Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router w/4-Port Switch

Linksys EtherFast Cable/DSL Router w/4-Port Switch -

Internet Fast - Share your high-speed internet connection throughout your home or office.  Share your high-speed cable or DSL internet connection with multiple computers.  Built-in switch connects four local PC's directly, & daisychain out to more hubs & switches as your network grows.  Supports DHCP, Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP), and includes a user-friendly setup wizard for easy configuration.  Think of the EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch as a kind of "splitter" for your internet connection.  Just connect your DSL or CableModem to the Router, & all of the computers in your household can share the internet - all at the same time.  Once your computers are connected to the internet through the router, they can communicate with each other too, sharing resources & files.  All of your computers can print on a shared printer connected anywhere in the house.  And you can share all kinds of files between computers - music, digital pictures, & other documents.  Keep all of your digital music on one computer, and listen to it anywhere in the house.  Organize all of your family's digital pictures in one place, to simplify finding the ones you want, and ease backup to CD-R.  Play head-to-head computer games within the household, or against internet opponents.  Utilize extra free space on one computer when another's hard drive starts to fill up.  It's all easier than you think - the included Setup Wizard takes you through configuring the router, step by step.  The router can act as a DHCP server for your network, so your PC's are configured automatically.  Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) lets specialized internet applications configure the router so that you don't have to.  Built-in NAT technology helps you protect your family while the router helps keep intruders out of your computers.  Advanced users can set up QoS prioritization based on port or service type.  With the EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch at the heart of your home network, you don't need to be a networking genius to share printers, files, & your high-speed internet connection.

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