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Return to Blog List Old Router, New Router I had to get a new broadband router this week. A broadband router is typically labeled as a "Cable/DSL Router." It is a common item you find in homes that share a single Internet connection with several computers. You hook it up to your cable modem or DSL modem. Technically, "splitter" is the wrong word, but some people use that term because it seems to split an Internet connection just like a TV signal splitter. My old router, an Asante FriendlyNET FR3004C, died after over 5 years of service. A couple of months ago one of its ports died; that was the first trouble I ever had with it. Fortunately, I had an unused port at the time. I had paid about $110 for the FR3004C. My new router is a Linksys EtherFast, the BEFSR41 model. I paid about $60 for it. I was pretty much able to "drop-in" replace my old router. I did have a little setup to do using its web-based configuration. I did not touch the CD that came with it despite the warnings to "Run CD First before connecting cables." A router - at least a home router like this one - should not need any software installed, especially when using Mac OS X. (Who else is thinking the word "crapware"?) Anyhow, the new router is working just fine. Important: Always change the password of your router as soon as you get it. There is an exploit out there that lets malicious people access your router (if it is still using its default password) and change its settings so that you could end up going to fake/phishing websites even if you type the correct address in to Safari/Firefox/Internet Explorer/etc. Posted on May 19, 2007 at 11:11 am | 0 Comments

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