I'm sure, however, that this sort of thing only happens in very rare situations, and it was probably some kind of simple wiring problem. I have returned the item and a new one is on the way. So, as long as this one doesn't catch fire, I look forward to giving another review on the WORKING product.

1) DSL with 2 PC's, 1 Mac, and a postscript printer all directly connected to the router. Every computer was able to print to the printer and surf the net, get email, etc. at the same time without problems.

2) Cable modem with 1 Mac directly connected, 1 Ti Powerbook connected via wireless, and a printer. Everything worked flawlessly, including printing wirelessly from the Ti Powerbook. The signal strength was excellent, until the signal needed to travel 3-4 walls and down a level.

Note that I'm using a postscript printer - I'm not too sure if this makes a difference. Also, I found both MacOS 9.x and MacOS X printing to work just fine. With MacOS 9.x you must open the MacOS 9.x Print Center app and create an LP printer in order to print (note that the name of the queue is just "lp").
The only annoying thing I found with this product is that printing slows down quite a bit when you use the print server (as opposed to printing to a printer directly connected to your Mac/PC). Nothing too bad, but it can be a little annoying.

All in all it's a great product. Unlike some of the other competing products I've read about, it actually seems to do what it says on the box!

May not look as cool as Compaq or Linksys access points, but definitely worth the money.

Well it turns out that I get signal strength of excellent/good everywhere within my 1800sq ft two-story house and I even get good coverage outside. I'm using this unit with the ORiNOCO Gold PC card and the combo has exceeded my expectations.

The quick reference guide included with the product is short but enough to get the 7004AWBR up and running in a matter of minutes with basic settings. The online help available through the web console and the CD's user guide should be sufficient for most users to configure the more advanced settings. After the initial setup, I updated the unit with the latest firmware (1.93k2) with no problems (although I took the precaution to connect it to a UPS to ensure I didn't end up with a doorstop).

The print server setup with my Oki OL400e was easy and works as well as a direct connection--and being able to print a report while sitting on the deck is way cool. Not to mention being able to surf at broadband speeds while enjoying the outdoors (and to me, that is living!)

I've got a ethernet laserwriter, and with the linksys I was unable to see the printer from the wireless clients.

Range seems to be shorter than advertised, but this is an old house with lots of plaster, so I suspect that it's a harsher environment (wall wise) than a modern house.

The startup problem I had was with outdated firmware that came with the router. I was immediately able to communicate with the router from the wired laptop, following simple directions. I then told my cable company (comcast) the router's mac address and within minutes could see the outside world via the router. But my wireless pc could NOT see the router at all. I called SMC tech support who told me to download new firmware to my wired pc, then upload it to the router. I tried it, and the upload stalled out halfway through, at which point the router became inoperable in wired or wireless mode. SMC agreed to send me a new router to try again in exchange for the old one. I was annoyed that SMC would not send me a router with up-to-date firmware. I was told to re-attempt the firmware download/upload procedure. If it failed again, they would be willing to load the firmware before sending a third(!) router. Fortunately, the 3rd router was not necessary; the 2nd download/upload worked fine, allowing the wireless pc to see the router and the outside world. All in all, I was happy with the SMC tech support, despite the refusal to send an up-to-date router. The service is truly 24/7 with minimal waiting, and every person I talked to in sorting out my startup troubles was quite courteous and at least attempted to be helpful. I've had far worse tech support encounters with other companies.

WOW! It's great! The only downside is that 128 Bit WAP encryption does put a bit of a hit on throughput, but that's to be expected. Otherwise, it gives me a NAT firewall, port-based redirection, a DMZ, and hooked up in minutes! And IPSec works just fine, using NAT mode, which allows me to use my VPN to connect to my company's network.

In general, the setup was easy and it has been up without any downtime or reboot for a month now!