Is The LINKSYS BEFSR41 10/100Mbps Router a good choice?

i am looking into gettin a router to connect two pc's and i need to know if this router is a good choice.

if not then please give suggestions on a good choice.!!

I've had personal experience with the BEFSR41 4port router. It conked out after about a year and a half of use (most likely due to overheating). I suggest you stay away from it.

A better choice would be D-Link or Netgear. I've used both and havent gotten any headaches from them so far.

Will you be buying online from possibly Newegg or locally from a Circuit City or Best Buy or whatever???

I have that router, found it on the side of the road in the rain.

Runs fine.

I like US Robotics and Netgear routers. I have a issues with other routers with some NICs and Wireless NICs.

if your printer has ethernet, set it up that way. It's not done through "sharing" on home networks, you just install the driver and setup as a network printer.

if it's USB and you want the printer near the router and not attached to a computer, see the link below:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] nt&Ntk=all

If you do have a computer that is always on, AKA file-server, download computer, etc. then you could plug it into that computer and share it out, whether it's Macintosh, Windows or Linux.

I got a version 3 BEFSR41 and would gladly change it with it if I wasn't on a student's buget.

At least 2-3 times a week it seems to "crash", no computers are able to access the internet anymore, I have to unplug and replug this thing to get it to work again. Really anoying, I was expecting a lot more from Linksys, even more now that they have been bought by CISCO ... anyway, my 2 cents.