Linksys Router

I went into Best Buy to purchase a Linksys Router BEFSR41 and they had some
ver. 2 and ver. 3's. The only difference I could see was that ver. 3 said
CISCO on it and had fewer lights. Upon further comparison, the Ver. 3 does
not have the uplink port. Can anyone recommend which of the two versions
would be the best. Does it matter?

Thanks

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On Sun, 5 Oct 2003 22:15:42 -0400, "Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I went into Best Buy to purchase a Linksys Router BEFSR41 and they had some
>ver. 2 and ver. 3's. The only difference I could see was that ver. 3 said
>CISCO on it and had fewer lights. Upon further comparison, the Ver. 3 does
>not have the uplink port. Can anyone recommend which of the two versions
>would be the best. Does it matter?

The uplink port is no big deal: they took one of the lan ports and attached it
to the cross-wired uplink port, to spare the user the aggro of buying
cross-over cables in addition to straight drops. If the uplink port was used,
the lan port it was grafted onto could not be used.

ie: no big deal either way

As for version 2 vs version 3, well, I *know* version 2 works ;-) and it's
possible v3 is only out there to show off the new owner's logo...

/daytripper

I seem to recall that the newer version can automatically detect whether a
connection is an uplink or not, so they no longer need the extra uplink
port.

"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I went into Best Buy to purchase a Linksys Router BEFSR41 and they had
some
> ver. 2 and ver. 3's. The only difference I could see was that ver. 3 said
> CISCO on it and had fewer lights. Upon further comparison, the Ver. 3 does
> not have the uplink port. Can anyone recommend which of the two versions
> would be the best. Does it matter?
>
> Thanks
>
> --
>
>
>
>

"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I went into Best Buy to purchase a Linksys Router BEFSR41 and they had
some
> ver. 2 and ver. 3's. The only difference I could see was that ver. 3 said
> CISCO on it and had fewer lights. Upon further comparison, the Ver. 3 does
> not have the uplink port. Can anyone recommend which of the two versions
> would be the best. Does it matter?
>

It's always hard to know what to buy when a company does this. There are
generally two reasons for releasing a new rev.... a) cost reduced design or
b) functional enhancement. We all desire improved operation. It's not so
good if it's simply for cost reduction because you are either getting
cheaper components, less functionality, or both.

(*>

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:06:26 -0600, "Hawk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I went into Best Buy to purchase a Linksys Router BEFSR41 and they had
>some
>> ver. 2 and ver. 3's. The only difference I could see was that ver. 3 said
>> CISCO on it and had fewer lights. Upon further comparison, the Ver. 3 does
>> not have the uplink port. Can anyone recommend which of the two versions
>> would be the best. Does it matter?
>>
>
>It's always hard to know what to buy when a company does this. There are
>generally two reasons for releasing a new rev.... a) cost reduced design or
>b) functional enhancement. We all desire improved operation. It's not so
>good if it's simply for cost reduction because you are either getting
>cheaper components, less functionality, or both.

In this case, it's most likely much simple: Cisco bought Linksys (fact) and
wanted the product rebadged (reasonable speculation)...

/daytripper (sometimes a cigar is just a cigar)

daytripper wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:06:26 -0600, "Hawk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>
>>"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>
>>>I went into Best Buy to purchase a Linksys Router BEFSR41 and they had
>>
>>some
>>
>>>ver. 2 and ver. 3's. The only difference I could see was that ver. 3 said
>>>CISCO on it and had fewer lights. Upon further comparison, the Ver. 3 does
>>>not have the uplink port. Can anyone recommend which of the two versions
>>>would be the best. Does it matter?
>>>
>>
>>It's always hard to know what to buy when a company does this. There are
>>generally two reasons for releasing a new rev.... a) cost reduced design or
>>b) functional enhancement. We all desire improved operation. It's not so
>>good if it's simply for cost reduction because you are either getting
>>cheaper components, less functionality, or both.
>
>
> In this case, it's most likely much simple: Cisco bought Linksys (fact) and
> wanted the product rebadged (reasonable speculation)...
>
> /daytripper (sometimes a cigar is just a cigar)

I think I read somewhere that the version 3 also has autosensing ports
(so the uplink port isn't needed any longer -- any port can act as an
uplink without the need for a crossover cable).

Also, I want the fastest standard which is IIRC 54 super G? I am
running a Linksys right now and it is failing. Linksys doesn't even
have drivers on their web site for my PCI WMP54G version 1.1
networking card. I find that to be very fraustrating especially since
they said they emailed them to me two days ago. Then take into
consideration you are put on hold for 40 minutes to get to tech
support. I say Linksys still sucks.

Mike

Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:09:20 GMT, CJT <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>daytripper wrote:
>> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 09:06:26 -0600, "Hawk" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Alex" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>
>>>>I went into Best Buy to purchase a Linksys Router BEFSR41 and they had
>>>
>>>some
>>>
>>>>ver. 2 and ver. 3's. The only difference I could see was that ver. 3 said
>>>>CISCO on it and had fewer lights. Upon further comparison, the Ver. 3 does
>>>>not have the uplink port. Can anyone recommend which of the two versions
>>>>would be the best. Does it matter?
>>>>
>>>
>>>It's always hard to know what to buy when a company does this. There are
>>>generally two reasons for releasing a new rev.... a) cost reduced design or
>>>b) functional enhancement. We all desire improved operation. It's not so
>>>good if it's simply for cost reduction because you are either getting
>>>cheaper components, less functionality, or both.
>>
>>
>> In this case, it's most likely much simple: Cisco bought Linksys (fact) and
>> wanted the product rebadged (reasonable speculation)...
>>
>> /daytripper (sometimes a cigar is just a cigar)
>
>I think I read somewhere that the version 3 also has autosensing ports
>(so the uplink port isn't needed any longer -- any port can act as an
>uplink without the need for a crossover cable).