Accessories(8,478)
Computer Cards & Components(1,305)
Computer Memory(890)
E-Readers(1,108)
Hard Drives(4,340)
Laptop & Netbook Computers(4,917)
Mice & Keyboards(3,008)
Monitors(1,347)
Networking & Wireless(8,854)
Optical Drives(452)
Printers(2,766)
Software(2,883)
Tablets & iPad(10,903)
USB Flash Drives(782)
Most Popular Products
Top-Rated Products
Customer Reviews for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Model: E4200
SKU: 1678271
UPC: 745883590438
This router features wireless-N technology to deliver improved range while eliminating drops and up to 5.0GHz wireless frequency for fast data transfer. The 10/100/1000 Mbps Gigabit Ethernet switch allows for a wired connection of up to 4 computers.
Average Customer Rating:
4.2
out of 5
(461 Reviews) 461
Rating Snapshot 461 reviews
5 stars
285
4 stars
85
3 stars
27
2 stars
22
1 star
42
82% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
(
380 out of
461)
Customer Reviews for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Review 1 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Steady and snappy
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Easily set up, good bandwidth management
What's not so great: Cost of computers goes down, but routers go up?
I download audio files, video files, run several computers and phones whenever we are home, transfer files all around the house - no slowdowns, no problems. So far, this device has solved my home networking problems rather handily.
This product has... Fast connection, Reliable connection
About me... Budget Conscious, Heavy media streamer, Technology guru, Video chatter
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large home
+1point
1out of 1found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 2 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
great router for streaming all media
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: excellent for streaming all media
this is the best router that i have ever owned. excellent product for the price.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
About me... Budget Conscious, Heavy media streamer, Technology guru
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Small home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 3 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Outperforms predecessor
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Very easy to set up, excellent range
What's not so great: Would like to be able to direct the signal
I bought this to replace the Linksys e4200. The router is in the corner of a home plan with a great room, and the signal needed a repeater to service the other side of the house. This router extended the range to the opposite corner with very little drop in speed.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 4 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Best router I've used; switched from Netgear N900
Customer Rating
5.0
What's great about it: I haven't had any problems with this router since I've bought it.
What's not so great: Slim design but not slots for wall hanging.
The Linksys E4200 was labeled best router 2012 on CNET and that it is. Not only does the router perform perfectly out of the box but I run a business at home and have several gaming platforms connected, as well as many other wireless devices such as phones and printers and the features this router offers are amazing. The user interface is inuitive, and I didn't have to play with it to make it work with reboots etc. It works exactly as it should. I never used the install CD, not even sure if it comes with one, it just works. I definitely recommend this router.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
About me... Heavy media streamer, Internet phone user, Business Professional, Video chatter
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 5 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Great router and speed
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
3.0
What's great about it: The speed is significantly notable for cable runs exceeding 50 feet. I have one cable approximately 75' from the router
What's not so great: No router complaints, I am more than satisfied, it was the cables that were a problem.
I bought this router to hopefully increase the data speeds due to one long able run and a number of components attached to the router. Attached to the router are (1) desktop computer with all-in-one printer, (1) laptop computer with all-in-one printer attached, one netbook (cable connected direct to router, one netbook connected 75' from the router through a switch, one all-in-one printer connected to the router, (1) Insignia Blue Ray Player for streaming to my main TV and a Samsung Galaxy II Touch smartphone.All, but the one netbook and my smarthpone are cable connected. I have one cable run about 75' from the router to a switch and one netbook and the Blue Ray Player connected to that switch.
When I took on this project. I figured I would need a couple new cables. one 25' long and and one 4' long. so I bought Rocketfish Cat-6 cables for this.
Once I got the new connecftions with the Rocketfish cables completed, I proceeded to disconnect and reconnect the older cables from the old router to the new E4200 router.
When I started everything up I had no working connections to the ethernet ports. I checked all connections over and over and over. I tried everything I could think of except using older cables in place of the new rocketfish cables. When I did this, I got signals through all ethernet ports. When I was checking the cables previously I noticed that the new Rocketfish cables semed slightly loose in the ethernet port sockets.
I have my own Cat-5 cable and fittings as well as the special tool for attaching these connectors. I took the 4' Rocketfish cable and cut the connectors off both ends. I put on new connectors and walla!!! they work so I proceeded to do the same with the 25' Rocketfish cable and that worked too.
For some reason the Rocketfish Cat-6 cable connectors were not compatible with the E4200 etherport sockets.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection, great signal strength for large house
About me... Technology guru, retired electrical engineer
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 6 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Just what I wanted!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: ahhhClem
from NE WI
on 04/29/2012
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Easy set up,great speed, great coverage
What's not so great: No power switch
Just set this up for our home network. Could not be easier to set up and covers the whole house. Replaced an ancient G set up that burned out. I'd recommend this router to anyone looking for dual band coverage in a small home.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
About me... Budget Conscious, Computer technology challenged
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Small home
+1point
1out of 1found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 7 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Top notch choice
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Clear directions for setup, super performance
What's not so great: nothing
Buy this router.
Cisco Connect is an easy-to-setup install and maintenance program which will help you get this router set up for the home network. Advanced settings let you dig deeper, but you probably won't need to.
It automatically defined a guest network, which was nice. Has required very few resets. Always provides high speed, high coverage for my home.
Bought this after reading numerous tech reviews, and am very glad I did.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
About me... Heavy media streamer, Technology guru
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 8 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Great Router!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to install and much faster!!
Setup and install was quick and painless. Range is far better! Very happy with this product!
This product has... Fast connection, Reliable connection
About me... Heavy media streamer
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Small home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 9 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Easy Configuration
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Simple installation, with ability to go into more complex settings
Purchased this product as replacement for a comparable year-old product from another maker. The router being replaced had trouble accurately reporting IP addresses. This Cisco router was intended to handle faster network activity, installed behind a router furnished by our internet service provider (ISP). Cisco has introduced a configuration application called Cisco Connect with this product. It's great! The ISP's router would not allow Cisco's standard IP address to be used. CiscoConnect, however, immediately found the Cisco router and still allowed it to be configured!
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
About me... Internet phone user
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Small home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 10 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Unacceptable (VeryPoor) Wireless&Wired reliability
Customer Rating
1.0
Value for Price
2.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Performance
1.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Menu's seemed pretty good to allow for an easy configuration.
What's not so great: In the first week of operation, I lost total connectivity for both the Wireless Connections & Wired Connections TWICE!!.
I purchased this brand of Wireless Router because I had purchased a number of the same brand Switches and Routers over 10 years ago and they all have worked flawlessly...except for an annual reboot or two to speed things up. But this Cisco/.Linksys Router does not have the same great reliability. In the first week of operation, I lost total connectivity for both the Wireless Connections & Wired Connections two times. Complete network shutdown. Totally unacceptable. Rebooting the Router did not restore any connectivity even after letting the Router sit for a considerable amount of time unplugged. I got so fed up that after the second failure I put my original Router back online and once again have 100% reliable service. I've recently replaced it with another brand & this Router has worked flawlessly. This Router is a notch below the fasted Wireless Router but it has some great features I could find only on this model. I'm a very happy camper now. and am back to 100% reliability.
This product has... Unreliable connection, Fast connection, Dual band, unreliable wireless & wired connectivity
About me... Budget Conscious, Technology guru, Business Professional, mcse, systems administrator, connectivity guru
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
I use it in...:Large home
+1point
1out of 1found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 11 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Easiest router/switch that I have installed
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: easy to use, good range
What's not so great: guest account for wifi comes active out of the box, didn't realize it until i did a network search.
I have installed many router/switches and this was the simplest install. A few minor tweaks and we were surfing and sharing
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
About me... Budget Conscious, Heavy media streamer, Technology guru
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 12 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Strong radio, solid router, gust mode sucks.
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
2.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
1.0
What's great about it: Strong radio, takes heavy loads nicely
What's not so great: Guest mode is horrible.
The radio on this thing has great range and seems to perform exceptionally well in environments with dense WiFi activity. This router also handles heavy data loads really nicely when you're under 20 computers in a network.
There are two things that I really don't like about this router:
1. Guest mode sucks rocks. First, you can't totally customize the SSID for guest mode. Second, guest mode has to work with a browser. The API is flaky at best and constantly kicks guests offline.
2. There are no mounting points for this router, so putting it on a wall is tricky and takes a bit of creativity.
This product has... Unreliable connection, Fast connection, Reliable connection
About me... Budget Conscious, Heavy media streamer, Internet phone user, Technology guru, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large office
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 13 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Really Good Router
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Speed
I am not using it as the router, switched it from router mode to bridged, assigned it the ip address and haven't looked at it again.
Works great.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
About me... Technology guru
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Apartment
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 14 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
great upgrade
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: easy to set up, no drop signals
What's not so great: nothing so far
I used to have a DIR-655 router in my house and it worked pretty well considering that it was not that fast . About 4 moths ago, I noticed frequent drop of signal though I have an excellent signal strength.
I have several equipments that are being used at the same time that needs wireless network, so I thought that this was the reason why frequent drop of signals occurs and besides my router is old too.. So with this, I decided to upgrade to Cisco Linksys E4200 Router and since then I never had any more signal drops, and the signal is always excellent. I noticed a lot of improvement with my streaming on line.
I have several equipments that are being used at the same time that needs wireless network, so I thought that this was the reason why frequent drop of signals occurs and besides my router is old too.. So with this, I decided to upgrade to Cisco Linksys E4200 Router and since then I never had any more signal drops, and the signal is always excellent. I noticed a lot of improvement with my streaming on line.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection, easy set-up
About me... Budget Conscious, Technology guru, electronic enthusiast
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Small home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 15 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Noticeable performance increase
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Improved performance; easy setup
What's not so great: The light on top when it blinks
I thought the price was a little high, but was still competitive with similar products. It has a sleek, profession look and seems to be well built. The instructions were well-done and setup was a simple task. My pleasant surprise, although the reason for my purchase, was the improved performance over older technology. Compared to my older Linksys wireless - G (which I was also pleased with), I saw immediate improvement in throughput, and my streaming videos load faster with noticeably better quality.
This product has... Fast connection, Reliable connection, improved performance, easy setup
About me... Budget Conscious, Heavy media streamer, computer and technology literate, appreciate quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Small home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 16 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
I finally have a working router!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: easy installation, great connectivity and speed on devices
What's not so great: doesn't stand up, so needs a little more room
I finally have a working router that doesn't drop connectivity! It is a fairly standard router, but my old one would constantly drop the wireless connection. I've had this one for a while, and never lost connection on any of my wireless devices (phones, lap tops, and Wii). I noticed that the speed is significantly better, so I would say a great value especially if you have a lot of wireless devices in the home.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
About me... Heavy media streamer, Internet phone user
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Small home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 17 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Excellent unit
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from Colombia South America
on 04/18/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Balance cost vs quality
What's not so great: None
It is a great unit. Fast for setting up. It provides an excellent signal range.
I live in a house of 160 square meters, the unit provides a constant signal without interruption.Definitely I would recommend it to a friend.
Good balance cost and performance.
I live in a house of 160 square meters, the unit provides a constant signal without interruption.Definitely I would recommend it to a friend.
Good balance cost and performance.
This product has... Fast connection, Reliable connection
About me... Budget Conscious, Heavy media streamer, Internet phone user
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large home
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 18 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Nice Product!
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Performance & Compatibility
What's not so great: Steep Price
or what it's worth, here is a summary of my setup. We live in a town home community so we have a relatively high density of wifi hotspots in our neighborhood. Out ISP is Verizon Fios and over time, our wifi performance has become less and less reliable. When it works, we get nice wifi speeds (as advertised by Verizon); however, it became more and more frequent that we couldn't hardly pass any data over our wifi network. We have several devices that rely on wifi (windows laptop, macbook air, two iPhones, iPad, PS3, smart TV), so it became a bit of a nuisance. Interference was to be suspected. We had an 802.11.b/g wireless router that was provided by our ISP. We decided to upgrade to an 802.11.n wireless router and finally decided to go with the e4200. We were worried about compatibility with our ISP and all of our various devices, but we are happy to report that everything has been running smoothly. We are even getting speeds greater than advertised. We're getting about 30Mbps down and 20 Mbps up (advertised is 25/15). We also have a 3 TB WD Mybook Live (NAS) and I am happy to report that we are able to quickly access all our files via the wifi connection.
This product has... Fast connection, Dual band, Reliable connection
About me... Heavy media streamer
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Small home
+2points
2out of 2found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 19 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
easy to use
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: quick setup; both wired and wireless
What's not so great: not as fast as advertised
This router got a great review from CNET and it is easy to set up and provides both wireless and wired Internet access. However, the range and speed of the wireless access does not seem as great as was advertised; downloading live TV from Netflix still pauses sometimes.
This product has... Short range, Reliable connection
About me... Heavy media streamer, Internet phone user, Technology guru
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large home
+1point
1out of 1found this review helpful.
Share this review:
Review 20 for Cisco Wireless-N Gigabit Router with 4-Port Ethernet Switch
Great Product!
Customer Rating
5.0
I live in a large home and am not the most technically gifted person out there. I tried two other routers and on the third try picked up the Linksys E4200!! The range is great. I have wi-fi outside in my back yard and the router upstairs. I ran into a slight glitch during set-up and within 5 min was speaking live with tech support and problem was solved. Highly recommend this router!
This product has... Unreliable connection
I would recommend this to a friend!
I use it in...:Large home
+2points
2out of 2found this review helpful.
Share this review:
