What this article from PC World doesn't mention is that this review was part of a bigger test of four routers and that the Linksys bested the competitors. Overall, PC World gave the Linksys Wireless-N Gigabit Router WRT310N a 83. A similar class router from Belkin earned a 73; from Netgear a 70 and from D-Link a 61However the test was run in a 1400-square-foot house. That may be a mansion in expensive Silicon Valley but it is fairly small for many areas of the country (the Western states, the South). And this could be an issue for the kind of consumer in those areas that want a home gigabit router since, unlike the Netgear router, the Linksys one doesn't support wireless range extension.

More from Cisco Subnet:
StillSecure creates a "God box" with Cisco ISR
Linux and Cisco -- convergence versus low-cost
Microsoft is slightly leading Cisco on UC products but the whole market needs interoperability
FMC, a hot area for startups and for Cisco
Cisco and femtocell maker ip.access, closer union?
An alternative to Cisco, other network-centric data center players
CCNP lab essentials
Jeff Doyle: Understanding MPLS

Go to Cisco Subnet for more Cisco news, blogs, discussion forums, security alerts, book giveaways, and more.

20 useful sites for Cisco networking professionals
This month's Cisco Subnet giveaways
Network World's IT Buyer's Guide: Cisco products
Subscribe to Network World's Cisco Alert, which includes a weekly digest of all Cisco Subnet items

Click to read the article this is in response to.