My home office is moving to a real office and I will need a router for the new small office network (3 desktops, 1 file server).

At home I have been running a D-Link DI-704 since 1999 and it has worked wonderfully. But D-link has discontinued this model.

I am looking at a Linksys BEFSX41 and would like to find out if there are any users out there that have had any experience with this model...good or bad.....

I am open to other suggestions from anyone out there.

Since this is for a business, I really recommend something stronger than a home grade router/firewall. You might consider SOHO units like these:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833120135
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833339069
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833182034

They are all designed for small office applications.

One thing you should check is to make sure that your ISP at your new office isn't installing a combination unit that already includes a modem, router and firewall. Those units can usually not be put into bridge mode to serve as modems only. If it can't be put into bridge mode, then ganging units usually won't work, and you won't have a connection from your LAN to your WAN.

If that's the case, then you have the choice of either using the combination unit supplied by your ISP, or to request that the ISP provide you with a modem only, and then use whatever unit you decide on behind the modem. Which way to go really depends on the quality of the unit your ISP supplies. If they supply a top flight unit, then use it; if not, then request the modem only, and go with your own router/firewall.

Thanks. The AT&T tech I talked to said that they do have units that work as modem/router/switches.

I will wait to see what they got and go from there.

Is WatchGuard a Linux coded router with a gui?

I'm not sure if WatchGuard is Linux or not. Many of them are Linux based, so it wouldn't surprise me if it were. I suppose it depends on whether there is a Linux compiler that supports whatever CPU they use in the unit.

BTW, having hardware like this at your gateway doesn't change the need to have software firewalls on all the systems. This is particularly true if any of the systems will be laptops and used outside of your LAN. Since a mobile unit will operate behind the router/firewall at the gateway, it cannot protect the other systems from cross infection.