LinkSys Ethernet Cable/DSL router (Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch BEFSR41)

Member Name: kal_uk

Product:	Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch BEFSR41
Date:	25/02/02 (958 review reads)
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Advantages: fast, well priced, easy to set up

Disadvantages: yet to find one!

The other opinions for the LinkSys Ethernet Cable/DSL router already give an accurate description of this zippy and easy to use piece of kit, so I won't dwell too much on that side of things!

I'd been looking to share my broadband Telewest/Blueyonder connection with other computers in the house and had grown fed up with the Internet connection sharing software (just about all of them!) which had often proved tempermental and - of course - meant that the PC connected to the modem had to be 'always on'.

After reading articles in PC magazines about other routers, and difficulties in setting them up with Telewest accounts (especially when you have to 'spoof' a MAC address) I was a little reluctant to splash out - until I saw the LinkSys Ethernet Cable/DSL router on sale at just £85 for the four port version.

So I took a gamble, ordered it, it arrived the next day and had it installed in ten minutes and have never had to look back. It's fast, easy to set up (instructions for 'spoofing' your MAC address are given and will have to be followed if you use Blueyonder/Telewest) and at a price which isn't much more than some of the software sells for.

If you've several computers in your house and want to share your Blueyonder connection then this is the ideal way to do it!

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