You know how sometimes you assume that the product you have is just fine and that there’s no reason to replace it? And then when you DO replace it, you realize how much you’ve been missing? That’s exactly the experience I had recently when I got the chance to review the Linksys E3200v2 Maximum Performance Dual-Band N900 Router from Cisco.
Cisco is the absolute leader in wireless networking and their Linksys routers are designed to make a home network as efficient and effective as it can be. As far as I was concerned, a router was a router and the combination modem and router we had received from our Internet provider was just fine. So I couldn’t wait to see what difference the Linksys E4200v2 made. With a Gigabit Ethernet 4-port switch, a maximum speed of up to 450+450 Mbps and a USB port for shared storage & printers, it certainly sounded like it should provide some amazing advantages!
My husband set up the router for us. It was incredibly simple to install; he just plugged in the router, hooked it up to the modem and then connected it to our desktop computer. The Linksys E4200v2 features a quick three-step set-up that ensured we went from installation to surfing the web in record time. And as a clever added bonus, the router was even set up with a convenient guest password so that when family or friends visited, we could give them the guest login instead of our own personal one!
But it was after the router was set up and connected that I really noticed the difference it made. My laptop was running faster than ever and downloads that had taken ten minutes with our old router took only one or two minutes with the Linksys E4200v2. My husband noticed the difference on his computer as well. But best of all, watching Netflix on our television was a whole new experience!
For Christmas we received a new Blu-ray player with Netflix streaming capabilities and while we enjoyed being able to watch Netflix on our television, every screen seemed to take a horribly long time to load as we searched for movies we wanted to watch. I honestly thought that the Blu-ray player was to blame, but after we installed the Linksys E4200v2, the difference was phenomenal. The search results and categories were displayed almost instantly and even the movies themselves loaded in a flash. With our old router, the movies would sometimes freeze halfway through loading and we would have to go back and start again. It was so nice to not have that frustration anymore!
It’s really no wonder that we noticed such great results, though. The Linksys E4200v2 boasts the best-in-class speed and performance for home entertainment. We are a techno-family; currently we have the Blu-ray player, a Nintendo Wii, three laptops and a smartphone hooked up to our wireless network. No wonder we had so many issues with our old router! The Linksys router is able to handle streaming from every one of our devices and I’m especially glad to have it when I back up my blog; the process is so much quicker now!
If your computer experience is a little sluggish or your movie streaming isn’t working as well as you would like, it may not be the device you’re using that’s to blame! Check out the Linksys E4200v2 and see for yourself what a huge difference a superior router makes! Whether you’re streaming to your new HD/3D television or connecting the whole family to your wireless network, you’ll love the power and speed of the Linksys routers!
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