Best Router I have ever owned
919184
I was a bit hesitant at first because I had never heard of Medialink. Whenever I thought of routers, Linksys came to mind. But I owned a Linksys prior to purchasing this Medialink router and, well, obviously things went wrong with it. So I saw that this router had some of the highest customer reviews out of all the routers available on Amazon. Surely that must mean something. But wait, are reviews alone, enough to purchase something? The answer is yes. Plain and simple. People do not lie. This router is amazing. Absolutely phenomenal. I had no issues setting it up whatsoever. Additionally, after months of owning it. Not once, I repeat, not once has my wifi or any thing connected to my internet had an issue connecting. Just a wonderful product, plain and simple. The company even emailed me to ask me how their product was working for me. Nothing to pushy or anything. Just a plain old fashioned "Hey, how's that thing I sold you? Good? Oh fantastic! Please give me a call should you ever need any assistance with it." Seriously, just wonderful. I recommend them to anyone who asks me for router advice. Please, do yourself a favor and just buy it already.
655555
I can't imagine that there is a better router out there than this one. I usually wait at least a month with such electronic equipment before posting a review as I like to try them out for a while, rather than jumping the gun and giving a premature review. I can now say that I love this router. It basically works perfectly.  The ONLY thing is that when you set it up for some reason it does not default to automatically go through whichever band is best and you have to set this up through settings. I would suggest that NETGEAR change that setting in a future router firmware update. You can simply go into settings as others here have said and change that setting however. Otherwise, this router is perfect. Honestly, I read every single review here before spending the money to buy this and I had reservations based upon many of the reviews here. I have absolutely no idea why this router is not rated much higher here than it is. It has literally worked perfectly for me since I updated the settings as previously stated and I simply can't image there is a router better than this one in existence, because this one is perfect.  I also can't believe the distance I get out of this thing. I have a perfect connection on all three levels of my home, even in the most distant locations behind multiple cement block walls and so on.  I can also walk a block away from my home and still get my wifi. This thing is just unreal and any of the negative responses that I have seen here I really wonder if they simply needed to change the settings.  I have no idea, but my experience with this router has been outstanding.
3972802
I bought this Linksys router in February of 2010 when I finally switched to cable internet.

This router is awesome. It always has a reliable connection even when we have like 7 different things connected to it. On a typical weekend we have 4 computers connected to it 1 xbox 360 and 2 android phones on wifi, and 1 iphone on wifi connected to this wireless router and it still works perfectly fine and not slowing down our cable internet connection. I'd say over the period of 1 year it's only dropped like 2-3 times other than that it is very reliable and I am very glad I bought it. It's does not give my family any problems and I would defintely recommend it to everybody who needs a wireless router.

Setup was pretty easily and quick. Some people talk about hacking it or upgrading the firmware but I'm not into all that because I just want a great wireless router that works reliably. And so far it has proven to be the best wirelees router I have ever owned.
1483727
Perfect router, glad I purchased this,  very happy with performance.
4205325
Best consumer WiFi router I have ever used.
I bought this originally planning to put DD-WRT on it but I actually like the ASUS system enough that I left it on there.
I have 7 people in my household and everyone owns a laptop. Plus 5 of us have smart phones, plus the Xbox, the Wii, the XBMC boxes on the TVs,.... Plus I play a lot with virtual machines so sometimes My system will have 4 OSs running all with separate connections via WiFi dongles.
My old router just was not keeping up with all the wireless connections.
This one handles them flawlessly. Plus the ability to create so many networks all with separate security setting means I no longer have to keep a second router connected to practice cracking WiFi security. This thing does not miss a beat, even when I am hammering it with packets.
I have a 4TB USB RAID system connected to it and it works great at serving the drives up.
I use the VPN functionality all the time too and the download manager is awesome.
Plus, I live on almost 2 acres and I like to stream music while I am on the riding mower so I planned to put 9Dbi Antennas on here but the three 5 Dbi ones that come with it do a great job at covering my entire property by themselves, which is a first for any router I have owned.
If I ever need to replace this thing, it will be with another one in the ASUS line.

UPDATE:
Well, I have owned this router for around 2.5 years now and it is still going strong. ASUS has kept it current with frequent Firmware updates and has added several additional features which have made it an ever better value.
I usually upgrade routers every couple of years but assuming this thing doesn't die on me I cannot see buying a new one for a while.
3206657
Best router I ever owned.  It resolved a number of 'issues' I was having with some devices, including some wireless cameras that I initially blamed on those devices, but turned out were victims of my old cheap router. My only complaint is the long time it takes this thing to recycle after adding a virtual server, you'd think you could do that w/o rebooting.
2127235
After being a cheap-o and going through several wireless routers (all junked or returned due to reliability), I finally decided to spend the money and get a quality router. And let me tell you this one does not disappoint. No hiccups, I've only reset it twice in the 4 years I have owned it and handles all WiFi traffic with ease while broadcasting the signal further than routers with external antennas. Sometimes, you can pay less for a product and get the same quality. But with routers you have to pay to play. If you want want a robust router that can handle network traffic and put out a reliable gigabit LAN, look no further. Highly recommend.
3342406
By far the best router I have purchased. I have owned 4 routers in last decade or so (my previous two were Linksys, both failed after only 18 months each??) This pointed me in the direction of Netgear and in hindsight I am glad it happened. I also now own a Netgear Access Point for my work area. Netgear is far superior to Linksys in many aspects, most importantly in ease of use and overall performance. However, the single most important was customer support. The router I had running with ease in less than 10 minutes. The access point was a bit more challenging. The call wait time was a bit long but for a Saturday afternoon I guess that  might be expected. After the tech got me in the correct direction I was about to hang up but he said he would take me all the way through the process .. and he did. When we got disconnect because my cell has poor reception (hence my need for access point) he called me back in less than 30 seconds and then guided me through everything and waited while I tested it!! Since then everything has worked perfectly!!!
4045490
Asus is definitely my new favorite router brand. After running Linksys routers for several years, I became frustrated with having to constantly restart the router every so often.

This router has been running non-stop (in repeater mode) for the past 8 months and have never needed restarting. The signal from it is very strong. I use it in repeater mode to boost the signal on the 2nd floor of my home so now with my main router downstairs and this repeater upstairs, I have full signal virtually anywhere in my home.

Setup is a breeze, in under 5 minutes this was up and running in repeater mode. I love the fact that this unit can be used as a router, repeater or access point. In the event you want to upgrade your main router, this unit will still be of use in repeater mode.

In addition, the router is very fast, pages load faster and download speeds are faster (in a house with 15+ devices all accessing the internet) changing over to this router has made a dramatic difference in how fast pages load. Torrents also generally seems to receive higher download speeds than under my previous router.
3792775
I bought this router probably close to 4 years ago and it has been going strong since then.  This has to be the most stable router I've ever owned.  I can run torrents, usenet, games, etc all at the same time if I wanted and things still seem smooth.  I've never had to reboot it in the entire time I've owned it.  Of the maybe 4 or 5 times I've rebooted it, I found out that was not the problem (at least 2 or 3 times I had to do a DHCP release and renew on my internet connection).  I've been quite impressed by this router...so impressed that I still haven't replaced it with a router that runs DD-WRT despite the fact that I'm using another router that way as a bridge.  I've played around with the QoS a bit, but really I know better than to try and play games and download at the same time.  It seems to work quite well while doing that, but it's still not something I'd want to push.  It has all the usual features you'd expect (port triggering, forwarding, IP reservations based on MAC address, MAC filtering, WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc).

Really I don't care as much about the features as I do about how incredibly stable this thing is.  I came from an old Linksys wireless router and this thing was godsend.  At one point I think we literally had to reboot the old Linksys DAILY if not more than once daily.  I won't really need to replace this sucker until it dies and it seems to be well built so it could be a while.
2994240
By far the best router we have ever owned. Super easy to set up, instructions couldn't be more clear and easy to understand. The app helped with the step by step set up and configuration. Would definitely recommend this router to anyone looking to get the most out of their internet.
4306207
Upgraded from my western digital dual band and it has outperformed it in every way. Have not had to reset the router once since its been installed. With our old router we had to reset it almost daily because it would stop communicating with one or more devices
93188
Absolutely amazing router!  I went from 18mbs to 123mbs just by getting this amazing router!  It is dead steady and my movies, games and music all stream seamlessly and I never lose connection anymore.
1588985
I put off buying a better router for three years. I wish I hadn't. This ASUS router has gone beyond my expectations! I get full signal across my house now and see VERY high wifi speeds down. I couldn't be happier. It was so easy to set up I almost thought I was missing something. I really respect the interface on this device. Good work Asus, good work.
2425250
Best ever router i have seen. I had Belkin that kept doing off and on and then irchased netis and that was piece of crap. This router is steady can take load of my 5 phones. 4 computers and 3 tabs.
37889
Great router. Excellent performance and range.
2734277
Very Good router. I have better and reliable range. I have this in my basement and has range up to second floor.
This is by far the best router i have owned. It looks like the computer systems they show in sci fi movies.

I tried a range extender recently, but that is worst product by linksys.