U.S. Robotics USR8022 Wireless Cable/DSL Router (22 Mbps)

I have been using this router over a month now and it has not given me one single problem in terms of network connection. The wireless range is far much better than the SMC Barricade 7004AWBR. I initially bought the SMC 7004AWBR because it has been out on the market much longer and most people have given thumbs up to it. But it literally keeps locking up on me when I tried to transfer a 120MB file from one computer to another over the wired connection. The U.S. Robotics, however, never gave me one single problem. The setup was fast and painless (like 10 minutes or so) and everything just work.

The only slight issue I have with this router is that the printer server does not behave as I expected. If I turn the printer off, the admin screen will show "Device Printer" error and sometimes I have to reset the router. Also, the router only comes with only 2 wired LAN connection, whereas most other ones come with either 3 or 4.

Okay, I see that I'm swimming against the tide with this review, but I love my USR 8022. I do computer consulting and have installed about 8 of these. All have worked great. It has a excellent range (goes 3 floors away in my house), has a serial port (allowing it to use an external dial-up modem when my cable goes out), has a print server (which I use all the time, so it works for my Brother MFC), and has detachable antennas. IMO, this router is severly underrated. I have used the USR 8022 since it came out and find it to be rock solid. It has port forwarding, a firewall, and all the standard security options.

One word of warning--use v3.1 of the firmware. That is what it ships with it currently. There is an upgrade to 4.2 but it is currently in beta. It works, but causes a printer problem for me, a line at the bottom of the page. So far as I can tell, the firmware cannot be rolled back to an older version.

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I have been using for 6 months, apparently with more luck than other reviewers.
I network 2 PCs and one laptop. I am using USR 1120 (USB) and USR 2414 (PCI/PCMCIA type II) 11Mbyte/sec adaptors on the other machines. All use Windows 98SE.
I get the full 11Mbyte/sec over distances up to 80', though several walls in the house - one computer located upstairs, the other on the ground floor. Where computers are in the same room I get signal strength and link quality reading of 100%. Across the house I get readings of 60-70%, but good communication/connection speeds which is what counts. I have not tried running at 22Mbyte/sec as the other computers all have 11Mbyte/sec access points - I bought the higher speed router as there was no price difference for an 11Mbyte version.
Maybe the unit works better with other USR Wireless access points than it does with those of 3rd parties- I have not seen the communication speed issues reported by other reviewers.
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