I bought this wireless router three months ago to replace my existent WiFi-G router. I may say that I was impressed. I installed it on the second floor, of which, I could connect without any mayor issues from any place in my house which has three floors. It even had better range strength since on those places that had a "Low" signal according to Windows XP when using my previous G router, it now showed "Good" or "Very Good" with this new router. I was also pleased to see that the adapter had for dual voltages (110V and 220V) this aspect was very important for and it was not indicated anywhere.
The only downsides I've seen and which are important to me as well was that in the documentation it states 300Mps, but I have never been able to achieve that speed even if I stand with a laptop right beside it. I have tried with three different laptop brands with N capabilities so far and none reach higher than 54Mps. I have already tried upgrading the firmware on the router and upgrading the drivers on Windows XP/7, not luck so far. The last downside I have that was also important for me was that the enablement/disablement through MAC addresses is not so friendly as on my previous WiFi router. I have three kids and when they misbehave or are up to late I would normally block there connection by simply removing the checkmark on the router's user interface of my previous G router, but I cannot do this easily now since this new router does not have an on/off check for the MAC addresses. If you want to block a MAC you have to type it in a field then select the Disabled option, and when you want to enable the MAC once more, you have to remove the Disabled entry (by clicking a trashcan beside it), type the MAC address again, select Enabled and save. If you do this often, it means the need to have a .txt file with the MAC addresses for copy/paste more easily.
But overall, and considering the low price I say it is a good wireless router.
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