Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router Electronics

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Average Rating: Rating: - A real answer to a real problem I am not sure what all the others had problems with but my Linksys worked great out of the box. Setting it up I had an issue that was easily fixed by calling tech support,(only 5 min wait and worth it, the technician was very good). My laptop which will be connecting wirelessly was not connecting no matter what I tried. It turns out that you can't run wireless cards and ethernet cards (mine was built in} at the same time because the machine will always default to the ethernet card. Which is exactly what was happening. We removed the driver for the ethernet card and it began to work great right away. Everything else about the setup was fairly simple and went very smooth the directions were easy to understand. I especially liked the quick installation sheet which is what I used to setup with. I highly recommend this product and would buy it again if I had to do it all over. The distance of the wireless machine is really dependent on terrain. But for my two story house it was great. The only weak spot being downstairs in the opposite direction of the linksys base as far as I could go. However it still worked and was quite able to handle downloads even at the weakest point. You just can't go wrong till they come out with a new beakthrough in technology. But even then the prices will be to high in the beginning. For instance the new 802.11a is several hundred dollars more expensive then this machine. And for what you get I just don't need it. This is a winner. The newest version of the product is BEF11S4 VER 2. Many of the reviews done in this section were about the BEF11S4 its the same model number but lacking the ver.2 after the BEF11S4. The newest version has fixed most of the bugs of the previous version. Good Luck!!! A very satisfied consumer Rating: - Impressive This unit accomodates both hard wired networks (up to 4 devices) and wireless networks (use the Linksys cards - others may not be compatible) and serves as a router and access point. Setting it up was incredibly simple (I updated the firmware right away) and the default settings worked perfectly with my cable (Road Runner) ISP. I did implement MAC cloning on advice from the Linksys website (a great source for info on configuring this for various DSL/cable ISPs) later just in case. This was easy with the web-based configuration software. You do have to know how your ISP works. I'm assuming I could not disable DHCP because Road Runner uses it. Since I couldn't give my machines static IP addresses, I sometimes have to change the port forwarding configurations depending on which IP address the router assigns each machine (we turn off the machines at night). You also need to reconfigure some of your internet software to work behind a firewall if they haven't been set that way all ready. And in some cases, I had to disable my personal firewalls (we use Sygate, AtGuard or Zone Alarm) for internet software to work (particularly FTP clients). The wireless range (we have 3 hard wired computers and a couple of wireless laptops) is not spectacular (50' radius) but adequate for our purposes. Would have appreciated some input from the manufacturer about effective placement of the unit for optimal wireless performance. If you're willing to do a little tweaking now and then and don't need extensive wireless range, this is a great all-purpose device. Rating: - Easy Home Networking Let's face it...sometimes you pick up an item that sounds like a great idea and then get it home, unwrap it and the problems begin. Not so with this router by Linksys. When I needed to share my DSL connection with 3 computers in the house, as well as setting up some shares for data and printers, I chose this product and was glad I did. I was able to install the router, hook it up to my existing desktop and DSL line as well as connect 2 new additional wireless cards in 2 notebooks in under an hour. The CD for the router makes installation a snap. It guides you through the whole process step by step. You do not have to be familiar with networking at all to have a home network up in running in no time. It automatically senses all your current configurations and just brings them into the new router. The wireless install into the notebooks went as simply as any installation of a plug and play device could. No hitches, no problems. Three computers sharing and accessing the internet within an hour. Not bad! Hats off to Linksys for making home networking so easy anyone can do it!

Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless 4-Port Cable/DSL Router Electronics

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