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Linksys BEFN2PS4 EtherFast Cable/DSL and Voice Router

Linksys BEFN2PS4 EtherFast Cable/DSL and Voice Router

List Price: $299.99
Your Price: $124.95
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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Great product could be better
Review: The only thing keeping me from giving this product 5 stars is its non-existant Macintosh support. Linksys could invest maybe another *day* of someone's time and support Macintosh computers with this product. Since I'm multiplatform, I was able to configure it using a PC...

If you want to use MAC address spoofing to have the Linksys present a particular MAC address to the cable company, you will need to do a firmware update to add the feature. This was not a big deal, but it is an extra step.

The Net2Phone feature works as advertised and seems to be of reasonably high audio quality. It's sort of like being on a cordless instead of a wired phone. Hook a cordless to it and have twice the fun!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good budget router
Review: This is a good router for a small business/office LAN since it is also a switch - even make things better. The interface via web browser is easy to use, however, it would be nicer if Linksys provided a telnet console option to the router. THe VoIP feature is great, I use it almost daily for my long distance calling in the US. I wouldn't recommend using it to call internation though, it's not Linksys's fault but Net2Phone's fault. THe international voice quality is noticeable lower than that of a regular phone or phone card. So if you do a lot of int'l calling, the VoIP feature with Net2phone will not please you. Otherwise, it is a great choice.


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