Linksys is the United States based company known for manufacturing date networking devices. Linksys networking products are designed keeping in mind the needs of both home and business users. The company has been around since 1988. The founders of the company are Victor Tsao and Janie Tsao. Products Linksys is well known for are routers, both wired and wireless, Ethernet switches, Internet video cameras and network storage systems. Linksys is currently owned by Belkin, a well known networking equipments manufacturing company. Currently there are more than one thousand employees in the company. Following are the products for which Linksys is known for.
Routers
There is a long series of network routers which Linksys has manufactured. Linksys has manufactured many routers that support 3rd party firmware. Linksys WRT54G series can be mentioned in this regard. Ethernet routers of Linksys are also equally popular.
Modems
Linksys modems are best for your home or office network if you need high speed and reliable internet connection.
USB Wireless Adapter
If you have Windows laptop or desktop computer, you can use Linksys USB wireless adapter. First of all you need to make sure that USB Wireless Adapter you are using is compatible with the operating system of your laptop or computer.
Power-line network adapter
Linksys also manufactures a number of Ethernet-to-Power-line communication products. There are some advantages which power-line network has over Wi-Fi such as security, consistency in speed and reliability.
Network Media Hub
Linksys offers media hub series which makes sharing digital media across the network very easy. The Media Hub 300 and 400 series are well known.
Network Attached Storage
Linksys started manufacturing network-attached storage devices in the mid of 2000s but discontinued for some reasons in late 2000s. These devices make hard drives and flash memory accessible for everyone on the network.
