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Question: Must the Linksys EA6500 router always be connected to the cloud (CISCO) for all operations?
Document: After a year, and two extended service contracts ($30.00) for approx three-six months) I have had it with my EA6500. CISCO Tech support has been good enough and friendly and it always works when finished. My complaint, and spouse, and grand kids, etc., is the continuously dropping of devices.
In 30-90 seconds I had wifi. I will finish the registration process for the cloud controls, but I have super fast and working Wi-Fi. I had forgotten what what was like.I purchased the EA6500 8 months ago. The set up process was difficult. It worked for a bit and then it didn't, and then it did, and then it didn't. Very spuratic. The first set up was painful. I called CISCO tech support. They were awful.
I have always use Linksys routers and far as I can remember but this has to be the worst and most expensive router I have ever own! I must say, the &#34;bells and whistles&#34; really caught my attention! I bought this to replace my E1200 Linksys router (no Gigabit ports)! I don&#8217;t think that this model should have been released until fully tested. Even with the firmware updates, it was still buggy!
I selected cisco/Linksys for it quality and connection to the CISCO brand. Easy to setup, have run into limitations of GUI configurations already and I am unable to find a way to get to the OS. Tried to ordered it from CISCO/Linksys website without success. Amazons works all the time. Love Amazon! Any advantage or excitement of this product's options quickly fade-out as they depend on yet another company that wants to have its cloud services pushed on us.
Just bought and setup on 2/16/13. super easy install, just insert cd in your computer and follow easy instructions. You must have internet access for router installation to complete, just connect your comp directly to cable modem or go online as I did with my usb modem 4g device through Verizon. Install will automatically update router firmware from Cisco's servers and then you can set up a cloud account for free at your option.
I am a CISCO user with satisfied useful Linksys products and own CISCO stock.After ordering from AMAZON and 2+ weeks of installation issues.My advice is Do Not Acquire.There are multiple issues with the EA6500.
Played ISO movie's on both my pc's connected to the router and both played without any hiccups while streaming wirelessly to the wumc710 (BD iso's are on my wd DX4000 NAS) . So if anyone who is thinking of going wireless to stream their HD video's finally the answer is here, ea6500+wumc710. thank you Linksys!!! !+ extremely fast, stable, easy setup, everything just works.- none, everything works for me. (even cloud services)
I can't believe they have the nerve to not pull this horrible router off the shelves. Just do a Google search for Linksys EA6500 problems, you will find plenty of examples. Linksys has really disappointed me. After 20+ years in the IT industry, I have always recommended Cisco equipment for my business customers and Linksys for my home users. I believe this will be the end of that era.
First, I have two networks set up in my house; one for work and one for everything else. My other router is the newest (2013) Apple AirPort Extreme. I have always liked Linksys and have used a few over the past several years. This one is the best of the lot. To see its best features, you have to look at the page for the next model up, theLinksys EA6500.
Linksys routers have always been great for me. Before buying this I purchased a Linksys EA4500 for a friend. It still works great. *****But***** this EA6500 has been the most troublesome router I have ever had. Despite all the fancy features, including being able to access the router from a Linksys webpage, the bottom line is that this router is sometimes so bad that it won't even let me get my primary desktop computer online through ethernet.
Answer: No, but if you need access remote, yes!