The Barricade was easy to set up - plug in the cables and the power, and go. My machines acquired DHCP licenses without any fooling around, and I was connected to the internet in no time. The web interface is simple and wasn't a problem for either netscape or mozilla to handle.

I can't say I'm all too impressed with the firewall capabilities it has, but then, with a wireless network, you'll be wanting to secure every machine individually anyways, won't you? My main disappointment was that it does not provide port mapping abilities beyond saying this port, this machine - you can't specify port x goes to machine m, port y.

I haven't attempted to use the print server capacities of the Barricade - I suspect they would be troublesome from linux... (wants you to do some windows program to set up the drivers...)

Overall I'm quite happy with it, and recommend it for use with linux.

The device works great. Advertised range is very optimistic. The web pages load faster than the LinkSys. It has the parallel print server and serial port (for those not yet on broadband or who want a backup).

The only complaint so far is that the LED lights are recessed, so they are invisible if you are not looking at the device headon.

I do like how they put the ports on the back instead in the front like their previous wireless router. Also the rounded style is an improvement over the very plain, boxy old one.

The presence of only 3 ports may be an issue for some people. Or it could be a justification to get a PCI wireless card for that fourth PC. (glass is half-full/half-empty). Also, there is no dedicated uplink port (not a big deal if you have a hub w/ uplink or crossover cable). The adapter is substantially blukier than the one in the Linksys package. But you do get a 10 foot cable in the box.

I set up the router following the simple instructions and had my sister's G4 Mac securely and seamlessly surfing the net in 5 minutes (the other 5 minutes were dedicated to setting up my laptop....

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