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Summary: Great product and price.
Review: Setup was easy and I updated the firmware with the download from the Linksys Website with no problems. Configuration went with no problems and I have had it plugged in for two weeks with no glitches. I tried using it with static and dynamic IP configuration from my ISP with no problems. I tried various probes and scanners on the router and the firewall is very secure. I highly recommend this product, especially at this price.
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Summary: It's a piece of "broadband"!
Review: If you are looking to connect your existing (or new) home- or small business network to the Internet, this router is your best choice. Within an hour, my small home/business network was connected to the Internet through this router and a cable modem. That includes a few minutes looking for a misplaced patch cord and available outlet. Because my ISP will think only one computer is connected to the Internet, I save additional monthly charges. This should pay for the router within a few months! Before I purchased this item, I read other reviews and made sure I was prepared for any of the possible noted problems. However, none really occured in my situation. As for the manual, I received the full manual available from www.linksys.com, so they may have listened to our requests. If you're not too keen on networking, beware of the following: This router does not come with a cable to connect it to your Hub or Switch. You'll need to purchase it seperately. These cables are called 'Patch Cords' (details: RJ45 connector, CAT 5). Some ISPs have set your browser to connect using a proxy. Be sure to temporarily disable the proxy settings when configuring your router. In MS Internet Explorer 5+, select the "Tools" menu, click "Internet Options", click the "Connections" tab and click "Lan Settings" - deselect the checkbox for "Use Proxy" to disable the proxy and vice versa to re-enable it. I found that it's easier to set your LAN configuration to "automatically assign IP address/DNS server" before you start installing this router - however, this depends on your network configuration. Lastly, before I started installing my router, I made sure I had the latest Firmware update from www.linksys.com. Once the router was installed and responded to the browser (for configuration), I updated my router's firmware before configuring it any further. This saved me the hassle of configuring, updating and re-configuring.
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Summary: Could not have been an easier installation...
Review: Got SDSL. Got the device. Read the manual. Installed TCP/IP on all my client machines, selecting the DHCP option. Downloaded the updated firmware, and installed it. Plugged everything in (we already had a hub, so the 1-port device was fine by us) programmed the device with information from NTelos (our ISP) and away the office went. We'd been using a Artisoft iShare and a dialup for two years--what a relief this product is to have instead. And the price is now lower than it was when I bought it. I haven't had the slightest problem since the install, at least that was related to this product. We have some older print servers that use NETBEUI and not TCP/IP, and they slow down the network. I'll need to replace those.
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Summary: Perfect Solution for Corporate VPN at Home
Review: The financial institution where I work uses a VPN protocol called IPSec. This posed a problem for work at home broadband users that had a small network at home. All other hardware and software solutions that I found would only support an IPSec session from the main or gateway system. All other users on the network were blocked. Since the gateway effectively disappears from the network when the VPN tunnel is up, and this was the only machine that could support the IPSec VPN tunnel, when I was online at work, all other machines on the network were isolated. The Linksys set up in 15 minutes, and supports IPSec passthru. Now I can be online at work, and others in the house can effectivly surf the net. Excellent product, but IT DOESN NOT COME WITH RJ-45 cables
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Summary: Nice product but ...
Review: Linksys has done a nice engineering job with the DSL/Cable Router. Very easy to configure, but it simply does not work with Media One. Suggest the Netgear RT311, which has more functionality, and worked right out of the box with Media One.
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Summary: I really like it
Review: I tried at first without the manual, and tried to do it all at once and was getting aggrevated. Take your time do it right and youll be done in ten minuts. Check the lights and start from the wall to the router, router to the hub, hub to the pc, then release and renew IP addresses and youll be good as new. I checked the firewall using SHEILDS UP and zonelabs Zone Alarm and it passed with flying colors. (I have a cable modem with an analog dialup and it works great for me). This is a great product for me since I do a lot of labs for my MCSE. Very cool to get beginner exposure to Router type interfaces and play with the routing tables and stuff.
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Summary: This is a wonderful piece of equipment.
Review: 1. Easy to setup. 2. Compatible with PPoE. 3. Works like a charm, reliable as a beast. 4. Can be set up in about 5 minutes, even by the unitiated. Just get that chart out your DSL or cable company gave you and plink the parameters in and you'll be up and running. The advanced features, although not supported by LInksys, will let you run servers behind the firewall. It supports static routing (I use it to redirect my VPN packets to the correct server), port forwarding, and just about anything else you want it to. If you have a DSL connection, you need this piece of equipment!
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Summary: Use a Crossover Cable
Review: I tried to install using a 'straight through' RJ-45 cable between the DSL Modem (from Roseville Telephone) and the router. Didn't work so I checked the reviews on this and the 4-port model. Found one comment about using the 'Cross-over' between the DSL Modem and Router so I used the original cable and 'voila,' everything worked fine. In fact it set itself up without me having to input any data. Recommend it highly.
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Summary: This Router Can't work with DSL from phone companies.
Review: I have BellSouth service as my provider which uses dynamic IP address assignment. I had the most difficult time trying to get this BEFSR11 to work with my provider. I later learned that it wasn't compatible because of some protocol that this router does not support. I give this unit only 1 star because they could have stated that it only supports certain protocols. Trust me it was a hassle to find out why this product didn't work.
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Summary: Good product for the price
Review: I have used this product for about 2 months and have been very happy with it. I use it to share a cable modem internet connection among several computers in my home office. The Linksys was very easy to set up, and can easily be configured to host a web site or ftp site on one of the computers inside the firewall. I was especially happy that I didn't need a static IP address from my ISP; the Linksys works equally well if you have a static or dynamic IP. It may be lacking high-end features that more expensive firewalls have, but for $100 you will get a very functional product that provides basic security for a small business or home office.
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