There’s only one front panel light, a steadily-lit white backlit Cisco logo that blinks while booting or during a firmware update or Wi-Fi Protected Access session. Cisco definitely wants high WAF for the E4200 so that it doesn’t get hidden in a cabinet or basement furnace room. Cisco has taken sort of a 'Danish modern' styling approach that looks like it came from Bang and Olufsen. So don’t think there will never be a better performing router.īut there might not be a more attractive one. Of course there are always Super, Ultra, Grande and even 'Extra Special Good' left as superlatives for new routers to come. By dubbing its new top-of-line wireless router 'Maximum Performance', Cisco is trying to send a not-so-subtle message that its Linksys E4200 is the new big dog in Wi-Fi town.
