The only reason that I didn't give this product 5 starts was the wireless abilties of this product. While it works great for surfing the web, it does seem slower than access points from Cisco, but at about 1/3 the cost. For price / performance this product rocks. I only notice the slowdown when I transfer large files (100M+) so for your day to day duties, the speed is fine. As for the distance, I can go anywhere in my home with my laptop and still be connected. I would also like to note that I am using a Cisco PC card. Also I have a very open floor plan that helps.

If you do decide on this product, there are 2 things that you need to do as soon as you turn it on. These are security issues that need to be addressed. First, change the ESSID. This will prevent your neighbors from connecting to your network if they have the same product. Second, enable DES. This will encript the data, and will make it almost impossible to connect to your home network.

One final note, if you are using a notebook that your employer supplied you with, check with your IT/IS department before you start making changes to the configuration. We would rather answer your questions and help you BEFORE you break it then after.

I took the system back and bought one from Siemens. I did have a problem installing that one as well, but got through to a service rep in 6 minutes. Works great!

Night and day. If I were you, I'd avoid this company if I could. I'll never buy another product from them.

Only one problem. I did not know that I had to call AT&T Broadband to give them my MAC address. That was a waste of about 30-45 minutes. I should have read some of the other reviews first.

Wonderful product! Go pick one up!

Also, it's loaded with a lot of features.

One other interesting thing I discovered. There is a configuration utility that goes with the wireless PC card. It illustrates that, the farther removed you are from the router, the weaker the signal strength. Eventually, it seems that the signal disappears altogether. However, this didn't actually mean that you lost your connection. I was in a diagonally opposite end of my house and was still able to browse the web even though the configuration utility showed 0 signal strength! It was slower, but I was still connected.

Some tips: 1. Don't expect miracles when it comes to distance. A lot of factors come into play, including what your home/office is constructed off, and interference from other devices in your home/office. Try to get the unit up high for best coverage. 2. While the rounter does act as a firewall, if a hacker does get to it, and knows the default password (hardly anyone ever changes the default password) they could get through. So, change the password. 3. Change the SSID address. When used as a wireless router, this "should" keep your neighbors from using your router as a gateway to the Net, or getting into your computers when files are being shared. I took my notebook to my neighbor's home and was able to get into my files and surf the Net with no problems. 4. If you are sharing files and folder, use passwords. While I don't want to make anyone paranoid, these are simple changes that should help with security. 5. Linksys support is okay, and it is 24/7, but you have to get the right person. If things don't work out call back. You'll never get the same person twice.

If this is your first adventure into networking or wireless networking, Linksys makes the process pretty painless.

If you want something like this, forget it. Go get yourself a decent Cisco ADSL router, many more features, and a separate 802.11b wireless gateway, or one of the new -a devices.

DONT BUY THIS, THE RED LIGHT WILL HAUNT YOU :(

Documentation was good. Was able to do stuff easily, like encryption etc.

Customer support was good. (4 min hold time.)

where it did not perform seamlessly was in advanced uses, like disabling DHCP for port forwarding to a apache server.
On Re-Enabling DHCP, the router would puke on itself and I had to reset everytime meaning, changing password, changing my Network ID etc.

Had to download new firmware based on what the technician told me and install that. Works ok now.

Overall, Its as good or bad as the netgear router/adapter set.
Buy one which has greater mail in rebate or dicsount.