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It was easy to wire my computers to this router. Be sure your DSL modem is not connected to the router when you do this. I now have all my computers connected to my DSL connection.
My best guess is that Linksys expects you to connect this router to a cable company modem instead of a DSL modem. I could not find this information on the CD that came with the router. In order to connect to a DSL modem, you must change the router's address from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.2.1.
First of all, this router works great. The problem was setting up the router's firmware. I had to go to the Linksys website for this information.Overall, I do recommend this router.
I no longer have to disconnect one cable to install it into a different computer for Internet access. I have not noticed any decrease in speed on my Internet connection.
I asked him to point me to where there was a warning/documentation about upgrading the firmware in this way, and he could not. I searched Linksys forums and the Linksys website and found a firmware upgrade that specifically addressed my problem. I explained my situation and after turning several pages of his manual and repeating things I had already tried (I was VERY cooperative and friendly), the agent had the nerve to tell me that the reason the router failed was because when I upgraded the firmware, I skipped a level (went from ver 2 to ver 4). Well, after doing the upgrade, the router failed completely.
I bought this router and it worked flawlessly for about 6 months. He also refused to pass me to a supervisor.Linksys has lost a customer for life. He blamed me and said it would not be covered under warranty. Then it began to drop the connection occassionally.
After 4 hours of trying to get it working again, I called support. I have enjoyed my D-Link thoroughly. After about a year it started to drop more than it worked. Yes, I was careful to follow instructions and the upgrade was successful.
We have two computers in the same room and need the router so my wife can be on line for her business, The new router is performing perfectly and I would recommend it to anyone in need of such an instrument. We have used a router, Linksys, for more than 10 years.
It is wired only but that should not be a problem for starting out. You got high speed and now you want to connect more computers. buy this one.
You have to explore the installation CD for the pdf manual. At the last step, where I assume the software configures the router, it gave the error message, "router not found." So, I repeated the instructions more than once but with the same end result. Overall, 1/5 stars. After saving the settings, the thing began working like a champ.
I was told that you just plug it in and it works. Maybe it's my fault that I didn't call support, but I didn't feel like getting the runaround, and I didn't want to go changing a bunch of settings on the PC to make the thing work. I give this product 5 stars because it works pretty well. I give it -4 stars because it took 2.5 weeks to get it to work. I'm not a network guy, so I didn't know how to make this thing work off the top of my head. What finally made this thing work was getting into the web-browser interface where you can adjust the settings for the router, and simply clicking on the "Clone the PC's MAC address" button.
Who wants to read or flip back and forth through a 70 page document on their laptop. So, that's what worked for me. I have 2 PCs and an Xbox 360 plugged into the router and everything works fine now. There isn't even a paper manual for the router. I consulted my coworker who gave me a convoluted set of instructions, and I read a few forum posts whose solutions were vaguely comparable. I'm surprised that a big company like Cisco would market a product that's so hard to make work. I read all of the mixed reviews before ordering the BEFSR41 router, but my coworker assured me that this was the one to get.
From what I read, it could be different for other people, depending on the setup. In the end (two and a half weeks later), I found another article that suggested something I hadn't tried yet. When I received the thing from Amazon, I inserted the CD that it says to insert before doing anything else, and I followed the onscreen instructions. After trying all these ideas, and after all the aggravation and frustration, the router still didn't work.
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