would function as you wish. Or, if it's not possible to connect them using an ethernet cable, you might take a look at a pair of ethernet powerline adapters to accomplish the same task by using the AC wiring in your home.

When I Disable NAT on my WRT160N I can no longer access the Internet

Hello,
I have had my WRT160N configured and working great for months now. I had some non-related cable problems and the cable guy split my cable and now I have a specific modem just for the internet. I can connect to the internet directly and wirelessly great! However, I went into my XBox 360 to play some Halo 3 and it yelled at me that I should Disable the NAT. I thought this was odd since my WRT160N is still the same piece of hardware and I believe that is where I disabled the NAT months ago and that it should Still have that same setting. Apparently not? So I connected to it and sure enough it was Enabled. I disabled it and now I can no longer connect directly or wirelessly to the internet. Of course, if I set it back to Enabled NAT then I can get to the internet again. I need to turn off NAT.
Not sure what to do here. Can it be on the cable modem (Time Warner Cable) where the problem resides? Would IT have a configurable setting for NAT?
Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
Kevin
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Do the following settings for X-Box...
Open an Internet Explorer browser page on your wired computer(desktop).In the address bar type - 192.168.1.1 and press Enter...
Leave Username blank & in Password use admin in lower case...
On the set-up tab change the MTU Size to 1365 and click Save Settings...
Click on "Administration" tab and disable UPnP and click Save Settings...
Click on "Applications and Gaming" tab and then click on "Port Range Forwarding" subtab...
1) On the first line in Application box type in ABC, in the start box type in 53 and End box type in 3074, leave the protocol as both and under ip address type in 192.168.1.20 and check the enable box, click Save Settings once done...
2) Once you return to the set up page click on the Security tab and uncheck Block Anonymous Internet Requests and click on Save Settings...
3) Click on set-up and change the MTU Size to 1452 and click Save Settings...Click on the Status tab and take note of DNS1 and DNS2 Addresses...
4) Goto the XBox Network Settings and IP Address Settings and select manual IP Settings and assign the following on your Xbox
IP Address :- 192.168.1.20, Subnet Mask :- 255.255.255.0, Default Gateway :- 192.168.1.1...
5) Also assign the DNS Addresses on the Xbox
Use DNS1 and DNS2 Addresses you took note off of the router status tab as Primary DNS & Secondary DNS for the xbox...
6) Turn off your modem, router, and Xbox...Wait for a minute...
7) Plug the modem power first, wait for another minute and plug the router power cable, wait another minute and turn on the Xbox and test it...it will connect...

Will the Linksys WRT160N work with windows vista at all?

Will the Linksys WRT160N work with windows vista at all?
Some one please clear this up for me, it could be answered in the simplestterms from the English Language of course.
I've recently purchased the Linksys WRT160N however after purchase "of course"I manage to find reviews stating that the router will not work with the WindowsVista Premium, or windows Vista for that matter.
E.g.(Comments like These 'which are not my own')----------
"When I tried it with a new computer running Vista 64, it would install but the Linksys System Advisor would not. After 1 chat and 4 phone calls with support the system will still not run."
"It is a good product with XP, but if you use Vista 64 good luck. After several hours of working to get it running my patience and options have run out."
"It has taken almost a week for us to figure out that the Linksys Router, WRT160N from Best Buy does not workwith Vista Premium. I looked on-line to Linksys Website and discovered that the router, WRT160N is notsupported for Vista users. .."
E.g. (CommentContradicting to what has been said above)------
"Bought this to replace my outdated Linksys (new Vista laptop) and was blown away. Thisthing practically set itself up. It replaced the wired router and wireless routers I was using, asthe signal strength is awesome. I'm still pulling over 5meg ... "
So I guess one could see why I am confused, based on the 2 sidedcontradictions pertaining to this router actually working with windows vista ornot.
So can someone respond (preferable a Vista User) and tell me the truth as of towhat this router can an cannot do in terms of Vista? Thanks

It should work with vista without any issues if you are running any software on the computers (64 bit) from linksys it may not work but if you will connect that computer with an ethernet to the router it should work fine.

Can't connect via wireless wrt160n ver 1

I am using a wrt160n version 1 with the latest firmware. The internet is via cable modem which works fine and the computer i am writing this message with is connected to the router via ethernet. The problem comes when i try to connect another PC (mine, this is my mum's) via wireless. I am using windows 7 and it says after 2-3 seconds Windows cannot connect to the wireless network. The signal strength is showing excellent with all bars full (and i have checked this by moving the router to within 10 cm of the wireless aerial of the computer that fails to connect and nothing changes). Occasionally it will connect, but the speed is awful and it wont reconnect when windows is restarted. I don't know why it connects occasionally. When i say occasionally i mean after 100 or so attempts, but this is no guarentee. I have tried multiple aerials including one with an insulated cord, so you can put the aerial far away from your computer, so i don't think theres a problem with interference.
I have tried:
resetting and reprogramming the router, including factory reset
re-aplying the latest firmware
deleting the connection profile in windows
resetting my computer and the network adapter (my wireless card)
3 other network cards
moving my computer, the router, the aerial
changing channel
formatting the computer that cant connect, fresh installing windows
cursing and praying.
In the network diagnostic details from windows 7 auto-repair thingy, it seems that pre-association is working, but actual association is failing. The error code given is "0x00038002" next to association. Further down it also says that it failed to recieve a response from the access point or router. The funny thing is, everything was working fine a few weeks ago with the exact same hardware and software. Nothing has changed except my ability to connect.

Well I think (fingers crossed) mine is working properly now... so far so good.... i have a happy teanager again... she has internet.... ha-ha
Default reset on WRT
Firmware update to Version 3 on the WRT (that was a pain in the butt... )
default reset on WRT (AGAIN)
reconfig..../set-up .etc....
Had to adjust the settings on the firewall of the Win7 laptop to allow Cisco Pure networks and Network Magic to enter the wall...
As much as I didnt want to... I also installed Network Magic on both computers and it really walked/guided me through alot of the issues and fixed most of the items by itself... Saved info to USB and uploaded to Win7 laptop... and it is working fine now......
Lets see if it last and works smoothly....

Unable to connect to network with a new Laptop. ( WRT160n v3.0.02/3 and WRT54G2 v1.0.01)

Hello,
I have never had problems with a Linksys router before until I recently got a new laptop. It was fine for the first few days, but then the connection started dropping and wouldn't come back unless I turned off the router and back on. This started increasing in frequency, so I decided to tweak with my router to find the problem and see if I could solve it.
This was for a WRT160n v3.0.02 I looked up several suggestions online and decided to update the firmware to v3.0.03 This seemed to only make it worse as I could no longer connect, and when I turned the router off and back on it would allow me in for about a minute and drop me right away. I decided to do a factory reset and set up the network all over to see if this would fix it. Nothing.
I started tweaking with the settings, and came across some posts here such as this one, started tweaking with the channel settings and everything. Nothing. If anything I somehow made it worse since now instead of dropping repeatedly it wouldn't connect at all except for about a minute after restarting router, then it would drop completely (I would either get the limited access notification or I simply couldn't connect and windows said to unplug the access point. (...again)
Fed up, I recalled I had another Linksys router that I wasn't using in storage, a WRT54G2v 1.0.01 so I set that up, no problems... at first. All other devices picked it up right away, but once again, my new laptop decides it's too good for the freaking network and drops it repeatedly telling me there's a problem with the access point.
So at this point I'm thinking it might NOT be my network, but my wireless card or something, I uninstalled and reinstalled, updated drivers, (I use a Realtek RTL8723AE Wireless LAN 802.11n PCI-E NIC) I even came across this article and disabled browser service and NETBios (including all other devices on my network). It brought back the network on my laptop for a bit, only to smugly come crashing down again.
I've tried setting a static IP, I set my priority to highest on QoS, I've tried factory resetting both routers TWICE. I'm at my wits' end and I dunno what else to try, I'd greatly appreciate any help I can get.
I have a cable connection, modem works just fine, signal is fine if I connect it directly to modem, also if I connect it through the router, no problems whatsoever, the only problem seems to be the wireless on my new device. OTL

Hi roseyrosho,
You may try this link below on how to determine the correct MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) size. I hope this will help.
Determining and setting up the correct MTU size

The best way to connect wireless and wired for a WRT160N.

It took me about 4 hours to find out how to connect wireless and wired to a network using model WRT160N. Here is what I have done. First install the CD when it says there is not connection connect your PC, Modem and router Andy any wireless are wired products, after that do what the linksys advisor tells your which is default. When it gives you the security key write it down because you will need it for your wireless and wired Products. Under security mode type your SDD name and where key 1 is type your security password with was given to you. Remember all you wireless products have to have the same SDD Like Linsys and all your wired products have to have a different name like Linsys2 but your Key 1 numbers has to stay the same. That is all you have to do. Remember that wireless and wired has to be in sequence. That should do it.

Hi David Hamilton1;
I guess that all depends on how critical your data is in relation to how much time you want to spend doing the erasure. Those higher level erasure options can take a significant amount of time to complete. Personally I don't have anything on my Mac that I think is worth more time then a simple erasure even if that does leave it some what recoverable. To me it seems some people are going overboard on this issue.
Allan

My wrt160n is starting to have a lot of problems.. should i ask for a replacement??

i had no problems before with this router. but lately i'm noticing a lot. first, it started to reset itself. all my setting went back to default and was configured for open access (unsecured wireless connection). this happened a few times last week. i had to configure my settings again and again and again.
second, my wrt160n wifi LEDs keeps on blinking. even when no wifi devices are accessing it. i checked the client table on the setup page and i see no devices listed. how come the wifi LEDs are still blinking??
third, i noticed that my bittorrent dl speed went down. i can't reach top dl speed unlike before. and my network connection on bittorrent is always red or orange. it takes a long time before it turns green(Network OK). i'm actually downloading an episode of heroes right now with hundreds of seeders and peers and i'm only getting 15kB/s!! i had way less seeders before and i still get top dl speed. now with even more seeders I GET LOWER DL SPEED!! EVEN WHEN THE NETWORK CONNECTION ALREADY TURNED GREEN.. WHAT THE HELL??!!
can someone please tell me if my wrt160n router is already defective?? i already tried upgrading the firmware, but nothing happened. is there any kind of setting i should be doing, or does it sound like my router is already defective and i should ask for a replacement??
help please anyone..
any help, info, and suggestions would be very much appreciated.
thanks.

richard804 wrote:
It is not your router. It is your ISP lowering the speed of your torrents.
i don't think its my isp. i'm getting good results now from my router. i don't know how i did it but my router seems to be working fine now. i'm getting top dl speeds and it stopped from resetting itself.
one last problem though. is it normal for the wireless lan LED to be blinking all the time even though there's no wifi device accessing it??
it was'nt like that before. it never blinks when all our laptops are turned off. but lately it never stops blinking even with all the laptops turned off. i always check my client table at the settings page and i'm the only one accessing the router thru a wired connection (no wifi devices).
does it sound like my router has a problem?? or is it normal for the wireless LED to be blinking non-stop??
what do you guys think??
tia.

Creating a WRT160N + AM200 network.

I am currently using an AM200 modem with a RFC 1483 Routed network, but right now I have it connected in one of the 4 WRT160N ports (the blue ones). I can't seem to find a way to use the yellow one instead.
A friend was able to set it up (he has a PPPoE connection tho) by having the AM200 acting as a "Bridged mode only" and entering the login information in the WRT160N.
How can I do the same? What kind of values do I have to input?

What kind of cable is coming from your modem...Only ethernet cable is supported by WRT160N.
If the modem is set to in a bridge mode, then use PPP0e on your Router.

Setting up a Wireless-N only network (WRT160N) problem.

Hi.
Now that I bought the wireless N adapter for xbox 360, all my wifi enabled devices are "N" capable. So, I've been trying to set my network to "n only" but everytime I do that, I can't connect any of my devices to my network.
Can someone please help me to properly configure my router/devices?
Here is a list of my network devices:
WRT160N router
MacBook Pro
Toshiba Satellite A505 Laptop
Xbox 360
iPhone (I do use wifi most of the time while at home)
iPad (same as iPhone)
So, as I said before, all my devices are N capable, but once I switch the router to wireless-N only, all my devices get disconnected. They all can see my SSID, but can't connect to it.
Any advice/suggestion/tutorial would be greatly appreciated.

Well... seems like the WPA security was the problem. I switched to WPA2 and is running like a charm. The only thing I have issues with is Media Center (usingo xbox as an extender). Everytime I run the network test, graphic or bar test shows a very unstable conection. The weird thing is that, if I run an HD video without media center (thru windows media playet sharing), the video file runs flawlessly.... so... should I blame the lame media center for this?

WRT160N wireless is working, but not wired

Hello,
I installed firmware 2.0.02 and configured my WRT160N using the instructions from this post:
Post WRT160N
My wireless connection is working great from my laptop. I am very happy with the range and speed.
However, I have a desktop that is connected to one of the Ethernet ports on the back of the router, and I’m having problems with this.
When I first start using the desktop after boot-up, or after sitting for a long time, I open IE and I get a “Page Can Not be Displayed” error. Sometimes if I press Refresh a few times it starts working. Other times, it doesn’t start working until I login to the Linksys. All I do is login to the Linksys, I don’t change anything or do anything except login, then the Internet works fine from my desktop.
Another thing I’ve tried is release and renew my IP on the desktop. That also seems to solve the problem.
Another strange thing I noticed, when connecting wirelessly from my laptop, i.e. come out of suspend mode, the network connection switches from Connected to Disconnected, then back to Connected again. If I launch IE before this is done, I get a “Page Can Not be Displayed” error, but as long as I wait for it to say “Connected” the second time, it works great.
I have Comcast cable Internet service. Before the 160N, I was using a Linksys 4 port router (BEFSR41?). I never had any problems with that router wired to my desktop or laptop. I've had that router for many years and never had any problems (very solid).
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Scott
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Hi,
I liked the WRT160N, but it turns out that version 2 of this router is defective.
See this post: WRT160N Post
I returned the WRT160N and exchanged it for a WRT310N. I've been testing the 310N with wired and wireless connections (desktop and laptop), and it's been great! Not one problem.
Most of the Linksys home use routers use the Broadcom processor (including WRT160Nv1), but the WRT160Nv2 uses a Ralink processor, and it is the only one that uses Ralink.
Source of information
I saw one post that said they thought the 160N does not have enough memory. The 160N has 16MB of memory.
I chose the WRT310N because it has 32MB of memory and it uses a Broadcom processor.
My theory is that 310N will be more reliable because it uses a processor that Linksys is very familiar with and is tried and tested, and also because it has more memory.
The downside is that the 310N is $35 more expensive than the 160N.
I've also read that the 310N has heat issues, so I propped it up on an angle so it can get better air circulation.
Cheers!

WRT160N G wireless Laptop connects to internet and N Laptop does not

I have a WRT160N router with 1 wired and 2 wireless computers. The wired and G wireless connect to the internet work fine. The new laptop is wireless N and was connecting to the internet but now looks as if I have completely lost the wireless N in the Laptop. My question is can the router fail N and still operate G. Or it the new laptop wireless card failed.

Well in that case if the desktop is working & laptop is not working then would suggest you to update the drivers for the built-in adapter & check the ip address of the laptop.Also, check if you are able to ping 4.2.2.2 & yahoo.com. If they are able to ping then you will be able to go online wirelessly using the laptop.

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