49 of 50 people found the following review helpful  Giant leap from a D-Link DIR-655, April 11, 2012 This review is from: Linksys EA4500 App-Enabled N900 Dual-Band Wireless-N Router with Gigabit and USB (Personal Computers) As noted above, I upgraded from a D-Link DIR-655 router, which was a good piece of kit and did its job well, but this EA4500 is more than an incremental improvement. SET UP I'm fairly tech savvy, so I'm not afraid of a challenge, but this thing coddled me like I was an AOL user and just got the job done. It's an extremely easy set up. It sniffs for your internet connection, sets it up, and basically gets itself comfortable and up and running with very little need for anything from you. Heck, I used the same SSID as my prior router and many devices (like my Tivo, iPhones, and Macbooks) connected to it like there had been no change in router. If it weren't for a pain-in-the-butt webcam, I would have been fully set up within 15 minutes. The other 4 hours were purely the fault of my Foscam (and only related to setting up that device)! Back to comparisons with my DIR-655: SPEED/THROUGHPUT - Per either the router app's built in speed... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?  
38 of 41 people found the following review helpful  Comparing the Linksys EA4500 to the Netgear WNDR4500, May 5, 2012 This review is from: Linksys EA4500 App-Enabled N900 Dual-Band Wireless-N Router with Gigabit and USB (Personal Computers) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this?) Update May 24, 2012: ############### Netgear is about to release the R6300 based on the 802.11ac VHT spec which promises Gigabit wireless speeds, making wireless HD video streaming a reality. (See the comments section for a tutorial on the 802.11n specification and all this Nxxx business.) What does this mean to someone looking for a new router? It means that the phrase "top of the line router" just got redefined, and the answer of which router to choose just got a bit more complicated. However, I'd still recommend the WNDR4500 because (a) the 802.11ac spec isn't yet final; (b) there aren't any adapters that can take advantage of all that extra bandwidth (remember the cost of high bandwidth is not just at the router - you have to spend big bucks at each device's adapter to get maximum... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful  Powerful router is easy to set up and much more stable than its predecessors, April 26, 2012 This review is from: Linksys EA4500 App-Enabled N900 Dual-Band Wireless-N Router with Gigabit and USB (Personal Computers) Customer review from the Amazon Vine™ Program ( What's this?) With more and more of our devices integrating with our wireless networks, a wireless router is evolved from a luxury or novelty item to a thing of necessity in most households. This multi-device reliance on wireless makes a stable network an absolute must. The Linksys EA4500 App-Enabled N900 Dual-Band Wireless-N Router with Gigabit and USB promises much and so far, I find it delivers. I upgraded to this router from a Cisco-Linksys E4200 Dual-Band Wireless-N Router, and already see a performance improvement in several areas. For instance, my TiVo Premieres now have a feature that allows me to stream recordings from one to the other if they are both connected to my network. With the old router, I could transfer the programs between TiVos over the network, but streaming never worked. I actually thought this was a problem on the... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? | 
