LAST EDITED ON Oct-18-00 AT 08:03 PM (GMT)In my opinion it is pretty much a toss-up for your application. I have tested both, reviewed the SMC product, and will publish a review on the Linksys product soon. I believe the SMC router costs less. The SMC box has a printer server, which you probably do not need. The Linksys router does not. Beyond that is gets down to smaller, toss-up items: The Barricade has a serial port can be used with a external, dial-up MODEM to connect to the Internet. Linksys cannot do this. The SMC box has a power switch, the Linksys box does not. The Linksys box has a little nicer user interface, but that is pretty much a matter of taste and something most people won’t use much. The Linksys box can be hung on a wall, the Barricade cannot. The Barricade comes with two cables, Linsys does not. The Linksys router has an uplink port and the Barricade does not. But that doesn't mean much. The Linksys uplink port is shared with one of the regular ports and both cannot be used at the same time. The Barricade can uplink from a regular port to an “uplink” port on a hub or switch with a straight-thru cable and to a regular port with a crossover cable. It easier to clone an Ethernet Mac address on the Barricade than with the Linksys router and I had to download and install a firmware upgrade to do it on the Linksys unit. Both are very good products. Larry
