I had heard good things about SMC, but this product is simply not ready for primetime.

Also, unlike the other Reviewer, I had a tech support person say the OPPOSITE of the above, in that they were blaming the client for this problem. (NOTE: A word of warning about tech support - it is outsourced to India, and you stand a 50/50 chance of not being understood, but instead have recited back rote "answers". Very unsatisfying.

The SMC2804WBRP-G router has two major problems:
1) It regularly loses its wireless connection. The connection can only be restored by rebooting the router. The loss of connection has nothing to do with signal strength. The computer can be right next to the router and it still loses the connection. It's interesting that my old SMC7004AWBR had this exact same problem when I first installed it, which was later fixed by a firmware upgrade. So if SMC already had this problem with past routers, why did they release a new router with the same problem? Poor testing. I spent time with SMC tech support on this and they acknowledged the problem, but said there was no firmware upgrade yet available to fix this (there is an upgrade, but it doesn't fix this). I would definitely wait until they fix this problem before buying this router -- it then might be a great router. But right now it's a *really* frustrating problem that forces you to get up from your couch, walk to the room with the router, unplug the power cord from the router, count to 5 and plug it back in again. Repeat this on average every 30 min. (it might happen again in 5 min. or 1 hour, but it will definitely happen at least several times a night).

2) The USB print server does not work with the HP LaserJet 3330 printer. My old SMC7004AWBR router with a parallel print server worked perfectly with this printer. But this new router crashes every time I send a print job to it. Again, poor testing on SMC's part. Will this router work with your printer? Only trying it yourself will tell since SMC has not tested it with a range of printers and has not released a supported printer list -- their first customers are their testers.

I've now reinstalled my SMC7004AWBR and I continue to be happy with it -- it's rock solid. I guess I learned a lesson -- wait until SMC has a product out for six months or so before you buy.

BTW -- don't confuse this model with the similar 802.11g model without a print server (SMC2804WBR) -- that one uses the old-style case. It's getting good user reviews -- maybe it also uses older, more reliable firmware. Just watch out for this brand new model in the new case.

Bottom line: the SMC2804WBRP-G was released without thorough testing. Wait a few months until SMC processes the feedback from frustrated users like me and fixes the problems that currently make this router unusable.

One more note: You can tell this product is not ready for prime time when you go to the SMC web site and they still list it as "coming soon". There is no support information whatsoever, no driver downloads, no documentation, no acknowledgement of any kind that this product is shipping.