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Summary: Exactly want I expected
Review: This router is very easy to setup and works great. I must admit I was a bit skeptical about what the quality of my connection would be throughout my house, but the router is two floors above me right now and my Cable connection is still very fast with a signal strength of 80% and higher. Since my router is in the back of the house on the top floor, my signal strength on my front porch isn't very good at all. On either side of the house and in my back yard however I still get 60% to 90% signal strength. Overall the system was very easy to setup, works like a charm indoors, and depends on the placement of the router for outdoor use. I would definitely purchase it again.
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Summary: Great Product
Review: Took about 10 minutes to hook this up. Works great with AT&T broadband. The wireless feature is priceless. The 4 port switch feature is also great. I'm glad I waited until the router/switch/wireless feature was all combined into one. I wish the cable modem feature was also included. Maybe someday.
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Summary: Wish it lasted more than a week!
Review: Router was a snap to setup and relatively easy to configure wireless with the NetGear 802.11b pcmcia card. Unfortunately, the router slowly died after about a week's worth of use. I've order a replacment, hopefully this one will not have the same problems. The defective unit I recieved ended up wasting a lot of my time and would have been near impossible to troubleshoot if I didn't have my old LAN only router there to verify my network and wan connection was still ok.
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Summary: Excellent Product -- Quality - Easy set-up - Ease-of-use
Review: Worked flawlessly in a few minutes. I have a cable modem and my main computer (a Dell laptop with Windows 2000 Professional) hooks to the router via hardwired ethernet. It was up and running in minutes, just using the defaults. Web-page set-up is very practical.
My 2 other computers (both less than 20ft away in 2 bedrooms above the office where the router sits) are desktops with Windows 98 SE and were successfully connected using the USB wireless network adapter. The only problem I encountered there in the set-up was due to the fact that these computer also had a NIC network card in them (unused) and during set-up it defaulted to imposing a static IP address. Linksys tech. support didn't figure the problem out, although I was lucky to be connected to them only within 15 minutes and the trouble-shooter was fairly knowledgeable. I found the problem myself the next day after a good night sleep. Not a typical problem and was readily resolved. If you have the same issue, make sure you check the settings for TCP/IP of your interface card to ensure that it has the settings you want (in my case it had to be "obtain IP automatically"). Even though it's not part of the network I use (since I use the USB adaptor), it seems to cause conflicts if not set-up properly.
I can't complain about the wireless range, but my needs are very modest since all three systems are less than 20ft from one another. I routinely get the 11 Mbps with 100% quality and between 80% and 100% signal strength.
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Summary: Be sure to get version 2 and consider a print server!
Review: Excellent product. Wireless will change your computing experience as much as DSL did compared to dial up. Had the wired BSFR41 for two years and loved it but can't believe I didn't switch to this product sooner. The mobility is incredible. Have a home office on the lower (basement) level. Two wired and two wireless PC's connected to it. Consistently get "green" (highest level) reception on wireless laptop from two floors up above the router. Flawless VPN connections to corporate office as well. Added benefit of instant connections between my computers by using router to set up a LAN. Check the front of the box to be sure you are buying the newest version. I've seen both the original unit and the new version 2.5 on the same shelf at major stores. Difference is probably just upgraded firmware but why not be sure. I like to tinker so I've installed and uninstalled this unit several times, moving it around the house and trying a variety of computer configurations. Always works great. Decided to take the next step and go to a unit with a built in print server. Can't find the Linksys one locally so purchased Siemens which has the added advantage of three ports over Linksys's one port model. Simple set up and works great! Wireless surfing, printing and VPN connections from anywhere in the house! I'm sure the Linksys would be the same but haven't had a chance to try it. Did find Siemens tech support (called just to see how good they were) to be very quick (consistently under 5 minutes) while wait times at Linksys were always 10 minutes and more. Fortunately neither product required tech support for immediate installation - just to fix things I messed up as I goofed around experimenting with different configurations, settings and computers. If you use a printer (doesn't everyone?) you really should consider a unit that has a built in print server so every computer can share the printer.
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Summary: Unexpected easy setup
Review: I thought I'd be writing a comment with a different intent...howver after having installed Linksys wireless Router yesterday evening within 10 minutes! I thought this was worth mentioning here as well.
Hooked up a Macintosh desktop computer via one of the ports - plugged in the cables, rebooted the Mac...and was on the Internet. We're using ATT @home as Broadband provider. Then...I thought would come the hard part to set up my work notebook with a cisco wireless card. Well...my notebook (running XP) immediately noticed that there was a wireless connection around...I right-clicked on the wireless connection icon (which I use at work), clicked on connect to linksys wireless connection and was up and running! There was literally no change in the Websetup for the router necessary...plug and play. I wished all was that simple.
Connection is great in the whole house upstairs/downstairs and even outside in the garden...great product!
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Summary: Great Product
Review: Great Product. Setup a breeze if you have to install the Software that comes with the router then you've done something wrong. Downloading the latest firmware could make it inoperable, as one of my buddies found out. Can't wait to see how this bad boy works with D-Link's Wireless 802.11b camera.
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Summary: Great value, but a little extra knowledge goes a long way
Review: I love the capabilities of this unit, and thought that it was relatively easy to set up. However, I have a 10-year background in data networking, so I was able to get the unit set up with far more ease than most would. New users less experienced with data networking should read the instructions and have access to Google groups (to search for answers to any problems they have) as they set up the unit.It is at its best if you have some desktops that are already wired together and you are adding some laptops to the mix. It doesn't preform very well when using WEP enbcryption, although it is fine. My wife and I like the capabilities so much that we take it to my in-laws house when we visit so we can have net access through their cable modem.
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Summary: A must for home networks
Review: This fancy little unit offers great bang for the buck. The administration is all web-based and very easy to set up. The box works well with my sophisticated needs like VPNing into the office and playing networked internet games. I have my setup using the D-Link wireless card for my laptop and the same for my roommates. It works flawlessly with my cable modem allowing me to protect my internal network from prying eyes and [not good] setups that the cable company forces on users that can wreak havoc on a Windows2K machine. You will be pleasantly surprised!
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Summary: An excellent router for a wireless network.
Review: I purchased this router so that I could add my notebook to my existing home-office network of 3 desktop computers. I replaced my existing Linksys router with this one, plugged my 3 wired PCs' into the router, and the wired part of the network worked immediately with no difficulties. After plugging the wireless PCI card into my notebook, and making a few changes to the router setup program, I was instantly using my notebook at broadband speeds throughout my house. I believe that this is a superb product. I have been skeptical of wireless for several years now, but decided to take the plunge, and now I cannot do without it. If you have a notebook computer at home, do yourself a favor and get this router immediately. It will completely change how you practice computing at your home.
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