Your pick: SMC Router or Linksys Router $65 at Amazon.com (MIR)

[ashneel]

Use $5 off $35 coupon xxxxxx to get the prices in each of these deals. Check out the reviews to make your purchasing decision. I actually use both (home, campus) and they both perform flawlessly.

SMC router

linksys


edit fixed link.

 

[mmx]

Compusa has it for $75 + $25 mir = $50 for the smc 4 port.

 

[EliteForces]

i like smc since it has a print server and addon serial port for external modem.

link without referral - SMC

 

[breweyez]

darn darn darn...i paid $10 more for my linksys


good post...but think the referals are a no-no

 

[AuctionHugh]

Ok, I know I'm going to look like a newbie. I'm getting AT&T DSL in my house this week (already late...thats another story). I was going to buy a cheap hub or a switch (BB has a 4 port compaq switch on sale for about $30 this week, not sure if it will work) to run DSL to my three PCs. Is one of these routers a better option? Thanks for your patience.

 

[rosborn]

You can share an internet connection with a hub or switch only if you use one of your PC's as a router. So you'd need two NIC cards in the computer that has the broadband connection (one NIC for the cable or DSL and another NIC for your home network).
Check out this site www.practicallynetworked.com/howto/ for a pretty good how-to on broadband connection sharing.

 

[Kingofcomputer]

When you can get a router with 4-port switch for around $50, it's not wise to get those $30 4-port switch.