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Recommended by Blackdahlia [theblackdahlia@comcast.net]
on 5/10/2008
BOTTOM LINE: works great and east to set up REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much better than I expected. DETAILS: Has a lot of cool features. This is my first router and I have had no problems with it at all. I would recommend this router to anyone.
Not Recommended
on 5/11/2007
BOTTOM LINE: Not reliable REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: worse than I expected. DETAILS: None.
Recommended
on 6/22/2006
BOTTOM LINE: it totally did all i needed of it REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: better than I expected. DETAILS: None.
Recommended by galt_57 [galt_57@hotmail.com]
on 3/21/2006
BOTTOM LINE: Linksys is crap REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: about as I expected. DETAILS: The general opinion seems to be that all sub-$250 routers are toys. They may fulfill the basic requirements needed for home use but can be a big headache if you need to use them seriously -- like connecting to the office with true reliability. The Linksys design team seems to be a pack of idiots. Many of the features in the router aren't real because they can cause trouble if you try to use them. The unit was out of production before they even had a stable firmware version. Search http://www.dslreports.com for Linksys firmware comments.
Recommended by KG001
on 2/1/2006
BOTTOM LINE: Has Finally turned into an excellent router. REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much better than I expected. DETAILS: I changed to one of these routers after my beloved cisco4000 died & while it was a snap to setup & worked well most of the time it locked up about once a week & rebooted practically daily. However the lastest firmware version has fixed all the problems I was having & I would now describe it's performance as supurb. I have 4 PC's behind it XP & Linux & am getting the occasional grumble from my cable provider for hogging bandwidth 4Mbit peak down 256K up.
Recommended
on 1/6/2006
BOTTOM LINE: It works well. REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: about as I expected. DETAILS: None.
Recommended by Khurram Ali [ali@arfy.net]
on 12/31/2005
BOTTOM LINE: Got up and running in Minutes, like plug and play REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: better than I expected. DETAILS: Needs very little time to setup and is maintenance free, almost.
The startup guides are enough to guide any newbie to be able to setup the product successfully.
Recommended by scott
on 12/21/2005
BOTTOM LINE: A great appliance for the price REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: better than I expected. DETAILS: The sx41 works great, but I have not used the VPN feature. I am using the 1.50.9 firmware, and have had only minor problems. Sometimes the internet connection gets disconnected (PPPOE authentication failure), but I just accces the router page and reconnect. So far the sx41 has done it's job.
Scott
Recommended by Layne [fantumm@hotmail.com]
on 12/8/2005
BOTTOM LINE: The BEFSX41 is a great addition to my network REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much better than I expected. DETAILS: This router has flawlessly protected my home network for 3 years! I run two Windows servers (file and web) and have never had a hacker inside my network. I even offered a highschool kid (self claimed expert hacker) $20 to put a file on my server. I gave him my IP address and he and his buddies were unsuccessful. This is an easy to use router with a lot of features for the price. The nay sayers simply don't like Linksys.
Recommended by Rita
on 8/3/2005
BOTTOM LINE: Works perfectly REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: better than I expected. DETAILS: I've had this router for several years, using it for a DSL connection. We recently switched to cable. After upgrading the firmware to add MAC cloning, it came right up. Takes a licking and keeps on ticking!
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