Linksys EtherFast® BEFSR41 Router

Pros: SHARE INTERNET WITH NO SPEED LOSS
Cons: none yet.

If you have more than one computer in your home or office, and you pay the price for high speed, then you need to share the wealth. There are a couple of ways to do this, but in my opinion the fastest and most secure way is with a wired router. A router ...

Pros: Supports PPPoE without dialer software. Web browser setup interface.
Cons: Instructions may not apply to all DSL or cable modems.

I took it out of the box, plugged everything in and it worked. Thank you, good night, and drive safely. Oh, sorry, you wanted a few details, didn't you? For a household like ours (darling wife has an iMac, dear hubby has a PC), the Linksys ...

Pros: Share your DSL or Cable connection, Enhance Security, Eliminate PPPoE Protocol/Drivers
Cons: Seems to get "hung" at times

I wanted to share my DSL (later Cable Modem) with another PC in my home - and this little box is what did it for me.

Unfortunately, I bought it when they cost $100 instead of the current ~$60 price, but oh well - nature of the industry.
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Pros: Simple, fast, great documentation.
Cons: Can't really say I've found any so far.

Recently, my girlfriend and I moved into a new home together. This changed us from being two, one PC homes into one, two PC home. That being the case, when it came time to get our systems connected I had to go shopping around for a few new items to get...

Pros: A joy to install! Easy on the pocket book, but versatile and very reliable.
Cons: No onscreen warning when DSL connection fails. Firewall/antivirus is built in, but an extra expense.

My friend Nate is a techno-junkie. He's pushing 85 this year. That's both in age and the number of toys he has plugged in at his home. He won't be happy until he has a telephone and a speakerphone in every room. When he hangs up a phone, they all...

Pros: Easy setup. Firewall with NAT, port forwarding.
Cons: None.

Every year somebody asks me where they can get a hub for their computer network. Every year I ask them why they need a hub, and every year I get the same answer: "Our cable/dsl was just installed and we need to share it with the [insert number here]...

Pros: Easy Setup, Fast Routing, Reliable (Doesn't Crash or Require Power Cycling)
Cons: None.

I've been using a LinkSys BEFSR41 for over a year now to share a high speed Starband satellite inter ...

Pros: It works, easy to get going
Cons: Longevity

This product is left on 24/7 in a cool area on top of a desk, without anything sitting on top of it. This is important since it needs to dissipate its heat.

However, even with this setup, the router managed to have an irrecoverable failure...

Pros: easy set up, easy installation, great tech support for trouble shooting
Cons: firewall can be the root of mostly any problems with the router

It took me until I was in eight grade before I finally caught up with the times (well, tried ...

Pros: Easy setup
Cons: Tech Support not worth you know what

Well My sister recently got a new computer and wanted me to hook it up to the house high speed connection, the only problem was the high speed connection line was on the top floor and her computer was in the basement a few floors down. So I bought her ...

Pros: Heavy Duty 4-port Switched Router
Cons: Setup, updating the firmware

Linksys 4-port Switched Cable/DSL 10/100 MBPS Router
Model: BEFSR41

This model is wired box not wireless, but is very heavy duty compared to the others on the market for routers. It offers 4-ports switched and 1 uplink port shared (note...

Pros: Easy set up; best high quality-cheap price router; Features galore
Cons: Port 1 gets disabled for using Uplink port

We all know you can buy several internet IP addresses to use for every computer in the house. Because more and more households are demanding more than 1 computer in the house, they are also demanding internet access for each one. Why would anyone pay the...

Pros: Connects the whole family, easy setup, uses one IP address,reliable.
Cons: None

What a Great Invention! If you have more than one computer in your home, and everyone loves to surf on the internet, I would suggest buying the Linksys Cable/DSL Router. It comes in a 4 port or 8 port version, and is absolutely wonderful. You can all be ...

Pros: Easy, simple solution to home networking
Cons: none

So, you just got DSL or cable, have a couple PCs in the household and want to share Internet access? This box makes it a cinch.

Originally, before I purchased this router, I had a home network (consisting of a Win2k box, a Win98 box, and a DEC...

Pros: Very easy to set up and configure. Add PCs to your LAN with ease.
Cons: None that I can think of so far.

The Linksys DSL/Cable router 4-port switch has been the easiest piece of networking equipment I've installed yet. This unit requires very little up-front configuration or changes. The unit allows you to configure your LAN for DHCP (it will...