Posted 08/04/2008 at 03:00:19pm

OK, I was a bit harsh on my last review. Now that I have a working unit in use in my house  and I have been able to fully test it out, I'd like to add some thoughts. The router is actually really fast - and I haven't even tried the "N" band. I still don't like the fact that most of my cat5 cables will not fully seat in the ports. Also the firmware is still buggy. I have not been able to get the storage link to work on either of my routers. I think with a firmware update this might actually be a good router.

Posted 08/01/2008 at 03:25:36pm

The first one crapped out after 1 month, ethernet port went out....linksys replaced withing a week or so with a remanned one, after 1+ hours of tech support, broken english, getting to the bottom of the problem that I told them in the first 2 minutes of the call. Firmware is buggy, for example...no way in hell to see the attached devices on your network. Hot as fire! comes close to burning your hand when in operation. Beware if you make your own cat 5 cables...all my factory crimped cable snap into place fine, but three different DIY cat5 ends won't snap into place...not three single ones, I'm talking about NONE of my cables made with three different style of cat5 ends. Range is nothing to brag about, my old netgear g was way stronger. I might try to use that open source firmware in this months mag on this POS and see if I can make it usable.