I took that one back to CompUSA, and they gave me another one. This one has worked perfectly. Now... it starts doing the same things as before. Every once in a while, it will just stop responding. I've tried a few things, like turning logging off, and enabling MTU. We'll see how it works, but I'd stay away from this one. I'm partial to Linksys, but with these problems, it's just not worth it.

The router is designed very well. It's made from a sturdy plastic material which seems to bend a little. I haven't really dropped it but I am sure it can handle a beating. I like that the antennas pivot to a direction of your choosing and actually make the thing look cool as well. I would recommend placing this on top of a table or on any open area so that there is less interference for the wireless network(less interference equals faster connection).

Even though this product is 4 years old, it is still not outdated. I upgraded my main computer and it is now equipped with a gigabit Ethernet. Although this product doesn't support the gigabit it does support the 100mbit, which is very adequate for any home use.

I would definitely recommend this product to anyone thinking of sharing an internet connection, however, I would advise you select one of the 802.11g wireless routers since they offer higher wireless speeds.

Overall, the router is fairly easy to set up. Encryption was slightly less straight forward, but still logical if you keep notes as you go.

The router signal strength is adequate but not impressive. I had to try two wireless cards in my PC before getting a signal (but this may have been the fault of my first wireless card). I have range of about 120 feet with my laptop.

After unpacking and powering up, I thought I was in for another disaster. Nothing I connected to the LAN ports would light up the corresponding link LED on the Linksys, nor would the device on the other side recognize it. I tried various devices and cables to no avail. I finally pressed the reset button, and the LAN interfaces started working. Not a very pleasant out-of-the-box experience.

Once up and running, I had no problems connecting to a Linksys Wireless-B card. I could change the WEP and SSID broadcast settings and still connect with no problems, unlike the D-Link. I've removed and installed the card, rebooted, etc. dozens of times this weekend without a hitch.

I have the unit at one end of my house on the desk, and have been accessing it from on the patio in the backyard near the other end of the house, about 50 feet away. From this location, line of sight is pretty much lengthwise through the back wall of my house, and I am typically seeing a 40% signal strength. I have not seen the link speed fall below 11 mps.

Otherwise, they do the same basic things - connect to the internet via cable or DSL, and provide internet access to multiple machines through DHCP. Only my wireless router doesn't do those basic functions nearly as well.

I have to unplug the power to the router frequently to get it to reconnect to the internet (daily lately), and sometimes it just stops broadcasting a wireless signal.

Pay attention to the reviews by people who have owned the product for a while. Yes, setup is easy. Tech support may be great. But reliability in the long run just isn't there.

I love Linksys's industrial design, especially the "stackable" nature of their networking products. The LEDs on the front are very informative and overall the product has a solid feel to it.

The wireless antenna strength is excellent. With two of these, I can cover my entire 1500sqft apartment with excellent signal strength, even on the balcony.

The web configuration is stellar, with lots of good features like port forwarding, mac address filtering, and so on.

I originally rated this item at 3 stars, because I was certain it was generating needless ICMP traffic. I have since uncovered the real source of the ICMP traffic: an infected computer on our wireless network that somehow slipped by my tests until now. I apologize for my misdirected anger toward linksys; this is a wonderful product and a superb deal.

Ironically, in my testing, I tried two other routers, the Netgear MR814 and the D-Link 604, to fix the ICMP problem. Of course it didn't help, but in the process I got to know these routers and can now confidently say the Linksys is the superior product by far.

On the first day the router crashed once, rebooting it fixed it and it worked fine for a couple of months, and now the problems are setting in. It will just stop functioning about twice a day when you're transferring data through the router continuously (eg. long downloads) and need resetting to get back on the net. The access point also goes down when this happens (stays visible but no data can pass). This is getting frustrating.

If you don't use the router function it seems to perform fine. Range is excellent. Mostly the router that disappoints. The limited (10) custom portmaps was very restrictive too.. Oh well. Hope for some firmware updates!