This is my second try with linksys. The first try never got resolved even with tech support help and i finally threw it in the garbage.this time i needed 3 repeaters so i bought from 3 companies to avoid confusing myself with which i was working with.
The dlink i plugged in, selected my site and was running in a few mnutes.
The netgear was the same.
I spent the rest of the day trying to figure out what this stupi linksys de1000 wants from me.
AGAIN !!!
Why don’t these things just plug in and work like everybody else’s????

I select a site and get the message “you must enter a key” without even a place to type one.
What is that and why do i have to figure it out. If somebody doesn’t give me a simple quick fix by tomorrow this thing’s going back to the store and nobody that ever asks my opinion will be buying a linksys product.

I had it setup in 4 minutes. Lit my house up like a Christmas tree on all 3 floors. Simple, efficient and non intrusive. Plus right into a wall socket. I highly recommend this Cisco product!

I agree, Cisco/Linksys consumer products are a disgrace. I bought a DPC3825 and RE1000. I’m not the sharpest guy. But, I have an engineering degree. This crap took four hours to setup. Bottom line: don’t buy Cisco consumer products - they are crap.

Make sure that your router supports wireless-N !!!

Ever since I bought this RE1000 I have not been able to set it up. the manual process is the simplest way to get somewhere, but after configuring it and saving the changes, it goes on and on until the browser window timesout. then I question if it was configured or not, then testing it I just don´t see the signal improving. I have had the computer 4 feet away and the signal still weak, so the bottom line is not working. I alread trashing this lousy product. I have a D-Link Extreme N Series in case someone has a suggestion.

Same here, in the past i had quite a collection of Linksys products, all to my satisfaction. The last couple of years, with the ER100 as final drop, i’m done with Cisco/Linksys. The ER1000 goes in the bin and the Linksys book closed forever. It is a crime to sell crap like this to the public

I agree it partially sucks. I wasted an hour trying to connect to it and set it up using the inbuilt website. At crucial moments, the router went AWOL, and I go no further. The wired interface would not connect at all from cold.

I then borrowed a MAC and threw the CD in, followed the instructions, and a short while later, it was all set up.

I spent hours trying to set up my RE1000 but to no avail. Should be very simple but it never would complete the setup. Tried the hard wire method but it said I needed a user ID and password. ?????????
I’m taking it back.

Following error message generated when trying to set up Cisco Wireless Range Extender Model RE1000

Error code: 82BE010C
Model number: RE1000
Operating system: Windows 7 (64-bit) SP 1
Software version: 1.1.12173.0

After giving up on Cisco Live Chat (I wonder just how live?). The light came on. Switch off anti-virus software and firewall before running set up CD. Bingo!!!!

This product is extremely unreliable. It started off well, but them it stopped connecting the attached clients. Plenty of resetting tries did not help to access it. Nice concept, lousy product. Shame on Cisco.

When I enter 192.168.1.1 it requires a username and password, what do I do?

upgrading to a much more powerful router is a better option than purchasing a range extender, this is based on my own experience. a weak router will only send weaker signal across the range extender, get a router with 6 antennas.

Seriously, what do I put in Username and Password?

Try “admin” which should be the default username. No password required

the default username: admin
default password: admin

I set it up in less than a minute using the web based set up. And it works perfectly for me. Had some previous problems however due to its placement but woth proper location it works perfectly

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In my case the password is ‘blank’ (nothing) and username ‘admin’.

I installed Cisco RE1000 extender,system shows the procedures compleated. But the system showing good signal with extender,no speed internet(Same like before working without extender).

and also If i put 192.168.1.1 on the address, not open the linksys .

Please advice if there any setting

I bought the Cisco/Linksys RE1000, loaded the software on my Macbook Pro ran it up and powered the Re1000 up when the software ask me to. The scanner found the hardware in less than 10 seconds and had the RE1000 up and expanding my network signal just fine. The whole process took less than 3 minutes. I have extensively tested the RE1000 on various RV campgrounds (8 so far) and have had excellent results with it. I don’t know what kind of gear you are running but with a Mac running 10.8 it works great. I have even used it VirtualBox & Windows 7 & 8 (btw my Windows applications run better on my Mac than on any of the PCs I ever owned) I’ve been in this game since 1966 when a PC was only a dream some guys had. Bottom line, don’t run down the hardware because you don’t know how to set it up. Cisco ( the best in the world at what they do) would never had bought Linksys if the hardware was junk …. think about it.