Netgear WNR854T RangeMax Next Wireless-N Router Gigabit Edition

Pros: Decent range

Cons: Very slow BIOS / firmware setup
Horrible connectivity problems
Throughput isn't very good

Summary: This was a major disappointment. This is one case where all of user reviews were far more accurate than any of the professional reviews. This piece of hardware is a joke, and I have no idea how a company could possibly get away with selling such a substandard product.

I was replacing a perfectly fine Linksys 54G router thinking that I might get better throughput for video I was streaming from another room into my living room. This was not the case. While it certainly improved a little, there was no dramatic difference that you'd expected from a router with better specs. But the main problem wasn't that; it was simply remaining connected to the router! For some reason, every time I wanted to stream video (from a computer in room A to a PS3 in room B), it seemed to lose the connection between the two units. This resulted in me having to reset the computer. After that, everything seemed to work OK...until that next night and I would have to repeat the process.

I would also continually drop the connection every other day or so from my laptop to the router. I would generally have to reset the router. Other times, I'd lose connectivity for a few minutes and then it would come back on. I went back to my old router and everything works fine.

This thing is a complete piece of junk, and I HIGHLY recommend against purchasing it.