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I hope this will be easy to fix, since I do like the nominal functionality. I would feel that every time I loaded a webpage, it was taking like 2 seconds to figure out what to do, before routing the traffic and loading the page, because when I switched back to only one WLAN directly into my wireless router, this would not happen. I am not a networking expert, but I was able to easily configure this router, with two WLAN inputs (DSL and Cable), and one ethernet output, which I plugged into my wireless router. I was pleased that there was no trickiness involved -- it basically worked out of the box, and I set it up to balance between my two WLANs, and verified that it could simultaneously handle traffic from both (e.g., one download per connection).However, it seems that in certain states this router introduces some kind of delay,. I haven't figured it out yet, but I've found that I just cruise easier without it.
Since Dec 2008, two of them have failed with the well-known Flashing Diag Light of Death problem. Don't know if that was related or not.Before the failures, the VPN was working quite well, although the QuickVPN software is very clunky and poorly documented. I bought three of these units in 2006, all for different clients who needed IPSEC VPN. The two dead ones were at the latest firmware version -- from what I've read on Google, the firmware upgrade has been implicated in the failures.Also, one of the failed units was refusing to allow port forwarding before it failed.
I had an urgent project that needed the cysco system, I must tell you that it worked wonderfully.
I found that the VPN connection may not work if you have a Linksys WRT54G at the outgoing side of the VPN. I am still trying to set up the VPN tunnels with little success. There not as easy to set up as they say. The Router was easy to install. I was able to set up the VPN PPTP connection pretty easy. I had to change out this router to get the VPN's to connect.
Put in place of old exact one and been working ever since. I would recommend this product Received in New condition and in timely manner. I use it at a Dentist office which allows camera surveillance to travel through and open port.
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