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Linksys EtherFast Four-Port Cable/DSL Router September 25, 2001 URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/reviews/hardware/components/soa/Linksys-EtherFast-Four-Port-Cable-DSL-Router/0,139023397,120156884,00.htm
The Linksys EtherFast Four-Port Cable/DSL Router offers small offices a simple solution to get all of their PCs interconnected and online. The router supports up to 253 users with firewall protection. The EtherFast tackles both network speed and connection sharing head-on, with a built-in four-port 10/100Mbps switch. It speeds up data transfers, dedicates bandwidth to each machine on the network, and the device connects directly to the network with a separate WAN port, so you don't to need to attach it to a dedicated networked system. We tested the EtherFast on a LAN consisting of three networked systems, all using 10/100Mbps network interface cards. The router is assigned its own unique IP address, and all of our systems shared the cable connection with no noticeable loss in Internet access speed. We also tested the unit by simultaneously transferring two 8GB files across the LAN while one of the systems was also downloading an 8GB file from the Web. We experienced no performance degradation. The Linksys EtherFast Four-Port Cable/DSL Router is an excellent choice when you need to share a broadband connection, require Internet security, and wish to eliminate LAN bottlenecks. Linksys EtherFast Four-Port Cable/DSL Router
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