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| Date Reviewed: 11/26/2006 |
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 I will never buy LinkSys product again Strengths: None
Weaknesses: frequent connection drop and automatic reboot;
expensive and not worth at all
Summary: I bought it and used it for 1 week before it started to drop broadband connection and automatically reboot. Sometimes, need to power off before getting broadband connection again.
Asked its customer service and replaced a new one. The new one have same problem after 3 weeks.
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| Date Reviewed: 03/04/2003 |
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Strengths: Price, Performance, reliability, SPI. ease of use for home user
Weaknesses: limited firewall features
Summary: I got this gateway at zero cost " bundle with a low cost digital camera and I was very skeptical about it at first. I turned on, loaded the latest FW and .. it is up since ! Performance wise, I did not see any bottleneck with this toy , whether accessing my CD server or uploading/downloading from the internet. I feel that my cable provider (rr) is the bottleneck capping my traffic @ 2 mbps I'd wished to have more firewall options and more than one DMZ machine, Hey at 0.0$ who could complain !
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| Date Reviewed: 11/06/2001 |
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Strengths: PPPoE support, DHCP server, excellent firewall protection, easy setup
Weaknesses: None
Summary: Great product! No problems with it whatsoever. Built-in PPPoE support allowed me to remove all PPPoE software from my machine to use my DSL. Great speeds, easy to configure using the web browser. Occasionally have to power-cycle the unit but that's only because of infrequent problems with the DSL line. Nothing to do with the router itself.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/02/2003 |
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 Purchased abour 12 of these for customers over a y ... Strengths: Simple 'out of the box' use. Easy to configure.
Weaknesses: Support. Build quality. Length of warranty. Replacing in warranty.
Summary: Purchased abour 12 of these for customers over a year ago. Sent them out and had plenty of glowing reports. This router is simple to configure, taking mere minutes. It has plenty of port forwarding features and similar, that allow most applications to work through the NAT. I have received 7 of these routers back as failing. Mostly customers complained that after a year they were rebooting every other day. In two instances these routers failed within the 12 month warranty period. Technical support appeared very helpful, providing information on firmware updates. Once it was establised that the router was failing and firmware updates were not fixing this, they became extremely unhelpful. After a very, very long time trying to get RMA's, both routers, which failed within a month of each other, were sent back, in perfect condition having been sitting on a desk. Both routers were returned, unfixed. The reason was that they had been worked on by a non-linksys engineer, shown by the voiding sticker being damaged. This was not the case as I personally inspected the routers for damage when visiting the customers. The next 4 routers failed after the warranty period. Ports stopped working, or traffic from the WAN connection would not route to the LAN. The 7th router is beginning to fail now, requiring to be rebooted every couple of days, and port #3 not working. Customers report the 5 other routers are working fine. I would not recommend this product, or manufacturer again.
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| Date Reviewed: 11/05/2003 |
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Strengths: Price, connection, reliability.
Weaknesses: Setting up closed and open ports could be made easier to do or have better documentation.
Summary: I'm quite pleased with my purchase of the Linksys router. After a minor installation difficulty, having to call twice to get a more knowledgeable customer service rep that knew more than "reboot, reset, reboot" I got a service rep that had it up and running in 15 mins, and also helped me set-up the ports I wanted open and closed.
For under $40 with rebate, and a year of problem free usage, I wouldn't hesitate buying another or recommending to friend.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/11/2004 |
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I've had three of these devices. the first ran fla ...
Strengths: Good price and simple setup.
Weaknesses: Quality
Summary: I've had three of these devices. the first ran flawlessly for two and a half years until a lighning storm took it out (along with two NIC's and a PC power supply). I replaced the Linksys with a new one which only lasted for six months when the WAN port stopped working. The LAN side still works but there is no Internet connection. Got an RMA# from Linksys and sent it back. Got new "tested" unit and it doesn't work. Same problem. I'm done with Linksys.
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| Date Reviewed: 04/30/2004 |
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We had this unit installed for about 1.5 years, ac ...
Strengths: Was easy to set up, but then again most similar products are equally so.
Weaknesses: Reset button doesn't work, nor does this product.
Summary: We had this unit installed for about 1.5 years, actually. It would freeze on occasion and need to be reset by unplugging it. When it was not frozen up, it seemed to function well, until one night when I tried to print some PDF file, and it froze up permanently. For the life of me, I cannot understand why the PDF file was any different from the hundreds of other files this unit carried to my printer, but I guess it was.
Anyway, we rang tech support and they were totally useless. After trying a couple of things to unfreeze it, the guy finally told me "you'll have to go and buy a replacement unit." Not another Linksys, certainly.
We went with a Netgear unit instead, and it's run for a year now, and has been far more reliable than the Linksys unit ever was.
My advice: avoid these Linksys units like the plague.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/23/2003 |
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spoke to linksys they know that this router has a ...
Strengths: cheap price easy to setup great if you use dsl or slow speed connections
Weaknesses: does not work well in high speed cable you will loose a lot of speed
Summary: spoke to linksys they know that this router has a problems with some cable modems. Linksys will not fix this problem better to pass on this model and go with befsx41 a much better product that will not slow you down. Linksys tech support will run you around and then they will tell you that there is nothing thay can do. Do you self a favor and if you use high speed cable PASS on this model.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/09/2004 |
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i had one which lasted a couple of years then a mi ...
Strengths: when it is running it is fine, connects to win and linux
Weaknesses: does not run
Summary: i had one which lasted a couple of years then a mild! lightening storm fried it (but not the modem nor the 3-com nic) bought a new one, it did not work out of the box, but linksys did not give me a new one they sent me a refurbished one, this one did not work; stay away from this, get a d-link or 3-com or something else which works, stay away from linksys nic's too, they screw up your system, six out of eight of mine went bad
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| Date Reviewed: 03/31/2002 |
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Strengths: Fantastic! Easy to setup!
Weaknesses: None!
Summary: This is a great inexpensive router! I've never had any trouble with any of my Linksys products! I have the exact throughput with and without the router (Contrary to the previous guy's experience).
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| Date Reviewed: 12/08/2003 |
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Do not buy this router! We're running 3pcs, and a ...
Strengths: none, None, NONE!
Weaknesses: everything, Everything, EVERYTHING!
Summary: 2003-12-08 11:03:00 Do not buy this router! We're running 3pcs, and a web server. This router hangs all the time. First, linksys said, go exchange it. Then, Linksys told me to put a 20 foot cable between the modem and the router..that did absolutely NOTHING! Then, they said put a switch between the router and modem. That works, but I had to spend $20 on a switch. The endless power cycles, drove me router insane. There is still a 4 second delay before each web page loads up. Don't buy this router! PS: I had to reset the router twice to post this very message.
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| Date Reviewed: 07/01/2004 |
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Strengths: Great Router for multiple computers/print devices. Excellent auto assignment of IP addresses to devices (DHCP handling) with Cable/DSL connections.
Weaknesses: Appears extremely susceptible to everyday voltage fluctuations - high and low. Be alert for User Guide addendums/corrections.
Summary: 3rd replacement! Only equipment that appears to become "trashed" by everyday power fluctuations. Finally gotten smart - will connect to dedicated surge protector/uninterruptible power source and see.
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| Date Reviewed: 01/13/2002 |
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Strengths: Ease of installation, performance
Weaknesses: none
Summary: I use this to attache 4 computers to a cable modem. It was easy to set up and use. Performance has been outstanding with no apparent slow down due to the 4 systems. I have seen cable modem performance as high as 450 KBps through this switch and have had multiple downloads runing with no problems. I also run my laptop to my office using a nortel VPN software package with no problems. Have recommended this and other Linksys products to many friends.
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| Date Reviewed: 12/23/2004 |
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Worked great for about 3 months then the fun start ...
Strengths: easy to set up
Weaknesses: very unstable and short lifespan
Summary: Worked great for about 3 months then the fun started. It now it loses the connection every few hours sometimes sooner. Support tells me to just reset to defaults and start over. This works for a matter of a few hours then loses it’s connection again. A waste of money.
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| Date Reviewed: 03/24/2002 |
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Router slowed my connection speed from 800kpbs(bef ...
Strengths: price
Weaknesses: SLOW, incomplete troubleshooting section of manual
Summary: Router slowed my connection speed from 800kpbs(before) to 100kpbs(after) - 8 TIMES SLOWER?. I called the "Jeff Levy On Computers" radio show on KFI here in Los Angeles, and he flat out told me that Linksys was no good. That he beleives they sell inferior products to make the money back on tech support. I also searched on the web for "linksys + router + slow", and came up with scores of posts written by people with the same problem but no answer. LINKSYS IS NO GOOD. I'm returning it today and will just by a Netgear or Belkin and save the headache.
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