Short version: I like this router. I started to take away one star because the software called Netgear Genie has some cosmetic issues when used with Chrome. Also I would like a feature to monitor traffic on a device by device level. I don't see any way to do that. I have since decided that is too harsh. If I could I'd remove 1/2 of a star for these things. After the apple announcement for new lower prices on iCloud storage I upgraded to 200 GB and told my macbook pro to store all of my photos on iCloud. The only problem is my entire network ground to whenever my mbp was uploading. I learned how to "pause for a day" in order to do other things. Like research the issue. I am a Comcast customer, and was using a Comcast modem router combination. I did some research and purchased a "Linksys Advanced DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem, Certified for Comcast and Compatible with Major Cable Providers (DPC3008-CC)". I plugged it in and spent a few minutes getting it set up with Comcast and plugged in my old router and did a speed test. I was not getting close to my rated speed of 50 mbs. Back on the phone with Comcast who had me plug the modem directly into my pc and test again. 50+ mbs. So it was my router's fault. More research and I was looking at two models about $40 or $50 less expensive than this one. I read reviews and went in to discuss with the sales rep. We went back and fourth about the two models I was close to choosing. Then we walked over to the self and I started reading the boxes. In the end I choose this model and paid a little more to two USB 3 ports with which I could mount USB drives on my network. My intention is to mount my timemachine disk to the network so my mbp can backup over the net and not have to be directly connected. Since my mbp is a little older it only had a USB2 port and hence large backups take a lot longer than if it was USB3 speed. Setup: Relatively easy if you have done this kind of thing before. For better security I "block all new devices from connecting". This requires a little more work on my part when a friend or family member wants to connect but I feel a little safer with this option enabled. In our household we have about 17 devices currently connected. Two iPhones, Two Amazon Fire tablets, and iPad, a Macbook pro, 2 work laptops, a desktop, an amazon echo, a smart DVD player, the DirectTV box, an Apple TV, an Amazon Fire stick, a network printer, a Nest thermostat and a network disk drive. Performance: Before upgrading the modem and buying this router uploading files to iCloud was killing my entire network for days. After upgrading and turning on the Quality of Service feature on the router all of my devices can operate at the same time. I live in split level town home, the router is in an office in the middle level and my guest room in the basement gets high speed signal as does the entire house. Guest feature: The router has wifi guest feature which is a walled off connection for your guests with a different name and different password than the main wifi connections. Initially I started to connect some of my devices to this network for added safety as it has a feature to not let the devices see each other. I thought this would give my network added protection if one of the devices caught a virus. Eventually I moved most devices back to the main network as each of them had reason to talk to the other devices. For instance the iPhones both have Apple remote apps, Amazon Firestick remote apps and Amazon Echo apps installed, the Amazon tablets both need to talk to the Amazon fire stick and all them need to talk to the Amazon echo. Again I really like this router. It is so far handling a house full of devices both wired and wireless very well. I also recently upgraded to 105 mbs speed on the network. Of course this helps if the router can keep up, so far I've tested that by running speed tests on multiple devices at the same time and if I add them together I get around 125 mbs down and 12-13 up. Good enough for now.