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Summary: Very Impressive
Review: I must say, that I don't normally dole out 5's, but this product is excellent. I bought it a bit skeptical, but have been very impressed. I was able to network my laptop and home PC fairly easily. The trouble I did have had to do with Windows 95/98 networking bugs rather than problems with the device. What I love about it are all the things it does. 1) I used to have firewall software on my PC, I no longer need it, as this device protects/hides your system from the Internet through the use of NAT'ing (Network Address Translation). 2) I also saved memory by removing my PPPoE software from my PC as the Linksys device itself does PPPoE authentication for you. 3) And of course, I can now share a DSL connection between my PC's, which is a real boon to a home office worker. As my family all have laptops, when they come over for the holidays, they can now hook up to the Internet via an Ethernet connection. Sure beats tying up the phone line or trying to install drivers on their laptops! 4) Last but not least, I was able to hook up my VPN connection to work without any trouble at all! A few comments on their support: 1) While I did use their help desk, and found it to be above average, they did lead me a bit astray having me turn off features I didn't truly really need to disable (e.g. Disable DNS), so expect to do a little bit of research and experimentation on your own to get things just the way you want them. 2) Their startup documentation does a great job of getting you going quickly, but their documentation for more advanced features isn't very good. Overall a great product for the money.
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Summary: Networking Mac G-4 and PC
Review: My wife uses a G-4 Mac and the rest of the family share 3 Windows98 pc's. Now that we have Roadrunner, I want to use the Linksys 4 port hub/router to network them all together. This will also allow me to share a scanner (pc) with the Mac. What network OS should I be looking at for file, printer and scanner sharing between the 2 platforms ?? Thanks, dmyers@sc.rr.com
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Summary: Easy setup, works great.
Review: Before I get started I feel the need to say, the lack of a CAT 5 cable not being included is not a con. Linksys has no idea how far it is from my computers to my cable modem and the last thing I need is another useless cable (because it's to short or way to long, or a patch cable instead of a crossover cable) to wrap up and pack away in that box with the rest of them.I was pleasantly surprised by the ease of setup. I had taken the phone of the hook and cleared my schedule in preparation for installing this thing called a "router" so both my PCs could access the Internet and be networked to each other all at the same time. About 3 minutes later both my PCs were still networked to each other and downloading from the Internet. The router was doing it's job invisibly. The configuration of the router is handled by typing a URL (specified in the installation instructions) into any web browser then filling in a few blanks on the page that loads with a few more numbers. The instructions show where to find these numbers in the windows control panel. So psyched was I, that I immediately rebooted my main computer to Linux and tackled installing it there. Same URL, same page, same numbers, same great results. For a few seconds I even deluded myself about how user friendly Linux is (to bad Linksys doesn't distribute Linux :) Since I found myself with free time I read instructions that explained clearly how to do a bunch of things I'll probably never do (but I'm sure some people do) and a few things I will. Things such as Netmeeting, DHCP server, NAT, PPPoE and even multi player games like Age of Empires and Unreal are succinctly explained in relation to the router and the router's configuration.
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Summary: Works for me
Review: The product was easy to set up using the very good documentation provided. Had it running in less then an hour even though the cable modem was new to me. Upgraded the firmware ASAP and do not have any problems.
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Summary: Quick and easy network for your home
Review: It was the easiest hook-up I ever have done for a home or small business network/router
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Summary: Up and running in no time flat!
Review: We share our high speed Sprint Broadband bandwidth (microwave signal, not DSL or Cable) across a PC, a Mac G3, and a Linux workstation with this router. No server required. This thing rocks! There's no need to fight over only one phone line to the Internet--connect multiple computers to this baby and more than one can surf at the same time! Complete with firewall.
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Summary: I'm quite pleased
Review: As a systems engineer, I found this to be an easy setup, easy configuration, and easy use tool. I had absolutely no problems making a connection. My access speeds have not been sacrificed, infact they have improved. I have also made VPN connections to a Cisco 3000 concentrator and my results were amazing. I even had the network security specialist from my job at he U.S House of Representatives attempt multiple port scans and hacking attempts. They were not successfull at seeing my PC or the other ones on my network at home. The built in firewall is more than adequate. Logging would be a nice feature, but for home or small business use, the sacrifce is acceptable. I will be recommending this product to all my friends
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Summary: This product is so cool ......
Review: I do not have any experience with networking PCs but when I bought a new Dell machine (Windows 2000 ME), I wanted to be able to use my old Pentium I (Windows 95). I have cable internet access and wanted to access the internet from both machines and share files and a printer. Straight out the the box it was a breeze connecting the two machines. It took about 30 mins to set up concurrent internet access following the instructions for the Linksys router and another hour to set up Windows networking. I couldn't believe how easy it was! I would definitely recommended this product to anyone who has a similar configuration. Well done, Linksys !
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Summary: Linksys ineffective as speed champ, VPN solution
Review: Although router is execellent 10/100 switch and sets up FAST, routing capbilities are not very quick (they appear BUFFERED, so if you do on-line gaming, try something else) and forget about slick things like VPN logins to other sites. Unfortunately, that's all I needed, so back this goes... :( Although the web interface is convenient, it is buggy under both IE 5 and Netscape (most flavors). Even after bios upgrades on the router, I still could NOT apply changes to some of the advanced sections of the configuration web server. Shame! Tech support from Linksys is also sub-standard, I waited 40 minutes on their tech line and never got my problems resolved. I may buy their switch, however, as the switch operation was great, as was the DHCP server included.
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Summary: Warning for PPPoE ADSL users
Review: This router is housed in an attractive stackable case which easily mates with other Linksys networking products. An easy to read array of LEDs gives a clear indication of networking activity on both the LAN and WAN ports. One initial annoyance is the power transformer. For some reason Linksys chose to not make it a wall wart (good) but did not give it enough cord to reach the floor (bad). So you will end up with the transformer either on your desk or dangling in mid air. Setup is a breeze with the built-in html configuration interface and quickstart document. Even a novice could get the unit configured within five minutes. Support for things such as DMZ and DHCP is an added bonus. If your ADSL provider does not use PPPoE you will probably be fine with this unit. Unfortunately, mine uses PPPoE. Linksys is supposed to support PPPoE beginning with firmware version 1.30. The current firmware version is 1.36 and was released on 10/12/2000. While I applaud Linksys updating their firmware frequently I was not happy waiting for the PPPoE support to be fixed and already returned the unit. The router would work fine until my ADSL provider would "refresh" my IP address; the linksys unit would then be unable to obtain a new IP. Using the html web interface seemed to debug the problem only seemed to aggravate the situation. Their support page suggested doing the "power dance" by unplugging the router and/or the ADSL modem in varying combinations, which was unsuccessful, time-consuming and aggravating. I'm sure Linksys will have this fixed in time just be forewarned if you are a PPPoE user.
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