Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port 10/100 Switch (BEFSR41)

User Review: - Retro Router
After watching a congressional subcommittee testimony from some National Institute of Health official talk about how wireless radiation is a possible hazard, I freaked out and switch from wireless to this wired type router. Apparently not only cell phones, but also any wireless device can cause tumors. Now I have two 50 ft cables running across the floor of my house and my wife isn't thrilled. This might be more of a hazard than the radiation exposure. Anyway, the router works great and set-up was easy. I would recommend this router to any insomniac paranoid enough to believe the NIT experts on C-SPAN.

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User Review: - Works good
It took a long time for the ISP to find this modem. Once they did it works great. It has a nice informative web interface too.

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User Review: - THIS ROUTER IS GARBAGE!!!
Just got off of the Linksys "customer no-service". What an unbelievable waste of time. This should have been a pretty simple installation given that I have only one desktop computer and am not looking to go wireless. I started the enclosed CD and followed the instructions. The last step is a "system check" and the router "was not located". So, I unplugged everything and started the instructions again just to make sure. Still, no router was detected. I called customer no-service and they have me double-check that I can get onto the internet without the router - no problem, everything works fine. I follow the technician's instructions and did a manual installation and still no router detected and no internet. Fast forward about an hour and they are still having me run the same idiotic tests while getting the same idiotic results - I think that it was Einstein that said, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting different results". Finally, the technician states that the problem must be with my computer and that I should call the computer manufacturer, to which I replied, "how could it be a problem with my computer when I can get onto the internet just fine when the router is not connected, and as soon as I connect the router, there is no internet access?" She finally admitted that the problem was with the router and that I should take it back and get a replacement. Yeah, right, I'll replace it with a NetGear router this time. Save yourself the time and money asn skip this peice of garbage.

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User Review: - Buyer Beware
This router does a fine job distributing the internet to my many PC's, Media Extenders, etc on my wired network. Hoewever, none of my PC's could see each other when I installed this (they could with the old router). Linksys support was useless, saying that internet distribution is the router's job, and I should see Microsoft about my computers. I wrote this purchase off and reinstalled my old (before the Cisco acquisition) Linksys router (same model number, but earlier firmware version). Now all my computers see each other and my DHCP table is full. Buy another router if in this situation.

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User Review: - computer needs
The product is working well and there was good support from Lynksis while setting it up.

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