 PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
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Bristol, CT
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Re: [Wireless] Linksys EA4500 router? said by Tim :Anyone know of any DHCP issues. None with my EA4500.
BTW, everything that I've seen to date leads me to suspect that there are essentially no differences between the E4200 v2, and the EA4500.
Should they drop the price of the E4200 v2 below that of the EA4500, that would become a smart buy.
I am not altogether sure whether or not this "cloud routing" is going to mean all that much to me, but I do see that Linksys claims that the E4200 v2 will have the same access.
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| Well like I think I posted recently somewhere, Cisco's store is pricing the EA4500 for 199.99 (same price as the E4200v2) yet I've spotted it in the wild (Walmart and Bestbuy for example) for 179.99. |
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| Amazon.com is currently offering the EA4500 for $179.97 and the V2 still at $199.97 ( interesting).
Hoping to hear soon from CNET ( who has stated that they will test the EA4500) to see if there are any range/performance variables in the EA4500 with its new Marvell CPU over the e4200 V2. Should be interesting. |
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| Yes, I would also like to see some tests comparing the two versions of this router. Hopefully the CNET tests will reveal which is better or if they are equal. Until I see some results, my wallet stays in my pocket. |
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| reply to Delair2
I thirdly want to hear the differences (if any) between the two. Kinda sucks that smallnetbuilder won't do a comparison review. In my own testing when I connected it to a 125Mbps download and upload network it really kept up wirelessly and wired. |
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I picked up a e4200 v2 today a Sam's Club for 159.77, thought it was a great deal, gonna hook it up this wk-end. Upgrading from a e2500, hope to see better coverage, any tips or tricks I should know.Thanks |
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The E4200 V1 is currently available on Amazon for $137.99 with a $10 Mail-in-Rebate and free Super Saver Shipping making the total price $127.99 after rebate.
Edit -> Fixed. Had previously stated that this was V2. |
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@romega. Make sure to update to the latest firmware on your new V2 which came out April 12, version 2.0.37. This includes the new WPS fix.
I've owned the V2 for about 4 months now and am still very happy with the range/performance and am looking forward to the Cisco Connect Cloud update in June. |
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PeteC2Got Mouse?Premium,MVM
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Bristol, CT
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said by romega:I picked up a e4200 v2 today a Sam's Club for 159.77, thought it was a great deal, gonna hook it up this wk-end. Upgrading from a e2500, hope to see better coverage, any tips or tricks I should know.Thanks
IMHO, whether or not it will provide better coverage is a case by case thing. I have excellent coverage with the EA4500 here...but I never had a big issue with coverage here anyway. The EA4500 does have a better antenna array than the E2500, so theoretically you should see some improvement.
If you use easy connect to set the router up, I would recommend going into the router's web page after and making a few adjustments. It initially sets up for the greatest width of device compatibility, which is ok, but based on what you are connecting, this may not be ideal in terms of performance.
For example, the default security used by easy connect is WPA2/WPA mixed...I would recommend going with WPA2 personal, unless you are connecting any devices that will not be supported by that.
Same goes for the 5ghz and 2.4ghz bands: What devices are you running? If they are 11n only, then I would choose that over the default "mixed" settings.
Also, you may notice that the default set up retains the same SSID for both the 5ghz and 2.4ghz bands...that works ok for me, but a lot of folks want to have separate SSIDs to have more control over which band their devices are running on (under the default, the devices "auto-select" whether they are on the 5ghz or 2.4ghz band based on adapter capability).
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@Mike Wolf: Have you had a chance to compare v2 and EA4500 operationally yet? Notice any differences =/- between range and performance ? |
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| I really haven't seen any difference, and I think the fact that they both are using identical firmware 2.0.36 build and both respond to »e4200.home.cisco.com makes me think it is simply a re-badged E4200v2. But that doesn't mean they both aren't really good routers  |
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KoRnGtL15Premium
join:2007-01-04
Grants Pass, OR | reply to PeteC2
Worst thing they can allow. SSID's being the same. It always causes issues rather its with performance or connection issues. Best to have 2 different SSID's. |
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 JohkalCool CatPremium,MVM
join:2002-11-13
Happy Valley
kudos:5 | That needs clarification. Perhaps Pete can enlighten us whether or not options are available to set a name for each band beyond default. |
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Parth
join:2010-08-16
Poughkeepsie, NY | reply to PeteC2
I have the option to have two different SSID's for my E4200 V1 so I see no reason why they would remove that "feature" from newer revisions. |
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@Mike Wolf. Thanks. You are probably right. However, was hoping the new EA4500 CPU might introduce some enhancement. But like you said and I agree the V2 is already a very good router.
Now I would just like to know why Cisco rolled-back the latest firmware v 2.037 back to v 2.036 today. :-( |
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KoRnGtL15Premium
join:2007-01-04
Grants Pass, OR | reply to Johkal
Any high end Linksys dual band router will let you have 2 different names. |
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 lordpufferComfortably NumbPremium
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said by Delair2 :Now I would just like to know why Cisco rolled-back the latest firmware v 2.037 back to v 2.036 today. :-(
I don't know if this had to do with an attempt to upgrade firmware on the E4200v2, but the other night, I got up about 2am and saw the front light flashing real fast, and then real slow. I was still connected though, both wired and wireless.
I rebooted, and it didn't help. So I called Cisco support, and the guy I spoke to told me that they were having constant calls on the same issue. He told me to do a reset, which I did, and then re-configured the Router. It hasn't happened since. However, why would they be getting all of those calls about the same thing at the same time?
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| @lordpuffer...I've seen the V2's logo flashing in the wee hours of the morning as well. However, after checking it out the next day I assumed the router was doing a firmware update since I couldn't find anything wrong with the V2 and I noticed a new firmware version. ( I believe I have read this elsewhere as well) Since, I have placed a piece of black electrician's tape over the logo. I'm not really a fan of waking up to blinking lights in the middle of the night! |
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| "There's only one front panel light, a steadily-lit white backlit Cisco logo that blinks while booting or during a firmware update or Wi-Fi Protected Access session."
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lordpufferComfortably NumbPremium
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Rio Rancho, NM
kudos:1 | I initially thought that it may be a firmware update, but the strange thing is that the blinking went on for about 1/2 hour. Maybe mine was trying to update, but was having a problem doing so.
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