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Summary: Short range and must clone MAC
Review: First, Linksys router's MAC addresses are blacklisted by AT&T Cable Broadband, thus you must clone the MAC address to get it working. That is not really an issue for some people but for others who expected plug-and-play would be frustrated without going through the tech support. This is not really Linksys' fault.
Second, the range for the wireless part is simply way too short. Despite what the box says, the range I was able to get is about 20 feet, which is not all that much. Depending on your card, you might be able to get it longer but the range is simply too short to be useful.
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Summary: A fabulus product
Review: IT is one of the best investments (other than a sony TV and DVD player, perhaps) that I have made in the past 5 years! Every home with more than 1 PCs should have it. It is very easy to set up and works quite nicely. I put the router in my basement, and I can still receive reasonable signals in my living room, family room, and backyards. It won't transmit as far as 100 meters in this case, but worked for aroud 50~70 feet in my house.
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Summary: Easy as a breeze
Review: I just received my wireless router today. I was planning to spend the whole night setting it up. It only took me ten minutes to configure the whole thing (this includes the time I spent installing my wireless PC card). I am on the second floor of my house, with the router in the basement right now. This is a wonderful feeling. I recommend this product strongly. Just follow the installation instructions. That is all it takes.
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Summary: Simply The Best!
Review: This device serves as a network hub, a router, and as a wireless access point capable of serving upwards of 250 different wireless users! It's easy to install, configure, and use. It's a must see for anyone who is serious about hooking up their own home or office computer network!
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Summary: This Router is JUNK!
Review: I previously owned the BEFSR41 Linksys Router and it was fried during a lightning storm. I should have learned my lesson. I wanted to go wireless so I bought the Linksys Wireless BEFW11S4. This thing is junk. First off, could not get it to connect with my Broadband connection. I use Sprint Broadband and it could not find the IP address. I tried everything and even got tech support on the phone and we ran through every test and he finally came to the conclusion, "The router is DOA". So, the next day I returned it and got another one. Guess what? Same problem. Called support again and ran through same tests. IT DOES NOT WORK. I returned that one and got the D-Link Air-Plus Wireless Router and it worked right when I connected it! ...
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Summary: Awesome Product
Review: I bought this router about 2 months ago. I hardwired two desktop pc's to 2 of the ports, and I use a laptop with a linksys wireless pcmcia card. For the people who are having problems setting this product up, they probably don't know what they're doing. The router's signals go straight up and out, so placement of the router is important. I live in a 3 story townhouse, so I placed the router down in the basement and it's been working fine. I ran cat5e cable to two of the rooms that have the desktops (up on the third floor).I set up one of the desktops as a domain server (windows 2000 advanced server) and the other systems with windows 2000. I did everything, implemented active directory, ftp, web server, certificate server (issued myself my own certificate for the web site to make it https), dhcp server. My client pc's are obtaining static ip address from my server, however you don't have to set your pc's up to use dhcp issued by the router. To give your pc's static ip's from your router, you can use any ip address, just disable dhcp on the router and hard code the ip configurating on the pc to use any address from 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.254. Also, if you're using a wireless device, use a WEP key, and also SSID, and change the default channel from 6 to another channel. With dhcp service stopped on the router, NOBODY will be able to connect up to your router using a wireless pc card other than yourself. I'm pretty confident that nobody (unless someone looks over my shoulder and sees my wep keys, channel, and ssid) can connect up to my router. For users who are having problems staying connected, have you ever thought that it's not the router, that it's probably your ISP or your cable/dsl modem? To ensure that it's not the router, plug your cable/dsl modem directly to your pc and don't use your router. If you stay connected for a few days, then it possibly could be the router. Also, I like the port forwarding feature. It allows me to run services from my server and just forward the appropiate port to that machine. This product has been outstanding! From someone that knows.
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Summary: Works like a champ
Review: I am happy with the router. It's easy to install and maintain !!
The only point you have to be carefull about, it's with the range of operation.
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Summary: Takes work to configure for DSL
Review: I purchased this router along with two WUSB11 wireless USB Adapters. This is a good product. Good speed and great signal strenght. If you are wondering why I gave the product four instead of five stars? Its because of Linksys' poor technical support and awful documentation. We have PAC Bell DSL using a SpeedStream 5360 DSL Modem. It literally took three evenings after work calling Linksys Customer support to get the router to connect to our DSL line. The first call was answered by a tech who did not have a clue and after 90 minutes of changing different options she advised me to download the firmware and reflash the Router. Having done that and still no luck, I called back the next evening after work and got a fellow who told me to connect to the Internet by bypassing the Router and then switch the cables to connect the DSL modem to the router. When I explained that I could not do that because the Linksys documentation instructs you to uninstall PAC Bell's PPPoE software - his only reply was try it and it will work. Of course this failed so I called back again the next night after work. The tech explained that they have had problems getting the Router to work with this SpeedStream Modem. He promised to email me a patch. After waiting an hour for an email that never appeared I called back and demanded to speak to a supervisor. He apologized and explained that the problem lies with the SpeedStream Modem. He pointed me to a forum in DLS Reports which contained a link to SpeedStream's site. There a found a firmware upgrade to the modem and after I installed the upgrade - the Router worked flawlessly. I am disappointed because it took FOUR calls to tech support before I was given the proper information. The WUSB11 cards are attached to my daughters PCs located in two separate bedrooms on the second floor of our house. They installed and connected to the router without a problem. So we now have a total of four PCs networked to our DSL line. Two upstairs and two in our downstairs office. The downstars PCs are connected via CAT5e cables to the Router. All connect at 1 megabit per second so I have no complaints. Just remember if you have a PAC Bell DSL SpeedStream 5360 Modem, you may need to upgrade the firmware to get your router to work properly.
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Summary: You can find better
Review: Set up was easy. Both my wireless card (also from Linksys) and the router were up an running in less than 15 minutes. In that regard, performance was extraordinary. After a year an half of use I have found I sometimes have to power the unit down to access the internet and frequently for its html based settings. Perhaps it is my home but I have never been able to roam more than about 50 feet from the router and an upgrade to Windows XP Pro on my laptap has dwindled that distance down to 20 or thirty feet. I have also found Linksys's email support to be poor and less than timely. The one call to tech support convinced me the hold time was not worth it. In general I have found Linksys products easy to set up in both my business and at home but after several years of using many of their products I am not convinced it is worth it. If ease of set up is your primary criterea I have found their products to be spectacular. Problems are not addressed well and while some products perform well this one has not for me. Price and ease of set up keeps them a contender but I will continue to buy elsewhere.
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Summary: Great Product! Works with PCs and Macs
Review: I have two "wired" PC's and two "wireless" macintosh laptops (using Airport Card from Apple). I didn't want to spend the [money] to buy the Apple Airport Base Station so i bought the Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless Router...followed the CD instructions and had all my computers networked in less than 10 minutes with no problems!
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