"The history of OpenWrt goes back more than a decade when it all began with a project to hack and modify the Linksys WRT54G. Over the past months Linksys and the OpenWRT project have been collaborating to ensure open source readiness and continued development for the new WRT. We are honored to have collaborated with OpenWRT to ensure the open source readiness of the product and building a WRT-worthy successor with cutting-edge hardware and iconic design." "The WRT has a cult status for many because of the open source aspect that made it so immensely popular. Since the introduction of the original WRT, we have sold more than 50 million units worldwide and are still selling it very successfully even with wireless technology advancing rapidly," said Mike Chen, vice president product management for Linksys. "The WRT is a cornerstone in the history of Wi-Fi and synonymous for many people with going wireless at home since it was their first wireless router. The new WRT ships with Linksys Smart Wi-Fi setup and management tools, and Linksys has also been collaborating with OpenWrt to make sure that an open source alternative is available in the coming weeks. The new WRT has been equipped with powerful hardware such as a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 128 MB flash memory, eSATA and USB ports. The design of the new Linksys WRT1900AC Dual Band Wi-Fi Router is inspired by the iconic WRT54G that was introduced 11 years ago. The new wireless standard delivers best-in-class performance and includes intelligent technologies such as beamforming to further improve the wireless signal range. The new WRT features four external antennas for optimal wireless coverage throughout the home and has been certified for the new 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard. I’m sure someone just came up with a number figuring that would be plenty fast enough.Linksys today announced that it has started shipping the new WRT1900AC, which will be available for sale at Best Buy stores throughout the US or at the store.
Linksys router wrt 1900ac download#
60Mbps download speed! I find it very odd that by default the router is set to limit downstream bandwidth to 16Mbps once you enable Media Prioritization. I changed it to 1000000Kbps and turned Media Prioritization back on. I clicked it and saw an entry labeled Downstream Bandwidth and it was set at 16286 Kbps. Then I noticed there was a settings link to the right of the on/off button. So at first I figured it was a bug in the firmware. I turned off Media Prioritization and ran a speed test. I had turned on Media Prioritization for my computer because I kept getting disconnects on a game I was playing and figured it might help. I agree and he is on his way while I find the box and receipt for the $300 router I just bought a few months ago.īefore going through the pain of returning the router I decide to do a quick google search and I find this: He then plugs the modem into the router, power cycles the modem and connects his laptop into the router. Anyway, he proceeds to do a speed test with his laptop plugged directly into the modem and gets 60Mbps! Ok. That’s a good bit of info I should have been told earlier. He explains that with that modem you have to power cycle it whenever you change what is plugged into it. I explain that I tried that and couldn’t get an IP address.
He then goes and gets a laptop from his van and comes back. He checks signal on the cable and that is good. He sees the modem (surfboard 6120) and says it’s probably not the modem. The tech comes out and figures it’s a modem problem since he’s seen plenty of them in this area. Everything is right next to each other so it’s essentially the same as plugging into the modem. Finally I connect the modem to the router and plug the laptop into the router and run the test. So I grab a laptop and plug into the modem, but I can’t get an IP address no matter what I do (different cable, release, renew, etc…).
Finally he asks if I can connect directly to the modem and run a speed test. He even asks if the modem is connected to a surge suppressor or extension cord (wtf?). We go through the standard stuff of power cycling the modem and router. Time to play the fun tech support chat game with Comcast. A quick speed test and I’m getting a whopping 16Mbps download?
Linksys router wrt 1900ac Pc#
I follow the instructions to power cycle the modem, then the router and blow off rebooting the PC since I know that is not needed. I have performance internet which means I should be getting 25Mbps download speeds. Comcast recently doubled my internet speed according to an insert in my bill.
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