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Summary: Piece of Junk
Review: Read some of the positive reviews, and couldn't believe what I saw.First, let me preface this by saying that I've been doing networks for years, and currently work for a wireless company. I know how this stuff works, and I know how it should work. I spent 2+ hours trying to get 1 host online. After some troubleshooting, I finally lined up the router w/ the host (ie straight line of sight). My connection seemed okay, but the configuration manager said it was flaky. Turns out that if I have so much as a bed sheet between the host & router, my connection drops 32% of the packets. Take the sheet out of the way, and I only have 10 percent packet loss. I tried several channels, and everything I could think of. Nothing worked. So I called tech support (don't bother). The techs had no idea what could be wrong, and started asking me to do very weird stuff(reconfigure Windows for what was obviously a layer 1 problem). A word to the wise: Stay the hell away from this one. I'm cutting my losses & snaking some CAT 5. It's just not worth having a connection that (...) out if I look at it funny
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Summary: Works great!
Review: I set up this router/Wireless access point in about 15 minutes. At first I thought it wouldn't work because my cable modem was connected to my PC via USB, not the Ethernet NIC. I tried reconnecting it via Ethernet and reinstalling RoadRunner, but this attempt failed! Then I said "What the heck?" and tried connecting the router instead. Bingo! It worked with no hitches or glitches! I configured it to be the DHCP Server instead of using the Cable Modem as DHCP server. I am now sitting on my deck off the first floor of my house with a Good Signal Strength from my NetGear MA401 802.11b card, connected at 11Mbps with 128-bit WEP excitedly writing this review! My Ethernet-connected desktop PC also seems faster than when it was running its connection via the USB Cable modem! 5 Stars!
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Summary: Easy to setup, works great
Review: I'm not a network techie by any means. I was able to hook this up along with my 5 computers and be up and running in no time. This thing works great and I wish I had gotten it sooner. Life is good!
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Summary: couldn't be happier
Review: After having an electrician give me a $900 estimate to wire my house with CAT-5, I decided to give the Linksys wireless router a try. I'd read a few mixed reviews, but having worked in the computer industry for several years, I was assuming that I could figure this thing out -- as it turns out, I didn't have to!
My roommate had just bought a new computer and was itching to get our shared Internet access working. I was headed to a wedding that evening, but agreed late Saturday afternoon to pull the Linksys out of the box under the condition that my non-technical roommate had to set the thing up while I got ready for the wedding. By the time I got out of the shower, he had installed and configured the router; installed and configured his Linksys USB wireless adapter, and was downstairs at his computer surfing away. I've had the router nearly three months now, and the thing has worked like a champ. The base unit is in my bedroom and his computer is in the basement. Even being three stories apart, he still gets a full signal. One afternoon, we did have a problem with a few dropped connections. I suspect that the problem was with my cable provider and not with the router, but I upgraded the router bios just to be sure. This took only a few minutes and we haven't had any problems since (I'm still not sure if the problem was the router or my ISP.) If you are thinking about buying the Linksys router, I say give it a try. If it doesn't work, you can always return it . . . but I'll bet you won't.
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Summary: Great Product, works as advertised
Review: I had been looking at this particular piece of hardware, but always held off on purchasing it because of the price. Finally I got it at a price I could appreciate. First off, this product works great. I was up and running with my home network in less than half an hour, and most of that was waiting for my laptop to reboot with the new drivers for my PC card. The router setup was relatively painless, and the instructions for setup were pretty clear to me. With my laptop I get decent reception, not like my hardwired computers(4) but still decent for wireless. I am able to sit on my patio with the router in a basement and still get >70% signal strength. I guess placement is very important with the router as I got varying signal strength throughout my house. e.g. signal strength was higher on the second floor than on the first floor(really strange). Have not tested for max range but am pretty happy with the range I am using it at now ~40ft with walls in the way. Great product
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Summary: Wow is the setup software complicated!
Review: Once this is installed, it works. Wireless connections slow quickly as distance from the unit increases, but it does work. A wirelessly connected laptop that is usually operated one story downstairs and two rooms away (about 40 feet straightline) from the router unit usually connects at 2MBPS. While that is not near the 11MBPS advertised maximum, it's still 4x faster than a good dial up connection. (Walls and distance decrease wireless connection speeds.) Hardwired nodes consistently have fast connection speeds. Setting up the software to get the network running is very complex, and documentation is only fair- at best. I finally had a technician from CompUSA come to my home.
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Summary: A breakthrough product - flawless execution
Review: This is a 3-in-1 product: an Ethernet router and four-port switch combined with an 802.11b compliant wireless access point. It connects to your computer's Ethernet card (another other computers' NICs) on one side with an RJ-45 plug and to your cablemodem on the other side with coaxial cable. I am using it to connect to two other computers in the house with Category 5 Ethernet cable and to my IBM Thinkpad laptop, which has Linksys' WPC11 wireless network card. Configuring the device to work with your cable ISP and computer is very easy. The instructions are straightforward, and the basic tools you need to get up and running in minutes are easy to find in the browser interface. (A stroke of genius). A hookup video is included on CD-ROM. I ran the CD from my laptop while hooking up the desktop. There is alot more that this device can do than most average users (like me) with probably need. Since the router part uses network address translation to split your cable feed into multiple other data streams, it works as a firewall. Other computers can't see the network addresses "behind" the router. I dumped BlackIce Defender as a software firewall for incoming intrusions is not needed. You will probably still want a firewall for out-bound traffic (sent from cookies, snoopware, trojans, etc.) like Sygate personal firewall 4.2. At this time, Linksys wireless card does not come with XP drivers, but Windows 2000 drivers seem to work fine. The antenna's range is pretty good. There is only one spot in one room at the opposite end of the house where I loose the connection. The speed is slower than direct cable connection for transferring files over the LAN, but Web page speed from a cable modem is just as fast over the wireless link as over the cat 5 lines. I would be careful using wireless devices INSTEAD of cat 5 cable to hook up desktop PCs, though -- make sure you can get a strong signal path to the transmitter. Laptops' antennae don't have the same directional sensitivity issues that desktop wireless antennae do. All in all, the device works great. You can dump your secondary IP address and save money from your IP. If you have a cable modem and two or more PCs and a laptop and want to share printers, files and high-speed internet access, this is truly a must-have product.
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Summary: Easy Home Network
Review: For a non-techy relatively easy to install and set-up to replace "hard-wire" DSL arrangement. Instructions were clear and helpful.
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Summary: A great value play! Linksys has the Formula.
Review: I'll admit, I was very skeptical of this wireless wunderkind when I read the first reviews. A relatively cheap alternative to a hard-wired home network but would it work reliably? The answer is an overwhelming YES. I've read many of the other reviews here denegrating this router's performance and mechanics. Maybe I'm just lucky but I've been very pleased with this wireless peripheral. Including the required purchase of a wireless network card, this all-in-one peripheral provides a wireless PC connection as well as wired Ethernet PCs access to a single broadband Net connection. This wireless router allows for sharing of IP addresses, files, printers, and other network resources (I use this product specifically for a wireless high-speed Net connection to my desktop PC cable connection...I have my Compaq Presario 1200 notebook (WIN ME) networked to my Gateway P5 desktop (WIN 98v2) without compatability issues). This router works extremely well without dropping the connection well within the distance limitations reflected in the Linksys documentation (although the advertised 400 ft. maximum would be pushing it well past the envelope in my opinion). I have tested these distance limitations extensively. My desktop/router is located in my upstairs office while I operate my notebook downstairs. Estimating, I suspect the working distance is easily 150 lineal feet with several walls and a floor to pass through. To test these limitations further, I've even taken the notebook to my garage with limited degradation (the length/signal strength icon moved to "yellow" signifying a questionable link albeit workable). As with any shared connection, you'll see some speed degradation (as compared to the hard-wired primary desktop) from time-to-time but not enough to really matter. Many purists will disagree with me but this fixed, one-time cost beats the cost of hard-wiring a home network and monthly cable costs any time. Amortizing the hard costs relative to monthly cable costs (and initial installation) can be achieved in a minimum of 4 months in many cases depending on location and service providers (i.e. after 4 months, you're dollars ahead!) Conclusion: a very solid wireless perhipheral for those desiring a second cable/DSL connection without the monthly cost. An outstanding value.
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Summary: Needs rebooting.
Review: I owned it for a few weeks. Every day or two I'd have to reboot it. The DHCP server tends to hold on to leased addresses even after the client goes away and reconnects (couldn't they see that the same MAC address has come back?). The configuration options are rather basic; if you have a networking background (e.g., your former firewall was a Linux or BSD box), this is probably not the box for you. Finally, it (like most other home routers) only supports one IPSec pass-through session. Instead, I highly recommend the Nexland ISB WaveBase. It costs a lot more, but is very well worth it, especially for the concurrent IPSec session support.
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