Linksys RE1000 Wireless N Range Extender Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2012-05-07
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1,240 words · ~6 min read
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welcome to an unboxing of a product that I think probably like 80% of the people
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with a wireless network at home need even if they don't already know that
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they need it this is the re1000 wireless
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and range extender and now how many times at your house have you gone you
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know sort of just out of range of your
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wireless network like maybe you're sitting on the patio or maybe you're in
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your garage working on something and in
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frustration you see that you've got like one bar of Wireless strength and then
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you try to transfer a file and it drops out and it doesn't work I mean really
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you can't blame the wireless because you put so many obstacles like walls and
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cars and small crying children in
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between your router and your device and
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you're going to run into reception problems so this is from Cisco or link
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CIS by Cisco I should say this is a way
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to easily increase wireless network coverage throughout your home or
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business or wherever you want wireless network coverage even in your car if you
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wanted to although it would only work when you're close to your router which
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is at home okay home fine so 2.4 GHz
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band Ethernet Bridge Advance Security and easy setup The Cisco Advantage
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Cutting Edge technology from the networking leader Yep they're pretty undis disputed there best-in-class
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security okay award-winning 24/7 customer support and a 1year limited
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warranty broad compatibility Works seamlessly with all BGN Wi-Fi devices
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cool so I don't even need a Cisco or link CIS router in order to get this to
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work flexible placement all you do is plug into a wall outlet or desktop
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placement options to optimize the okay cool uh easy setup we've talked about
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that push button security for Wi-Fi protected setup WPS fast Ethernet
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built-in and quality of service devillers smooth video and gaming
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performance awesome so here's a little diagram but let's talk about the diagram
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after oh hold on ideal for enjoying added in home Mobility surfing the web
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gaming and chatting online in hard to- reach areas and finally easily
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connecting to an internet Ready TV or Blu-ray player so let's open it
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up unboxing quickly by lonus Tech tips
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okay so we find a
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bracket we find a power
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cord oh and it dropped okay got it nice
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long power cord look at this it's approximately one linest armspan in
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length and then we have an Ethernet
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cable which I will check the length for you as well with my convenient and easy
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to replicate units of measurement let's see what shall I use
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as a unit of measurement today maybe I'll
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use H NC lanyard
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okay approximately how many NC lanyards long is this looks like about 3 and half
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ncx lanyards in length for that particular Ethernet cable also known as
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6 ft no 4T okay I'm not even going to
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try and guess in real units of measurement not that I really consider
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imperial units to be real units of measurement but you know that's a whole
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other argument um here we have the
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actual Wireless and range extender unit
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itself you got a little illuminated Cisco logo right about there you've got
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uh the two mounting options that they do talk about so the one is you take this
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guy right here you throw it right
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here there you go and then you are
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plugging that into the wall and that's your range extender there's your WPS
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OneTouch setup button there's your reset switch if you need to do a hard reset on
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the bottom of the unit there is your 10100 fast Ethernet port and
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if you do not want to use that option you can also throw this guy on
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here there you go and then you can plug in the power cord and that might get you
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that little bit of extra reach maybe you want to like plug it in at the bottom
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and then put it up on like a window sill so that you get better range in your backyard now before we go any further on
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this because I think that's pretty much all there is to say about it no no
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there's some documentation so there's a setup CD so you're going to want to
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actually you know might want to use this just because uh it's going to make life
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a little bit easier in terms of configuration for this guy uh avoid
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placing the extender ah here tips for successful setup so this is what I was
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just about to talk to or talk about
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avoid placing the extender or Associated rou or access point near metal objects
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reflective surfaces and masonry walls okay place the extender close to the
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router or access point during initial setup then move the extender to its
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final location after setup and for the best positioning of your extender tested
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in multiple locations now what Cisco hasn't mentioned or linkis or Cisco I
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don't know one of the two lynxis what lynxis hasn't mentioned about this
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product is that it's imperative that you do not place it where the reception is
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bad because if you take this device and
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let's say you want to have access in the garden and you put it in the garden
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thinking that now it's going to like create a wireless signal doesn't work
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that way you have this is Wireless
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client so you have to put this where it's going to get good reception rather
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than where it has bad reception already so I'm going to diagram this out for you
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guys and I'm going to like find a pen
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somewhere hold on hold on going to go find a pen and
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the Slick over there is going to have a
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closer look at uh the access point which is fascinating
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okay so here's your house pardon my terrible drawing that's your house uh
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this is your garage with your car in it
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oh wow okay there you go with your car in it
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and then on the second floor you have your wireless
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router see that represents a wireless router that little box right there okay
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so let's say this is the range of your wireless
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router and you're in the garage and you're like rage face you know like
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ah this kind of face okay because you can't quite reach so instead of putting
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your extender right here where it's also
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not going to have reception you want to throw your extender like over here like
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you know maybe at a window here or something like that so basically what
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you're doing is you're taking that range and you're making it just a little bit
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bigger that's the point so there you go
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