The top-of-the-line Linksys EA4500 continues Cisco's tradition of delivering highly attractive, yet unobtrusive, routers packed with a tonne of features. It's about the size and heft of a Kindle, with a silver band down its centre, matte-grey wings and a textured base.

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very fast on 5ghz N-band

horrible software; devices get assigned multiple IP's and some are the same! parental controls are useless since the blocked device changes constantly; I tried rebooting and resetting but problems recur.

The router itself is great. However, I ran into a lot of problems with the setup because the setup CD was not up to par with Windows 8. I had to spend additional funds to allow CISCO Tech Support to download new firmware and walk me through the installation process to enable the router to function...

This router works really well , it has excellant range . It was easy to set up . I opted not to use the cloud feature and have not had any problems . I would say it is a good value .

The router worked on the first day afterwards we had a ton of connectivity issues, the app was glitchy at best and overall experience was extremely poor. We are hoping to return this product even for a 50% refund.

Had to power cycle a couple times initially. It was been working great since then. I noticed better coverage inside and outside.

I was a bit hesitant about buying a rounter on-line, but had not been disappointed with buying items on Overstock. After researching other routers, I decide to see if Overstock had this rounter on their sight and they did. I have had this for almost two months and it is running very well.

The improvement in performance is felt from every corner of my (two storey) house. Setting up the EA4500 is extremely easy. Any novice can do it by following steps in the Setup CD. I have only been using the EA4500 for about two weeks. So far, haven't discover any negative aspect of the product.

I replaced my Linksys WRT54G after several years of great service with the EA4500. It took a couple of hours to set up everything in the house, but the signal is much stronger, and streaming is seamless on multiple devices after several weeks.

In the gadget food chain, routers rank right next to bottom feeders like printers in terms of consumer buzz. It's just hard to get jittery over a small block of plastic and metal that passively blinks its way through life.