Linksys Routers

LINKSYS Celebrating 25 Years Vision: linking people together with the use of the computer could create a world within which people could more easily share ideas, communicate and create. 1988 OLINKSYS April 28, 1988 Linksys Founded First Product -PC to Printer Connector 1995 Linksys launched into Retail. Fry's was the first Linksys Retailer. 1996 Linksys takes lead over 3Com and Intel to become the leading manufacturer of Networking Hardware. 1998 Linksys pioneered Home Networking Kits - which consisted of a 4-port Switch and 2 LAN Cards. 1999 January 1999 Linksys first to introduce Home Phoneline Networking kits - HPNA March 1999 December 1999 Linksys introduced the first Fast Ethemet PCMCIA Card for notebooks First company to introduce a Router for the home consumer BEFSR41-$199 MSRP Dec 28, 1999 BEFSR41 Etherfast Cable/DSL Router with 4-port Switch 2000 May 10, 2000 June 5, 2000 Sept 25, 2000 EtherFast 10/100 4-Port Analog Modem Router with Bult-in Hub BEFSA11 EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 1 LAN Port BEFSR81 Etherfast Cable/DSL Router with 8-port Switch 2001 May 7, 2001 BEFW1184 ElherFast Wireless AP + Cablo/DSL BEFW11P1Router with 4-port Switch Jan 8, 2001 March 12, 2001 Dec 27, 200 HPRO200 Homelink Phoneline 10M Cable/DSL Router BEFN2PS4 Etherfast Cable/DSL and BEFVP41 Etherfast Cable/DSL VPN Router with 4-Port Switch Wi Fi roduced a ist Voice Router powered by Net2Phone wieloss Routor the BEFWI 1S4 and BEFWI ISt 802.11B 2002 okoys reodicos Wi Fi firgt wirelass-G route 802.11G June 20, 2002 BEFCMUH4 Etherfast Cable Cennection Station (Cable Gateway) June 30, 2002 BEFSX41 EtherFast Cable/DSL Firewall Router with VPN Endpoint Nov 18, 2002 WRT54G Wireless-G Router 2003 LINKSYS A Division of Cisco Systems, Inc. June 1, 2003 April 14, 2003 WRT5SAG Wireless A+G Sept 29, 2003 Linksys acquired by Cisco WRV54G Wireless-G VPN Broadband Router Broadband Router 2004 Jan 8, 2004 RV048 EtherFast 8-Port VPN Router March 14, 2004 June 30, 2004 RV042 EtherFast 4-Port VPN Router WRT54GS Wireless-a Router with SpeedBoostor 2005 wiFi March 7, 2005 . Jan 4, 2005 July 25, 2005 WRTS4GC Compact Wireless-G Broadband router WRT54GX Wireless-G Router with SRX WTR54GS Wireless-G Travel Router with SpeedBooster 2006 LINKSYS A Division of Cisco Systems, Inc. Unks st inroduce Wreless-N Wi Fi April 6, 2006 WRT54G3G Wireless-a Router for Mobile Broadband (Sprint) April 24, 2006 WRT30ON Wireless-N Broadband Router Oct. 12, 2006 WRT35ON Wireless-N Gigabit Router with Storage Link 802.11N 2007 LINKSYS A Division of Cisco Linksys ships 50 milion routers Jan 8, 2007 WRT33ON Wireless-N Gigabit Gaming Router Sept 20, 2007 WRT 100 RangePlus Wireless Router Oct 23, 2007 WRTBOON Utra RangePlus Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router 2008 LINKSYS by Cisco June 8, 2008 WRS4G2 Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router V2 April 8, 2008 a WRTU54G Linksys by Cisco Wireless-G Router with Two Phone Ports (T-mobile) July 3, 2008 WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Sept 3, 2008 WRT54G2 Wireless-G Broadband Router WRT31ON Linksys Wireless-N Gigabit Router Wireless Router 2010 LINKSYS March 31, 2010 March 2010 E1000 E2000 Linksys Advanced Wirekess-N Router E2100L Linksys Advanced Wireless-N Router with Linux OS E3000 Linksys High Performance Wireless-N Dual-Band Router Linksys Wireless-N Router March 31, 2010 Linksys launches Consumer/mainstream User brand of routers - Valet, Linksys ships 75 Mlion Routers M10 Valet M20 Valet Plus (had gigabit ports) 2011 Linksys April 5, 2011 E1200 Linksys Wireless-N Router with Speedloost E1500 Linksys Advanced Dual-Band Wireless-N Router E3200 Linksys E3200 High Performance Dual-Band N Router E4200 Linksys Maximum Performance Dual-Band-N Router Dec. 11, 2011 E4200 V2 Linksyn Maximum Performance Dual-Band N900 v2 2012 Linksys SMART Wi-Fi Router April 5, 2012 EA4500 Linksys App Enabled Dual-Band N900 Router with Gigabit and USB EA3500 Linksys App Enabled Dual-Band N750 router with Gigabit and USB EA2700 Linksys App Enabled Dual-Band N600 Router with Gigabit Linksys announces fvst Smart W-F Routors Wi Fi June 27, 2012 EAGS00 Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router (Wireless-AC) 802.11 AC 2013 LINKSYS March 15, 2013 CES 2013 Linksys acquired by Belkin EA6300 Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router AC 1200 EA5400 EA8700 Linksys Smart Wi-Fi Router AC 1750 HD Video Pro Linkays Sman Wi-FI Router AC 1800 Video Enthusiast www.linksys.com