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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Networking equipment |
Founded | 1988 |
Founders | Victor Tsao Janie Tsao |
Headquarters | Irvine,
California, United States |
Products | Routers, DSL/cable gateways, switches, wireless access points, storage and security IP cameras |
Parent | Cisco Systems (2003–2013) Belkin (2013–2018) Foxconn (2018–present) |
Website | www |
Linksys Holdings, Inc., is an American brand of data networking hardware products mainly sold to home users and small businesses. It was founded in 1988 by the couple Victor and Janie Tsao, both Taiwanese immigrants to the United States.[1] Linksys products include Wi-Fi routers, mesh Wi-Fi systems, Wifi extenders, access points, network switches, and Wi-Fi networking. It is headquartered in Irvine, California.[2]
Linksys products are sold direct-to-consumer from its website, through online retailers and marketplaces, as well as off-the-shelf in consumer electronics and big-box retail stores. As of 2020, Linksys products are sold in retail locations and value-added resellers in 64 countries and was the first router company to ship 100 million products.[3]