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Cisco to Acquire Linksys

Posted by michael on from the firesale dept.

forged writes "The Boston Globe is reporting that networking giant Cisco Systems plans to acquire Linksys later this year for $500M, thus entering the consumer market. Linksys also has a press release. The good news is that those who bought a Linksys access point now have a Cisco access point for 1/2 of the price ;)"

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  1. Re:And the bad news... by JPriest · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually for price/performance and ease of install Linksys seems to be dominating the home networking sector. You can pick up a 4 port 10/100 full duplex Linksys router for about $50. My slower 4 port cisco (806) router was $550. Maybe They can offer less expensive IOS/firewall home LAN solutions now.

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