Asante FR3004LC FriendlyNET Cable/DSL Router

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• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Y2N4
• Item model number: 99-00618-01
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #118,443 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Product Description
Safely connect multiple Macs and PCs to a high-speed Internet connection. Graphic files. Video streams. MP3 music files. And just everyday email with large attachments. Sometimes you wonder how you've been getting along without a broadband Internet connection. Now you want to share that power with others in your office or home. Unlike software-based routers, the FriendlyNET router was designed to provide a natural firewall that protects your local area network from outside intruders. The router swiftly directs all in-bound traffic directly to your computer. The security-hardened FriendlyNET router is the only IP network address exposed to the outside elements - protecting all the other computers in your LAN. To protect against unauthorized removal or theft, the sleek Asant? FriendlyStack case design features special hooks (to attach security cables) and four mounting holes (including two concealed holes). These security features are ideal for schools and other public areas where network and physical security are essential.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best, August 30, 2001

By	jhw1701 "jhw1701" (Nor Cal) - See all my reviews

It works, which is more than I can say for the Netgear FR314 I used to work with. The well designed graphical user interface makes administrative tasks a breeze. The access log tells you the IP numbers of people trying to run port scanners, and other nasty little programs, against your network. Installation is a snap, within 10 minutes of turning the router on I had my cable ISP service routed to 5 different computers without having to buy additional IP numbers from the ISP. The built in print server allows any normal parallel port printer to be shared by all of your networked computers. I also suggest that users of this router upgrade to the 2.15 beta version of the router's firmware. I've been running the 2.15 beta firmware for a few weeks and it's rock solid. 2.15's new features include the ability the discard WAN side ping signals and additional distributed server setups, 20 in total (this is where you redirect incoming traffic to different computers based on the port number it is coming in on).

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FANTASTIC! Asante: 10 Linksys: 0, June 16, 2001

By A Customer

I've been running the Linksys DSL/Cable router for over a year and have had nothing but problems with intermittent slowdowns, hesitations of up to one minute before my mail is sent and unable to hook onto the net without numerous reboots to my computers (2 macs and a Sony Vaio w/Win98) and even had Linksys send me a new replacement. I checked the DSL modem, my ISP, the DSL circuit, my OSs, the configurations, the cabling and the ethernet card and after changing it to the Asante FriendlyNet Cable/DSL router, it was like "night and day". Five minutes after it was out of the box, I was getting the quick DSL speeds I should have been getting. The router hummed along while I downloaded a 10Mb file, downloaded a 36Mb quicktime movie trailer on Apple's website and sent a color document to print over the router to my network printer...all at the same time! And the download speeds were quick with all of this activity at the same time. It took Linksys two days to get back to me to answer my support question which was normal, Asante picked up the phone within 3 minutes for the 3 times I called them. And if you own a mac, don't expect any help from Linksys. The Linksys goes to eBay to sell..."I pity the fool..."

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Thing Really Works!, December 26, 2001

By	D. Tomasula (New York, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Asante FriendlyNet FR3004LC works exactly as advertised. And the best part is that it sets up in minutes. I bought one so I could share a cable Internet connection between a Windows PC and an Apple PowerBook laptop. I was concerned that I would have to do a lot of fiddling with the TCP/IP settings on my Mac. But set up was a breeze. It took about 10 minutes. All you have to do is plug in the cables, change the configuration settings to DHCP and Ethernet and you're set. We didn't even need to use the Asante Web site to set the router. It was ready to go right out of the box. Now me and my wife can work on our own computers sharing the same Internet connection. I would recommend the Asante router to anyone who wants to run a PC and a Mac on the same Internet connection.