Perfect for home cinema streaming
I bought this to replace the router provided to me by Sky and it has excelled in every way (bar one thing I'll come to).
I have my NAS connected to this directly through 2 Cat5e cables and my desktop computer is wired as well. I have an HTPC (Revo R3700) running XBMC and a laptop which both connect wirelessly. Despite what the previous reviewer has said, all computers can see each other with no problem. I have streamed video with bit rates in excess of 40Mbit/s with no issues whatsoever.
Setup was easy if you are comfortable with routers. The only thing that really annoys me about this router is the admin screens can only be used using IE. Chrome and Firefox both have various issues with it, so I am stuck using IE9. However, once it's set up you rarely have to go back into the menus anyway so I can live with it.
It has a USB port on it so if you have an external USB drive it may be useful if you want to have a drive shared on your network. My NAS does that for...
Runs dd-wrt perfectly.
Runs the firmware from dd-wrt.com labelled as WBMR-HP-G300H without issues.
(Only difference is this model has gigabit ethernet)
Very happy.
Dropped Internet Connection - Didn't work for me.
I bought this wireless router as a replacement for my existing 54Mbps Netgear.
Unfortunately, after I returned and exchanged for a new one (no problems with Buffalo or Amazon support), I had the same problem with internet connectivity dropping out.
The LAN connection is held, but the internet connection (in my case) kept dropping out and the only way to re-connect was to pull the power lead out and re-start. Connection would be restored for anywhere between 5 minutes and 4-8 hours.
The problem seemed to get worse the more I used the router (although I may just have become tired of unplugged it!).
Good points:
Faster than my previous (now current again) 54Mbps g/b router.
Slightly better signal range.
Bad points:
Internet disconnection regularly (for me).
Power button on the front would be nice.
Didn't work for me, but seems to work for some!
Next step is to try a Netgear Wireless-N 300.
Hope that...
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