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Summary: Spotty Wireless
Review: Two debilitating problems with this router:1) I have a Sony Vaio Centrino notebook, and cannot get a reliable connection with it. I'll connect at "excellent" strength, but 15 seconds later it will cut out, then reconnect a few seconds later, and so on. This makes the wireless connection basically unusable. I have never had this problem with any other wireless connection. 2) The port forwarding section of the set up screen only allows 5 custom port forwards. It has several pre-defined forwards for HTTP, FTP, etc., but you can't change the internal/external port numbers for these. This is ridiculous considering that adding the ability for more port forwards is purely a software rather than a hardware task. Another minus: we use one computer on our network for hosting a few websites, and have noticed a significant increase in the response time to requests compared to our old router (an SMC Barricade SMC7004ABR). I'll be returning this and moving on to the next wireless router (we already tried and returned a D-Link DI-614+).
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Summary: BEFW11S4 v4 STILL has problems
Review: I'd been very happy with my Linksys BEFRS41 router, and thought this would be an excellent upgrade to add a Wireless Access Point. I was wrong. The 'v4' version of BEFW11S4 has major flaws, and should NOT have been released to the market. Prior versions (2, 3, 3.2, etc) MAY be OK. The 'v4' refers to the actual hardware version, NOT the rewritable firmware. My unit came with firmware 1.45.1, and not only did I experience the same lockup and instability problems other reviews have reported, I was never able to get wireless to operate from a laptop only 3 feet away! Some functions, such as firewall logging, worked fine. When I upgraded the firmware to 1.45.3 (7/1/2003), the lockup problems seemed to go away, but the LOGging function broke -- no more tracking of intrusion attempts! Still couldn't get the wireless to work. After I corresponded and spoke to Linksys Technical Support, they denied that the LOG function was supposed to work in the manner it HAD been working with both 1.45.1 and my older BEFSR41! Net-net, it's going back to the dealer or Linksys. I've already gotten a Belkin F5D6231-4, and wireless worked perfectly the first time (so the problem wasn't my 802.11b PC-Card).
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Summary: works on the odd days... not even
Review: This is the most fickel piece for computer equiptement on the market. We have 3 computers in our home and this system is connected to all. It only works when it wants too! If the weather is blowing the right way and on the odd days of the week. If your one of these people that likes to fix and fidget with things, this is for you! For the rest of you, wait until the tecnology advances some and improved systems are available. We spent alot and keep spending more... the computer store guy practically lives at our house...fixing and running this system. PS it R E A L L Y doesn't like to work if you have stucco walls.. it has a hard time getting reception no matter how well you put it by windows and interior walls.
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Summary: Solid Performance and Good Tech Support
Review: I recently added a laptop to my home network of two PCs and needed a wireless access point to support this third PC. The router includes four wired Ethernet ports along with the wireless support and these wired ports worked right out of the box. However, due to a corrupted Windows installation, I had a lot of trouble getting Windows XP File & Print Sharing to work. Over a period of a week I sent several emails to Linksys tech support and each time received a reply within a day. Eventually, their support guy hit on the solution and now my wireless connection is working solidly throughout my home. This is my second Linksys router and I'm happy with both of them. One nice thing about the new one is that the old one takes about a minute to boot up after power on but this new one takes only a few seconds. I must also say I was very disappointed with the complete lack of tech support from Sony (the laptop manufacturer). They refused to provide any support for this wireless networking problem because of the "third-party hardware."
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Summary: A++++
Review: I Love this router
works all over the house without any problems using WUSB11 cards....
WARNING:i am running W2k Pro and im not having any problems
but WinXP users avoid the WUSB11 card =won't work with XP=
tried it on my downstairs cpu **NO LUCK**
Like Allways W2K will allways be the best OS
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Summary: Terrible tech support
Review: Having used Linksys products with success for several years, I have been dissappointed with their tech service recently. Expect long waits and technicians that don't know that they are doing and just want to get you off the phone. E-mail support is not any better. I suspect that the drop off in the quality of their support may be the result of their acquisition by Cisco.
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Summary: Fantastic
Review: I love our Linksys products, especially this one. I would give it 5 stars if it didn't break the connection when I used my Uniden 2.4GHz Digital Phone. They don't seem compatable and I have to reset the switch after I am done with the phone to get the connection back. Other than that I have had no problems with this at all.
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Summary: Plug & Play is Possible! I-M-N-Awe
Review: After thoroughly researching wireless routers for my home, I came to the conclusion that no company has emerged as the industry standard for this hardware. Despite horror stories about poor customer service, I purchased the Linksys as well as the signal booster because I only needed one PC and one laptop connected, and I'm not concerned about security--that is, I wanted a simple unit. I would say that I am experienced with software, semi-experienced with hardware, and darn near clueless with networking. But following the fold-out manual, I plugged everything in, and almost immediately, everything was working. I didn't have to do any reconfiguration on my connected PC or my wireless laptop. My laptop immediately recognized the signal and with two clicks of the mouse I was wireless. I am running XP on a Dell desktop and laptop, and it works like it was meant for this machine. Moreover, with the signal booster, the reception is incredible. I live in a huge house, and the signal travels through two cinder-block walls and one drywall, and only loses a little bit of strength. I can be on the other side of the house and barely miss a beat. If you're as unsure as I was, this is a good risk to take. Perhaps this is the new industry standard I was looking for.
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Summary: v4 firmware upgrade now available
Review: I've had intermittent connectivity problems with my BEFW11S4 v4. As at 10-AUG-2003, the firmware was still in beta.
It's now in Production. After upgrading my router, my connectivity problems have gone away. Highly recommended. I've provided a 3 star rating only because I haven't gone wireless as yet.
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Summary: Best wireless router I have tried.
Review: Ever since I have had DSL I have had one these routers. I must say that it has outperformed any of the other ones I have tried. The installation is straightforward and easy to understand, and the configuration is almost non existent. The price is just unbeatable witch make it a great buy. And also the range is great. I must also say that it has worked flawlessly with wireless cards from several other makers and even worked with my Airport card on a notebook.
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