Linksys (BEFW11S4) 802.11b Wireless Access Point

Pros: Choose between wireless or wired, simple for novice/adjustable settings for expert
Cons: Costlier than wired router, wireless performance not quite as fast as wired (which is inevitable)

Options for Sharing an ISP Connection
I moved into my current apartment with four other people at the beginning of the summer of 2001. My roommates and I all wanted internet access at cable modem speeds. We soon found that our options for...

Pros: Fast-reliable-easy setup
Cons: Only that it is a little slower that a direct connection-

In August of this year I had planned to try to get one of my old Motherboard/cpu to work for my granddaughters. While I was waiting for the case/power supply to arrive. I had to plan how to get my granddaughters on line with out making my wife mad. I ...

Pros: Easy setup, easy maintenance, great price for all-in-one box
Cons: Much more expensive and slower than wired networking

I had....
- 3 Laptops and 1 PC
- 1 DSL Connection
- 4 people wanting to check e-mail and chat at the same time

What do I do?! I needed to get everything networked so that the whole house could share the DSL. I had 2 options,...

Pros: Easy Setup - great range compared to other wireless solutions
Cons: WEP 128bit encryption not mentioned in setup, should be required question

Belkin doesn't hold a candle to the range found with this wireless router. I took back my Belkin router and wireless card, and went with Linksys not expecting much, but what I got was a great product. With the Belkin router and card, I had to walk into...

Pros: No more CAT5 cables strung all over the house!
Cons: Ties up 2.4 GHz frequency in the house.

As a hardware geek, the number of PC's around the house keeps growing. I've had them networked for years, but have had to run CAT5 lines through the basement and crawl space to achieve this. Recently I've been remodeling the basement and decided that...

Pros: Very easy to set up, good range.
Cons: None so far

I finally got tired of rooting around in my wife's office to get to the ethernet cable from our cable modem. I purchased this router and Linksys's wireless PC card for my notebook.

Our ISP uses DHCP so the setup was incredibly easy. I hooked...

Pros: Designed to use for a monkey. Intuitive interface for advanced configuration. Good security options.
Cons: Still looking.

I have worked with several routers and switches. As a whole, I am impressed with the "tried and true" nature of linksys. I have been in contact with the support desk about the BEFSR41 Router (non-wireless brother of this one). The help was superior....

Pros: Easy to configure.
Cons: Netmeeting can't receive calls through this because of the way Netmeeting receives calls.

I love this thing. I did have some trouble with wireless working right away but somehow my laptop was screwed up and didn't TCP/IP installed for the wireless card. Easily fixed and no, it had nothing to do with Linksys. You can plug it in and you...

Pros: Easy setup, good looks, flawless performance
Cons: Not the best tech support (but will you need it?)

Once you setup this Linksys router, you'll never have to think about it again. Once I took it out of the box, I was up and running within a matter of minutes. The only times I've ever had to worry about it since then was when I wanted to change...

Pros: Fairly easy setup, excellent results
Cons: The box doesn't tell you you need another ethernet cable.

I bought this product after returning the WAP-11 after finding out that the WAP-11 wouldn't do what I wanted. Here's what I wanted to do: have a "1/2 and 1/2" system, whereby one computer would be wireless and the other would be ethernet-connected...

Pros: Easy web-based setup; Reliable; Powerful for a home network
Cons: Range is less than advertised.

This is a pretty robust piece of hardware.

My experience began in 5/01 when I was looking for a way to add a notebook wirelessly to my home network of 2 computers. The BEFW11S4 had just been released and I decideded to take a risk and try it....

Pros: Price, reliability, ease of set up
Cons: Aesthetics

Ugh! What a dolt I am. Why did it take me so long to get cable broadband into my house? Why did I ...

Pros: A networking novice can be up and running in a few short hours.
Cons: You don't get the satisfaction of drilling wire holes through walls and ceiling.

I love this house, I really do. So, when I finally abandoned Juno and went DSL, while I wanted to share that connection throughout the house, I didn't want to poke large holes in the place to do it. I mean, what, was I supposed to tear up the carpets,...

Pros: Extremely easy set-up. Reliable, fast product. Good range.
Cons: None so far!

Intro :
The Linksys BEFW11S4 EtherFast Wireless AP Cable/DSL Router w/ 4-port Switch is exactly what the doctor ordered: An inexpensive, way to share the internet in your home. Four 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports allow you to plug PCs and other...

Pros: Works as advertised, good range of interface products available
Cons: Initial set-up was a bit difficult

I was upgrading from an older Linksys wired hub/router as I needed to connect a remote PC and decided on 802.11b.

Unfortunately, out of the box, I was unable to get the unit working with my Comcast cable modem. The older unit continued to work...