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1.5 stars
"Great while it lasts, but dies after 1 year"
Pros: good performance, very stable until it suddenly dies
Cons: suddently dies after about 1 year of normal use
Summary: I had two of these. I bought the first one, and the second was a free replacement because the first one died while still under warranty. The first died after a year of use. The second died after a year and a half of use. While they were alive, they worked fine. Good performance on both the wired and wireless ports, and good range on wireless. I did not expose the routers to any unusual conditions (sitting on a shelf in my office), so I don't know why they would suddenly stop functioning. I did observe that the routers got very hot during normal usage. Perhaps the heat exposed a reliability issue in the design of the chips or the board. I don't think it's reasonable to expect people to replace their router every year. If the reliability were acceptable, I would have given it a 7. But because of the short lifespan, I'm giving it a 3.
