I've been using a ZyXel P-330W for ?: a couple of years or so. I recently got a freebie Linksys BEFW11S4 that I plan to use in our second home this Summer. I tried comparing the specs and didn't see any difference, but I don't understand the real geeky stuff. Is there any real difference between these two routers?
Have you looked at the specs on their web sites?
It's a piece of shit, get rid of it. That and it's only 802.11b, the much slower data rate.
Yes.
Yes ones G and he the Linksys is B only, much slower as the web site told you.
Hi,
Your Linksys BEFW11S4 is an old 802.11b-only router that has a lot of known issues. It also only supports WEP, which isn't secure.
If it weren't for all the known issues (
Thanks for the replies. I don't know what the 11b and 11g mean but evidently b is slower...
I use that router, and it also supports WPA. The router should work fine in a second home unless the OP wants to do lots of local file transfers across his network. For Internet use, the router should be fine.
Follow up: I'm at our second home and using the ancient Linksys without any problems. I sat it on my PC desk on the second floor, it's about 10' away from a window with a view of my shop which is 90' away. Both structures are wood' the shop isn't insulated, I don't know about the house (it's very old and we don't know much about the construction and updates). I can surf the net and check email from the shop with no problems. Set up was mostly automatic but I never saw an option for establishing a passwrod to gain access. I'll have to set aside some time to go through the User Guide I downloaded and figure out how to do that.
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