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Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless-B Cable/DSL Router

Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless-B Cable/DSL Router

List Price: $69.99
Your Price: $49.99
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: It works for me!
Review: I recently purchased the Linksys 4 port Cable/DSL Router for my home. The router and software installed easily on my desktop system straight from the "quick install guide." Software configurations were a breeze. After the installation, I fired up my Dell laptop with its wireless adapter and it auto found the Linksys router. Easy! In and around my house the connection strength is pretty good, most of the time running at maximum speed. Moving about 75 feet from the router, with 3 interior walls between the speed drops about 2/3. Overall I am quite happy with the product and would recommend it to others.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: so far so good
Review: I have purchased this wireless router for about 3 weeks, and it still works fine. Easy to install and easy to use.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Don't be decieved...
Review: The title describes it as Cable/DSL, but it has nothing to do with that. It's just an ordinary router as any other. I can connect to a wide variety of other networks, but the only two you are getting is 10/100 ethernet and 802.11g wireless(Airport Extreme for Apple users).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great product
Review: Just got this this product very easy installation. I bought the netgear wireless card since linksys wireless card didn't get as good a review. Afraid it might not go together easily but both the card & router worked straight out of the box. Only problem I had was my ethernet card on the laptop. You do have to disable it because it always wants to default to the ethernet card. I'm using Window Xp professional and it went together easily. This is a great product very happy with it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Lynksys Wireless Router
Review: I have looked at several routers and I would have to say that this one is the best. It is so easy to setup and within minutes of getting it out of the box, it was already hooked and running off of my ADSL connection. It also gives me the mobilty to move my laptop around the house without having to worry about having a cable running to the router. I highly recommend this product.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great for laptop users! Highly recommend.
Review: We bought this router after reading reviews on Amazon. We have had no problem with it and it's super easy to transport from location to location. I thought having internet access around the house would be useful; I equally appreciate the remote printing capabilities!

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Router=Ok-to-Good; Support and Service=Horrible!
Review: The router isn't bad. I had this router for about a year and a half and had a few problems. When I bought the router, it didn't have the XP (Home or Pro) drivers on the CD. I call support. On hold for 40 minutes (no exaggeration) and they don't have the drivers, and, won't have them until a month later.

A month later, I surf the site, download the XP drivers that they said would work. They didn't. Called support. On hold for 30 minutes. Support said, "Ok, we'll send you the new drivers". I asked if they were different from the drivers that I had downloaded. Gave them the version number that was posted. "Yeah, those are different. We have new ones". Ok. They email me the "new" drivers. You guessed it, they were the same drivers that didn't work the first time. After another 3 calls to support (each with minimum 30 minutes hold time), I got the problem fixed and the router configured.

A year goes by with few issues. Router working well. Fair wireless connection throughout the house (though the "through-the-walls" range is NOT what is what Link-Sys purports it to be). For all intents, fair to good performance.

Then, I went on a business trip. I pulled out my wireless card from my laptop and left it at home. On my trip, I used dial-up. I didn't connect to another network or anything of the like.

I returned home, plugged the card in, and fired up the machine...Nothing.
I recycled the router...Nothing.
I recycled the router and re-booted...Nothing.
I recycled the DSL modem...Nothing.
I recycled all three...Nothing.
I reset the router settings, recycled, and re-booted...Nothing.

I called Link-Sys support...45 minute hold. After a lengthy conversation with the support rep and at least 20 different "fixes", still doesn't work. The rep says, "Well, I don't know how else we can help you." Yes. I guess not.

I tested the card at a friend's house, worked like a charm. Wasn't the card. Wasn't the DSL connection (which I tested also). So, the router took a permanent vacation.

After several hours of my life waiting on hold, I had had enough. I went and bought a D-Link router. Set it up one time through. The directions were a little screwy, so I called D-Link support. On hold for less than 5 minutes, problem solved in less than 10.

Though the Link-Sys router, apparently, took a vacation after a year worth of reasonable use, the service and support at Link-Sys is absolutely HORRID.

Remember, when you buy technology, it is more than just the hardware. Most people must consider the service and support. This router, when it worked, worked well; however, with regard to service and support, Link-Sys fails miserably.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Quality control lacking
Review: Ordered this through Dell about a month ago. I had been using a Dell wireless router for nearly six months, but when we began having some connection speed problems, Dell said it NEVER should have worked with Charter Pipeline (my cable provider). They recommended I buy the Linksys wireless router. After trying several times unsuccessfully to get it up and running myself, I spent the whole afternoon on a Saturday on the phone with Linksys tech support to finally determine that the hardware I had was faulty. After replacement, it has now worked quite well and actually was easy to setup. I am going to try to set up a wireless print server also.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Plug & Play
Review: I was skeptical after reading some of the negative reviews but 3 people I work with had no problem installing their BEFW11S4.

I took a chance and am I glad I did! Plug and play it took me maybe 10 minutes from the time I took it out of the box to being up and running. No interference problems. Works great with laptop anywhere in the house accessing wirelessly.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Very nice, but watch out if you have a 2.4Ghz cordless phone
Review: I got this wireless router a few weeks ago and I'm very happy with its overall performance. It was extremely easy to set up. The control panel offers several nice options and configuration is very simple.

The only problem is that this router is 2.4Ghz, and so is my cordless phone. I've noticed that whenever I get a phone call, it sometimes interferes with the DSL. I changed the channel on the router, hoping this would do something, and I haven't had any problems since. I'm not positive that this was the actual fix for the problem but it's working for me!

My overall assessment is: Go for it!

**Although it says you need a PC, you can very well set this up with a Mac, too, which is what I did.**


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