SmallNetBuilder

I have one of those with the new box for over 2 years now. it has wpa2 enabled (not by default, though)

After initial setup, I never had to reboot it. I never lost a connection either.

I wanted to get a GB switch and better wireless performance, so I bought a Buffalo WZR-HP-G300NH "Extended Range"

I returned the Buffalo. I was loosing connection too often, range was not as good, and the default UI for the Buffalo, frankly, even worse than the Actiontec/fios.

I have one of these routers, I have WPA2 enabled, and I have wireless N signal. Yes it came WEP enabled, but having done my research online about wireless networking I knew I needed to upgrade to WPA if not WPA2. WPA2 worked great for all of my equipment, which is the only problem I found through research that I might run into, surprisingly I can see few people in my neighborhood, who I know have fios as well, aren't even using WPA security. It should be a policy by Verizon to encourage their clients to increase security, but that is Verizon's failing, not Actiontec. I haven't needed to use the Parental Controls, so I'm not disappointed.

Honestly, I LIKE all of the "confusing" options, because it means I have more control over how strong my security is. My old Lynksys router decided my security for me, and there wasn't much I could customize like I can with this Actiontec router. I did find online that the MI424WRN was a model to avoid as it had many issues, so I made sure when the router was delivered that it was not that model. We've been very pleased with the router's performance so far, and with how easy everything has been to connect wirelessly. I recently tried to upgrade to a Lynksys wireless router BEFORE we got the Actiontec, and the thing wouldn't connect with any of our computers. The Actiontec was very much plug and play, easy to setup initially. Yes it takes some research to know what security settings to enable, and you may even explore other people's Q&A questions about the router for more help, but in the end it is much easier to setup all the security features than it has been to set them up in routers that simply don't allow the user to customize settings for more security, and was much easier to get running than the latest Lynksys router on the market was.

I have been using this Actiontec router with FIOS for 1.5 years now. Dont have a choice either as this is probably the only router that is supported by Verizon.

Actiontec or I would say Verizon as they are fully aware of what they are providing their customers - Router provides just the bare minimum as of now. Hopefully in future we can expect more, such as at-least support for wireless N, and a more intuitive and better admin interface.

okay john i have had this router for nearly two years and i can get on xbox live with ease infact i have had no problems at all... so ur review is rubish something else must be wrong.

The actiontec router only has WEP encryption, parental setting allow one rule - that's it, one rule. GUI interface is clumsy and is probably the worst I have ever seen. I can't get Xbox live to work with it but I can get it to work without it.

The features of this router are consistant with something 5 years old but this is currently the only router that Fios offers. If you are using FIOS tv, you must use the router or you will lose the programming for the set top boxes.