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Linksys BEFW11S4 Wireless-B Cable/DSL Router| Manufacturer: | Linksys | | List price: | $69.99 |
| Our price: | $47.49 that is 32% off! |
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Don't waste your money on this product. |
I bought this wireless-B broadband router about 2 years ago. It was price convenient and provided a pcmcia wireless ethernet card.
The first impresion you get is WOW, this is very simple. You get carried away with how simple it is to get it to run the first time. Well, that's about it, I have nothing else nice to say about this P.O.S. product.
The Quality of Service is terrible. Once the router is fully configured to match your home network needs (I mention this because you spend some time customizing ports but the problem shows up with or without customization), it is just unreliable.
The connections drop all the time, you are browsing just fine at good speed (with cable modem have an average speed of 5Mbps) and all of the sudden the next click (or any other action over the network) never gets resolved.
You can no longer resolve any domain names nor ping anywhere else. I did problem determination just to ensure it was the router and nothing else. Initially I thought it was just the wireless, so I focused on that. Today I can tell that this problem is mainly on the wireless but still you have problems with the wired connections. The relation is about 10 to 1.
I have updated the firmware several times where Linksys tech reviews for those updates were mentioning that "some users" had similar problems and those problems should be fixed in the new firmware update. Well, I have read that more than 3 times so far. I no longer believe them.
Sometimes you can recover your connectivity by just powering the router off/on. It has become common task to pull the plug up to 10 times a day. Some other times you have to be more drastic and do a hard reset loosing all your customizations.
This product is a piece of junk. If you like to waste some money, give it a try, you may be one of those lucky ones that get one that actually works. |
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This product is garbage |
| Rarely a week goes by that this thing doesn't lock up for no apparent reason and have to be rebooted. I've called tech support and the best they could do was guide me through a firmware upgrade or two, which did not fix the problem. After my experiences with this hunk o'junk, I do not recommend purchasing anything with the name "Linksys" on it. |
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| It works very well for me. Keep in mind, i live in 1 bedroom apartment! |
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