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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. Just got off of the Linksys "customer no-service". This should have been a pretty simple installation given that I have only one desktop computer and am not looking to go wireless. Still, no router was detected. Yeah, right, I'll replace it with a NetGear router this time. I started the enclosed CD and followed the instructions.
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". What an unbelievable waste of time. I follow the technician's instructions and did a manual installation and still no router detected and no internet. 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. 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.
Save yourself the time and money asn skip this peice of garbage.
This router does a fine job distributing the internet to my many PC's, Media Extenders, etc on my wired network. I wrote this purchase off and reinstalled my old (before the Cisco acquisition) Linksys router (same model number, but earlier firmware version). 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. Now all my computers see each other and my DHCP table is full. Buy another router if in this situation.
The product is working well and there was good support from Lynksis while setting it up.
You could get up to the point where it asked you to log in to the router and that was it, it would not take the pre-configured username and password. I call Linksys customer support and find out I need to port forward and to even garner that much info I had to pay for a warrenty extension $29.95 out the window.I send repeated E-mails to Square-Enix for the port numbers I need to configure, 16 days later and an all nighter to catch a live tech support rep becaues SE dont answer e-mails obviously. The utility disc that was enclosed didn't even work properly. I bought a Linksys 4-port wired router (Befsr41ver4.1) at the beginning of 07. I call linksys and they want another 29.95 or I'm out of luck, I tell them to shov^ it. Warning #2.
I try to get to the router set-up page through my web browser like it tells me to, no luck can't navigate to it at all.
Warning sign #1.
That was 5 monthes ago as I'm writing this I am direct connect to my DSL modem that router fouled out again.
Setup was a breeze, just plug it in and go literally.
I get my numbers get on the phone with the support from Linksys, give them my case number and find out I have to pay an ADDITIONAL 29.95, extended warrenty only good for 15 days, they failed to mention that tidbit of important information.6 hours later with the tech support and I get my router back online and all is right with the world.
After about a year my wife and I were playing FFXI one night and it crashed the connection we couldn't get back on for days.
After getting that taken care of the PC would connect through the router but the PS2 would not.
I still cannot access the set-up page through my browser window.
I will not reccomend this thing to anybody even though it lasted a over a year-ish its been nothing but trouble.
Extremely easy to set up. I had used a wireless router previously, but found I was sensitive to the radio waves (sounded like high-pitched buzzing) and bought this all-wired router instead. When I tried to unplug and replug the new router to further cut down on EMFs during the night, it had trouble reinitializing, but Linksys Tech Support was very helpful in setting up some custom, manual settings to prevent that problem. We are using it with one PC and two Macs, and have no issues with it now.
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