Maybe that is why it cost $25.00! Tomorrow I will take the switch back & replace it with a router. We have had a Linksys router for eight years and have never had a problem.
From what I gathered from the reviews I read, the EARLY BEFSR41’s were OK, like the version 1’s or 1.2’s. (This is already more than I care to know about a product like this, just so you know) Firmware was “upgraded” to v 2—then v 4, and MANY folks who replaced their old, 5-6+ yr old ones that died went bananas and couldn’t make it work. The problems reported tended to occur on really big downloads or X-box applications where (I guess) big graphics files were being hosed back and forth. The router would just drop off line...OR, in some DSL applications it would time out. As I said, I am not any kind of power user, but rebooting your whole rig is a PITA. And when is it going to happen? When you need it, right?
I didn’t buy the Linksys based on a review or brand layoalty or disloyalty-—it was for sale el cheapo at a church sale, new in the box. I had it working pretty quickly after unboxing it but could NEVER get it to work after the very first time I simply plugged my laptop into it (having changed NOTHING, and at that point having 3 wired PCs hanging on the thing) not even one computer (only) straight thru.....so then I perused the reviews and found dozens and dozens of crazed and dissatified users. Next time I was at Fry’s, a Netgear WGR614 4-port + wireless router (yes, router) was on sale for $20 and I couldn’t not buy it after spending five+ hours trying to make the other one work. End of story!