TRENDnet 4-Port Gigabit Firewall Router TWG-BRF114 (Black)

At first install, speeds were capped well below my ISP's capacity. After upgrading the firmware (which can ONLY be done using I.E. since their code is not compatible with Firefox yeah, major yellow flag!) to v1.0 Revision 04 the speeds were acceptable, however the router disconnects if idle and for some reason you cannot turn that feature off. It also does not return ping requests, there is a serious bug in the firmware that tech support could not overcome after over an hour on the phone and 3 different techs.

Also there is no way to save the original Revision 02 firmware, and they don't host it on their site so it can't be downloaded. Once you upgrade the firmware (as their tech support insists!) there is no way to go back! Their top tier tech support never called back like they said they would. 24/7 tech support my A$$!

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First of all it comes with very outdated firmware software. The newer/newest firmware for this router on the Trendnet web site is from 2008. So why does it ship with older software???

To update the firmware, I tried all the popular browsers (including FireFox) on the MAC and PC and the only browser that worked was IE. Pathetic. This shows a lack of attention to detail.

So after finally getting the router upgraded, it is time to play with admin interface. The WAN interface only allow up to 100Mbps configuration. The web site clearly advertise 1000Mbps speeds. Apparently it can only do fast ethernet on the WAN port.

Now I do a speed test on my wireless Airport router. The upspeed clocks in at 0.08Mbps where it before was 5Mbps. It is orders of magnitude slower. I am a network engineer and I know what I am doing. I tried everything, but to no avail. This box will be going back.

Unfortunately, if you want to use this device in an office setting with more then a few users, you should buy something else. The device blocks packets randomly and cuts out users. There is no way to prevent this from occurring. This may well be due to some type of SPI (stateful packet inspection) that cannot be turned off.

The simple solution for us was to purchase the D-link GamerLounge Gigabit Gaming Router. All our problems disappeared instantly.