I would highly recommend this Router to either a networking novice or professional looking to setup a home or small office network.
I was surprised at how easy this was to setup and configure in my environment. After connecting the few cables and rebooting my PC's, everything seemed great though I could not connect to the Internet. I realised that I have not restarted my Cable Modem and after doing so eveything linked correctly and could again access the internet.
On reading the documentation I realised I should have done this initially, however this omission was down to my normal method of only reading the documentation after the installation.
The Router has a large number of features that can be customised to suit your own environment, and some that perhaps should be left for those of a more technical nature. Out of the box the equipment worked with minimal setup. The Web Interface to configure the settings is very clear and easy to understand. The documentation clearly explains what the functions are for, however I felt that it assumed a certain amount of knowledge of networking.
The Linksys WebSite appears to give good information regarding the products and provides updates for Firmware which can be downloaded directly from their site. With the firmware there is also detailed release notes, however unless these fix a particular issue, I would recommend once the environment is working the way you want it, 'don't fix what isn't broken'.
All in all I was very impressed with this product and would highly recommend it.
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