Why I buy this one ?
- LAN Ports - 4 10/100 Mbps RJ-45
- WAN Ports - 4 10/100 Mbps RJ-45
- Firewall - SPI, IDS, Web Filtering
- VPN Support - Yes

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What our customer's say!

"Router doesn't work", I even called my provider to help install this thing, but still It will not send signals to a computer that is onky 40 ft away. I wasted my money.

"Two reasons not to buy", The first reason not to buy this router is that wireless clients will not get an IP from the DHCP server on this device. They may get it, but only sometimes, and they will loose it for sure when trying to renew. If you manually configure your equipments, then it is Ok for you. Linksys confirmed this problem, so don't think it was bad luck, you will suffer this for sure.

The VPN does not support PPTP and the IPSec implementation does not connect to a Windows Server running RRAS or any other Microsoft Technology for VPN, so you can not use this device as a remote office gateway unless you are connecting to other Linksys VPN enabled devices.

I bought this router for the VPN feature, but I was not able to use it. There are very complicated tutorials on how to make this work with RRAS, and I followed them, but at the end I was able to reach only the RRAS server but not any other machine on the domain, so after many hours of frustration I finally quit trying. This VPN was simply no meant to work with Microsoft. I am a Microsoft Certified Professional and knows how to program CISCO router much better than all CCNA people that I know, so Don't think that It was me that could not solve the issue, It is just impossible.

I have used a 3COM Officeconnect DSL/Router for VPN with RRAS and it works perfect, both on Client and Server modes. The connection never drops.

"I want my money BACK", 5 Reasons why not to buy this product
1. It squiels like a pig (high pitch sound) 2. Its slow 3. Tech support is in India 4. When you upgrade the OS it goes even slower. 5. THE WORST UP TIME I'VE EVER SEEN. I really wanted to use this for a cross product (mac,pc,ps3, and Wii) node to a fast internet connection... I didn't get that. Trust me please look else where. In the end if they don't give me a refund I'll have to say I'm going with D-Link :)

"Horrible router...stay away", After having several Linksys routers I kind of trusted the brand, well I wasted my money on this one, it has nice features and that is why I found it attractive but simple things like enabling the firewall will block remote management, there may be a workaround but you don't want to buy this thing to spend hours of googling workarounds, so far that is what I have done, simply put don't waste your money. So far I have had no luck on getting the VPN going...will update when I get it running but it is not straight forward as you would expect.

"DO NOT BUY THIS DEVICE", Problems ive had includes the device randomly forgetting configuration. I also patched the device to the lastest firmware and the device started needing to be rebooted every two to three hours. I located the issues on their website from over 6 months ago and they where all known issues with the firmware that they recommend. When i voiced these concerns 'in a very constructive manner' on their forums they removed my comments from the forum. They sell this device as business class yet support it like a 30 dollar end user print server. This is the most dissapointing network device i have ever owned. Do not buy this device!

Read this reviews before You buy...

"High pitch sound, Wireless Drops out", The title pretty much says it all. Was a very promising product. Unfortunately, that's all it was... a promise.

My unit makes a high pitch noise that will drive anyone insane.

The wireless either won't grab an IP address or it will drop out shortly after.

If this product isn't recalled, then there is something wrong with the world.

"Terrible Product. Terrible Company.", I should have known better. I'm a geek (I've owned more than 20 computers/servers in my >10 years as a software engineer and I've setup >10 wired/wireless networks for friends and family), so when I read all of the bad reviews on this product, I just figured it was people who couldn't figure out what they're doing. I was wrong, so wrong. The WRVS4400N is totally worthless - don't make the same mistake as I - BUY A DIFFERENT ROUTER.

The problem is that every 24 hours or 36 hours (on the exact second) this router stops sharing the internet connections to all computers on the network. It must them be unplugged or rebooted via the web interface and then the problem goes away. So far their tech support has been unable to resolve the problem they keep sending me new routers. After this last one, they told me there is nothing more they can do and it will have to be reported as an issue to their product development team. My internet connection is fine as evidenced by plugging in a laptop when the router fails and they have reported no compatibility issues with my cable modem. And furthermore other people are experiencing the exact same problem.

This router does offer a great set of features for the price, but be careful - they're implemented poorly. So you'll likely turn them off.

The IPS (special security features that this router offers) features are worthless - if you want to FTP anything, you'll need to turn them off. And even with them off, I still can't connect to several of the FTP servers that I routinely connect to, which I could with my last router - for example Google Base FTP servers and Yahoo's webhosting accounts.

The QoS (quality of service) features are extremely hard to configure and there is NO documentation on line, include with the product or in the help section of the administration tool, which explains how to actually configure it.

The range of the N wireless network isn't very impressive. It's only slightly better than the G router from Linksys that it replaced. Both routers were placed in the same spot in my basement.

I haven't tried the VPN connectivity yet, but you're only limited to 5 clients connecting, which is a limitation that's not published on this product description, nor easy to find on Linksys's site.

Now, I've been a long time buyer and recommender of Linksys products, but in the last two years their product quality has plummeted as evidenced by the ratings they get her on Amazon. They keep sending me these survey's every time I contact their tech support and I share these same complaints, but they don't get any better. If anything they're getting worse.

Linksys's phone technical support is horrible. This unit isn't serviced by the "home" area of Linksys's tech-support staff, you must go through the "business" area and their level 1 support staff aren't even trained, so you go right to their level 2 support, which you'd think would mean you'd get good support, but not from Linksys. They have no idea how to solve problems with this router. Several of the tech support people have given up and made excuses to get off the phone - my favorite was to reapply the same version of the router's firmware, waste an hour reconfiguring it, and then wait 24-36 hours to see if the problem came back; and sure enough it did.

Linksys's phone customer support is horrible. After my last tech support tech's manager determined that I have yet another defective router and I should get a new one, I was transferred to their customer service department so that they could process an RMA. It took them 43 minutes to process the RMA. The customer service person, who could barely speak english, said he had to read everyone of the case notes in order to process an RMA. Then it took 24 minutes to get transferred to his supervisor to complain about him.

So to reiterate my review: While this router looks like a great set of features for great price, you'll need to turn off much of those features to be able to FTP, and you'll need to reboot your router every 24-36 hours if you want it to router internet service to other computers on your network. And if you have to call tech support or customer support, you'll be in for some horrible experience. So don't make the same mistake as I did. Don't buy this router.




"Not worthy of the Cisco logo on it....", Initially this product seemed like the perfect mix for me.... Gigabit switch, Wireless N, and site-to-site VPN tunneling. Well, it turns out it's too good to be true. There are a lot of things wrong with this product.

The firmware that came on it was as buggy as ever, and in order to upgrade to the latest firmware cleanly, it involves multiple resets to factory settings (otherwise you might brick the thing).

I had issues holding my VPN connections (using it for site-to-site tunnels to Cisco PIX's at other locations) with the old firmware. I upgraded to the latest firmware, but then ordinary FTP would not transfer files anymore, in active OR passive mode (making FTP useless).

So I downgraded again, this time to firmware in between what came on it, and the newest. FTP returned, but the VPN tunnels would tend to drop and/or not negotiate from time to time, and Wi-Fi would drop out from time to time. Every once in a while Internet access would drop out completely, and the reboot process on this thing is woefully long (about 2 minutes, taking down the network) as compared to the consumer-grade Linksys routers that boot right away. The ongoing problems with this thing consumed my time, and I was less productive because of it.

I don't know if it's ongoing firmware woes, or just bad design, or trying to pack in too many functions in one device. Suffice to say, the thing's not reliable. I returned it and bought a Cisco ASA 5505 instead (if you use this for remote office purposes, this thing costs more, but it rocks).

True, I don't have a gigabit switch or wireless included in the package anymore, but I do have a rock-solid device that takes advantage of my 10 meg service, and I can always go out and buy the other devices separately if I really need them.

"BUYER BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", I went through a total of 5 of these routers trying to find just ONE that worked reliably. Every sigle one exhibited the same problems even when using the factory default settings.
Constant lockups requiring a power reset. Unreliably wireless and wired connectivity as well. This router was never ready to leave the development area, much less be sold.
Adding inslut to injury, Linksys trying to market this as business class. It does not even qualify for single user use at home. They work better as oversized plastic paperweights.

After over 80 manhours of work and over a dozen hours on the phone, Linksys showed themselves to be wholly incapable of resolving the problem. The only answer they had was "upgrade the Firmware" and "Go get another one from the store". In all aspects, their job appeared more to delay the buyer until after most stores 30 day return policy.

I finally packed everything up and returned the routers to the store for my money back. Luckily I was able to do so due to the extended return policy for the holidays. If I could only get my money back for the wasted time spent on these blocks of garbage.

Save yourself the trouble, avoid all the Linksys "business" class devices. They are a waste of money.


"The worst wireless router I have ever bought", Drops wireless connection everyday. I have to reset it everyday. Wireless range is very poor. It is not worth the price. I am using the latest firmware 1.01.03 which is released on 10/25/2007. No improvement even after the firmware update.