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WRT320N vs WRT610N

off the top of my head biggest difference is the 320 is Draft N 2.0 and the 610 is just Draft N. Also the 610 you can hook a storage device to and the 320 you can not.

reply to Johkal
610 is dual radio and dual band

320 is dual band - single radio

reply to Johkal
Thanks!

Now, which model has fewer issues. From what I've read thus far, the WRT610N seems to get mixed reviews. Any insight from you guys?
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I've got a WRT610N, and it is very fast. Previously I had a WRTSL54GS running a Tomato variant (with USB support). The WRT610N makes my cable internet run faster. I know it shouldn't, but it does. With the WRTSL54GS I was getting between 6-11MB down regularly. The WRT610N provides 22-26MB down on the same cable modem. My purchased speed is 6/1 from Comcast HIS (starter business). Speedboost may be a factor.

My biggest issue with the WRT610N is lack of Tomato, lack of fully stable DD-WRT, and issues with booting while a USB hard drive is attached to it. Every time I try to boot with a hard drive in my WRT610N USB port, the router hangs. For this reason, I can't use the USB disk sharing capability of the WRT610N.

Wireless B/G and N work great. I have excellent range, and great response. Wireless G seems better than on my older router, it has improved range and is generally faster.

The Linksys web interface needs to be updated. It hasn't changed in years, and is slow. I was hoping Linksys would have looked at some of the great layout and features of DD-WRT and Tomato, but not much has changed.

If you need a very fast router which supports high speeds, and has decent wireless support, the WRT610N is a good choice IMO. If you need the features of Tomato or DD-WRT, you may want to look for another alternative (at least for the moment). Eventually we can hope Linksys fixes its firmware problems with USB drives, and that Tomato and DD-WRT are fully ported and stable for the WRT610N.

I'm very unimpressed by the access restrictions. I also don't care for the implementation of QOS or static DNS. I'm living with it, until a stable DD-WRT or Tomato are released.
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DD-WRT runs GREAT on the 610N - you just have to use one of the current builds and follow the threads on the dd-wrt forum.

I have a couple 310N's and will be adding a 610N - all running DD-WRT.

The 610 in addition to the dual radios has the USB - with DD-WRT you can run an external hard drive or usb on that. There are folks running printers as well. The dd-wrt support is active and many of the issues being reported are addressed in the weekly builds.

I am getting the 610N because I currently run 2 wireless networks, an N net for backbone (between my AP and bridges) and a G network for clients. The 610N will do that in a single package.

reply to dellsweig

That sucks then! That was one of the selling features that interested me about the 610. As much as I like and use 3rd party firmware, I'm hesitant to get the 610 and not be able to utilize its features. The 320 is looking better to me.
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I use the 610N with stock firmware. The USB port works for attached drives, but IMHO is not an ideal solution, I went to a NAS drive and am happier with that, although I still do have a usb drive attached, and it does work. Both of my printers are recent-vintage that are network/wireless enabled already. I would not recommend the WRT610N on the basis of the USB port.

If you want to use both bands simultaneously, then the WRT610N should be your choice, otherwise, the WRT320N will save you a few bucks.

I run both bands, as my 11g stuff is on the 2.4ghz band and my 11n stuff is on the 5ghz band, an advantage if you want the most performance from your 11n devices in a "mixed" environment.
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For a mixed network, the WRT610N is the better choice (even without DD-WRT).

However, if you only have wireless-N devices *or* only wireless-G devices, unless you have a need for USB-based NAS or NAP (network-attached printing), the WRT310N (or WRT320N) would save some green. (However, the reason *why* the WRT320N costs less than the WRT310N is the lack of a gigabit switch in the 320N; if you have one or no gigabit wired PCs, then consider the WRT320N for any LAN where the wireless are all-G or all-N.)

It looks like the 320 is a Gigabit router & is a couple bucks more than the 310.

»www.linksysbycisco.com/US/en/pro···/Routers
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reply to Johkal
What's the difference between Draft N and Draft N 2.0?

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