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Works fine for me and very happy with it. It just took a few a minutes to rearange the cables and get back online. When I got this, I did feel like I was in over my head due to the fact I never hooked anything like this up to my machines. I have to say, it was super easy to hook up.
I purchased this product to place in front of the wireless router. Port 2 on the Wireless Router for the Expander, Port 3 for the DirectTV and Port 4 available. I currently use the Linksys WRT54GL Wireless G router without problems.
Port 1 cable went to Port 1 of the Wireless Router. After getting everything setup, it has worked perfectly. Port 2 & 3 for the PC's, port 4 for the printer.
I have two networked PC's, a printer, and Verizon Expander as well as a laptop and Xbox 360. I placed the Ethernet cable from the RoadRunner modem into this router. I did have a problem with the CD included for installation but like I said, the support site provided the needed information.
But I needed more than four ports to use DirectTV's Video on Demand and allow for expansion. The setup required some searching on Linksys's support site to get the connections and setup correct.
Though it's clearly old and well used, I'm happy with its speedy internet performance. But following those instructions, using Windows 7, I was able to easily set up a network with several computers and internet access. A great product, by my experience. I recently purchased a rather well used version of this router, and although it was my first router, setup was straightforward. Granted, I had to download the quick-start guide from LinkSys, since no documentation came with the used version.
Best to know you Network's requirements before you physically hook everything up. Out of the box and running in 10 minutes. I had to re-route the cables so it really only took 5 minutes to get it up and running.
I managed to contact Linksys support, but all they had to offer is some VERY difficult written instructions which offered only a barebones, far-from-complete installation. Unfortunately these CD's don't work with Windows 7. The 2 Linksys routers I received from Amazon December 17, 2009 each came with one CD and no other documentation. So I tried to use the CD's to set the routers up.
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