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(More customer reviews)I am glad Peplink came out with a low end home user dual wan router. I have tried two other brands and never could get them to work properly. I spent countless hours with settings and on tech support with both of these other noted brands. I plugged the Peplink in to both of my ISPs (one via cable and the backup via dsl) and it works. No fuss, no bothers with an inordinate amount of settings. I have not had a drop since I plugged it in (Cable ISP has been working on lines lately), although there does seem to be an issue with actual bandwith, I am not sure that is the router's fault but might be my cable ISP. I will update this if I find out otherwise.
It would be nice if there were a widget or monitoring method to see the throughput on both connections, but other than that I can't see too much more on how to improve it.
If your connection matters... I would suggest you give this a try. I personally cannot afford to have a disconnect during trading hours.
UPDATE: Also they sell a wireless bridge (Officeport) that you are able to manage from within your browser. They sell it from another company called Pepwave. It was worth getting for me since I was having difficulty connecting my DIR-655 (my previous router) as a bridge. I did not know about the other company and their products until I called the Peplink tech support trying to connect my previous router. Just thought this info might help a prospective purchaser.UPDATE #2: It's now 06-07-2011 and this router is going strong. No problems whatsoever. I mention this since I came back to the product to link it for a friend who was having connection problems with his ISP. This dual-wan load balancing router and the accompanying Pepwave Officeport bridge have given me less trouble than all of my previous single wan routers I have had throughout 25 years of computer use.
I would still love to see a desktop gadget that shows bandwith for each ISP though, since it would help with setting the optimum loading and determining which tier is acceptable on the DSL backup line. However I am considering dumping the DSL and purchasing the 3g version of this router since my cell phone is always at my side.
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