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Hi all. We have a home that is wired with traditional light switches. These include both simple switches and two-way switches. We would like to automate the lights, while still providing backwards compatibility incase the automated system fails. What I am researching currently, and would like to...

Again thank you both. Yeah, it is just us two; however, we do use it for serious work and once we've had to set up a VPN, so I would rather be prepared for that if the need comes up again. I got the router yesterday night, a NetGear WNR1000, and installed it. It worked right out of the box. I...

BEFSX41 router very slow Thanks for your remarks YeOldStoneCat, much appreciated! Update - I chatted with COMCAST tech support yesterday evening and as expected they blamed the router. Since I have no proof otherwise I went along with this conclusion. COMCAST says that Terms of Service does...

BEFSX41 router very slow Thanks again. I am going to check with COMCAST and see what their terms of service are. I checked their web site and apparently they will lease a router at no additional cost if the client is already leasing the cable modem. Perhaps what they want is their "cut" if a...

Thanks for the reply. The MTU thingy just didn't make sense for me, so I never changed it - I took your advice before you gave it!;) I am cloning the MAC address of the PC, but perhaps a second look is a good idea. I am really at a loss as to what could have happened. I will check with my...

Hello all! I have a LinkSys BEFSX41 that has been working flawlessly for 5+ years. Sometime in Dec/Early Jan my Internet speed dropped from 20Mbps to about .87Mbps. After doing some trouble shooting I discovered that by bypassing the router my connection speed was 20Mbps and by connecting the...