Linksys VLP0101-UK VELOP Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi System VLP0101 - Wireless router - 2-port switch - GigE - 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Bluetooth 4.1 LE - Dual Band - (Enterprise Computing > Wireless Routers)

I bought this wireless cable router to allow me to share my Blueyonder broadband connection with my business laptop (running windows XP & featuring adaptec £18 pcmcia 802.11b card) and my XBox using cabled XBox live.I got my broadband, xbox live subscription + router all in the space of one week and have not had any experience in setting any of these up before. Therefore, I wasn't expecting everything to run smoothly.However - I could not be more surprised. I ran the auto-installation disk supplied with the router, which obtained my cable modem setting and the whole thing just...worked. When does that *ever* happen?The router also provides four wired network ports to allow you to share your internet connection between devices, so I plugged my XBox into one of those and everything, once again, worked perfectly without any problems.So this router scores 5 stars plus on its ease of installation. That alone should convince anyone with any worries about installation.The other thing that impressed me was the range of the unit. I live in a modern 3 bedroom semi and can get full 11Mb rate wherever I am in the house. I haven't tried it in my garden yet, but I imagine it'll work fine there too. Remember that I'm running a cheapo pcmcia wireless card and this seems even more impressive, as there is no external aerial attached to it. Oh - and I've stuck it in the corner, on the floor of the living room behind a tv, video, telewest box, xbox + playstation. There must be more interference there than anywhere else in the house. Therefore, 5+ stars again, as it does absolutely everything that I need it to do.Linksys really have a well sorted product here, which proper documentation + comprehensive software. I would not hesitate in recommending this to anyone with a similar setup to myself. And it only costs £50.70p - how can it be so cheap!I'm just sad that I didn't save up another mere £15 to get the 54g version of this unit. In the next few months I imagine that that will be the product I upgrade too.Hope this review proves useful to someone as all the previous positive reviews did for me.

I have purchased that router to replace my Netgear WGR614v9 which has been provided by Virgin. I have had so many problems with my previous router. I am using VPN connections a lot and three times out of ten I was not able to connect using wireless (only LAN connection worked flawlessly) and even when I got connected I could not use other devices in parallel or I would get kicked out from VPN. I have been using a Three dongle alongside my Virgin broadband just so I could VPN and browse internet at the same time (2 separate laptops). I have tried many times to change config on my old router so it will work fine but I have finally gave up and took a punt with Linksys E2000. What a joy it has been so far. I have been using it for a month now without a single problem or restart. I am able to VPN and browse internet without any problems whatsoever and the best part is that it did not require any changes to the config (which is great cause setting up routers is not my strongest suit).

After getting my new router I went about the job of setting it up. Initially the software provided would not see the modem. I did a hard reset and downloaded it from the site directly. It still wouldn't detect the modem. I then tried to go to the modems menu via 192.etc and setup there, well that just failed miserably, setup would not work no matter what I did. I did notice the firmware was out of date so I updated it and tried the cisco software again, success!! The cisco software detected it,all I had to do was enter my ssid and network key and that was it the software did everything else. Modem went online straight away from there.The device its self is very nice looking, its actually left out because it no where near as ugly as my only zyxel p660HW.Wireless strength seems good, although I dont have a laptop with wireless at the moment. Based with an IPhone its strong.Setting static IP's was very simple as was addressing any NAT issues. I have also have a unique SSID for the 5GHZ and the 2.4Ghz bands, which was simple.Im summay: for the god use the ciso software or you'll be there all day, I work for vodafone doing DSL support and I couldn't do it.I will update when I have tested it more.**UPDATE** 13/03/2011The cisco modem was been on 24/ 7 since purchase and no issues have arisen.The modem has played nice with the xbox with regards to having an open NAT.Wireless strength is great, im in the opposite side on the house to the modem which previous got no signal from the old modem (which was on the b spectrum) I currently have full signal now(operating on the N spectrum, which does have better strength anyway). I am all round very happy with this modem.