Customer Reviews Of 3com 3CR858-91 10/100Mbps OfficeConnect Cable/DSL Router 1 x 10/100Mbps WAN Ports 4 x 10/100Mbps LAN Ports

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Customer Reviews for 3com 3CR858-91 10/100Mbps OfficeConnect Cable/DSL Router 1 x 10/100Mbps WAN Ports 4 x 10/100Mbps LAN Ports - Retail
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N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: more than 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/12/2009 7:52:13 PM Great router with VPN Pros: Simple to set up, inexpensive, rock solid stable Cons: I haven't yet gotten the VPN going between the two 3com boxes, but I haven't really tried. Other Thoughts: This is a very decent router, especially for one that includes VPN capability. I haven't had any issues with it dropping connections. It is on 24/7/365. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: average Ownership: more than 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	4/7/2009 7:54:45 AM Not impressed Pros: It still works after more than a year Cons: Unstable with concurrent connections such as running p2p clients and online gaming. Other Thoughts: As mentioned above, this router is simply unstable. It often drops connections at the most inopportune moments and needs to be power cycled. I am going to eventually replace it. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/30/2008 7:01:41 PM Hangs, Unreliable Pros: Simple to set up. Seemed to have all the necessary features. Will work if only using for email and web surfing. Cons: Completely unreliable. P2P and other intensive applications hang the unit. Needs to be plugged/unplugged to reset. Unusable. Returned for a refund. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Pow!!! Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/25/2008 4:50:27 PM Easy to use Fantastic. Pros: Well it was easy as just connecting my cables in the right place and just as other router does it connected me to the internet. Pretty fast and realiable. ^^ Cons: It's very wierd. When I first got this I was at my apartment. Where I was using COX ISP however This router would not allow me to connect to internet no matter what I do. So I brought this Router to my Parents House and Connected it with Cable modem there. And They also use COX ISP and u know what TA DA!!! It works without me doing anything to it. Just connected it that was very wierd so I just left the router at my parents house for them to use and I bought different one. Other Thoughts: Maybe Im guessing, the internet to the apartment is little different than one to the HOUSE. very wierd It works in my parents house but doesn't work in my apartment. What can I say .... 0 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
maximus Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	8/15/2008 10:25:40 AM Super Stable Pros: I have owned this router for 8 months and it has never crashed on me. The html-based interface is pretty straightforward and easy to use. Cons: More LAN ports would be useful. Not really a con, I guess... most other wired routers have 4 LAN ports. Other Thoughts: Some reviewer a while back said that this router doesn't work for peer-to-peer applications. Not true! I use utorrent pretty regularly and have not had any issues... just make sure you set up the router's port forwarding/virtual server correctly. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	8/13/2008 2:44:47 AM 3com does it again Pros: Rock solid, stable, easy to setup, good features. I was tired of other brands locking up and so I replaced all of my customers routers with 3com, they never call me out for network problems again. This is just another 3com install. Ive used most of there OfficeConnect products, and I cant say enough good things about them. Cons: wasn't free. Other Thoughts: Absolutely ROCK SOLID, yea 3com... Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Paladin252 Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	7/31/2008 10:38:52 AM Perfect cheap wired router Pros: small, cheap, 3com brand, solid firmware, zero drops, responsive, good warranty. Cons: not gigabit. Other Thoughts: This thing works awesome. have a small customer lounge in the office that is seperate from our network. have different users in and out every day and not a single drop. quicker routing than the cheaper D brand we had in there before. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
PC_Mark Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	7/24/2008 12:51:39 PM Good Connection & DHCP Pros: Solid speed and few disconnects even with default settings. Rock Solid DHCP Cons: none yet possibly except for color(if that really matters) Other Thoughts: Good web based mgmt tool. Runs in a 20 person office. Would buy another if and when wireless is not needed. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
tremendotron Tech Level: high Ownership: less than 1 day This user purchased this item from Newegg	6/29/2008 2:50:44 PM VPN doesn't work with Mac, also locks up Pros: Initial setup was the best I've experienced of any consumer router. I was completely happy with the defaults -- UPnP off, external ping disabled, etc., etc. Cons: I bought this router for the VPN capability. It supports IPSec, IPSec with L2TP, and PPTP. The only thing I could get to work with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard was PPTP without encryption, which is useless. Also, after an hour of playing with the settings, attempting to access the device's log via the web admin console would crash it. It would still route, but the admin console would be inaccessible until I power-cycled the router. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	6/7/2008 10:38:37 AM Pros: Stable, economical router for the home or small office. Has worked flawlessly right out of the box using factory default settings (I changed only the password). No issues with dropped connections and seems to handle high traffic volume effortlessly. Cons: None Other Thoughts: If you can follow instructions this unit is a breeze to set-up. The large number of options allow this router to be configured for almost any scenario however most installations will work perfectly with factory defaults. Newegg rocks! 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	5/11/2008 12:41:42 PM fast, reliable Pros: 6 months of continual use, no problems at all, noticeably faster than my old router Cons: configuring it can be a little tricky 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
prey Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	3/16/2008 8:27:24 PM officeconnect; aye Pros: yar, lots of options and settings to dig through, some even i didnt have a clue about until i looked them up. Cons: twas sad password only supports max 12 characters. Had some issues where it wouldnt share my connection until twas handing out dhcp addresses, i initially wanted static addresses. firewall lets everything outbound by default. looked like there was limit of how many rules one could set. Other Thoughts: tis my first router have set up, took 2 hours; aye on box it says typical setup less than 15 mins. 2 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
pilfjd Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	2/5/2008 8:51:41 PM Good router Pros: Stable. Easy to setup. Fast. We are on a tight budget at my company so I bought 3 of these routers for our critical application which uses 100% of our bandwidth and makes hundreds of new outbound connections per second. I've had one become unresponsive and needed a power cycle in order to come back up, but I believe it happened because we had a bad power outage the night before. I hope it never happens again, both the power outage and the unresponsive router thing. Cons: User interface. The administrator password timeout for the web admin interface is strange. Sometimes, I'll accidentally close my broser window and get locked out for the admin password timeout period, so don't set it so high. Other Thoughts: The router seems a little on the flimsy side, but so far has held up to some rough physical usage. DHCP and DNS functions seem ok, but we have a separate DHCP and DNS linux server on our LAN that we use internally, so I haven't used the DHCP/DNS router's features extensively 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Chip Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/28/2008 3:26:45 PM Not so good Pros: A little heavy. Nice color. Cons: Everything. This router simply can't handle several connections and would not work as I had bought it to. Other Thoughts: I bought this drive for a hotel setup. I wanted to connect this to FOUR 25 port switches. Each switch went to a hotel room. There are about 60 rooms and some go to front desk and the business area. Overall, there are 80 connections, but not all are used at the same time. Well, once I set it up with my laptop to test it, it worked great. This router simply could not handle the load and refused to assign an IP address. If I manually assigned one it would work, but that was impractical for a hotel setting where people attach their own laptops. All in all, this is a bad router. #3COM is a great company and for their great products, only the absurdly expensive ones are great. In the end, I attached a D-Link DIR-655 and it assigned IP addresses great and also had enough power (with the add on antenna) to cover the entire motel area! 1 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
gary431 Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/21/2008 5:06:33 PM Dont waste your money! Pros: Looks good. Nice lights. Cons: Poor documentation. The most difficult registration I have EVER encountered(Good luck!) It arrived with a broken Power supply(Which I had to replace). I had a very difficult time trying to set this up, which I could not do successfully. Customer support is nonexistent! Customer support gave me the telephone number of an outside technician who wanted to charge $350.00 for a half hour of support! Other Thoughts: 3Com is not interested in consumer products. They are not set up to help consumers.I will NEVER buy a 3COM product again. I will sell this and buy a Linksys WRT54GL.Do you want to buy a used router? Newegg has wonderful service. 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
scmp Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	1/13/2008 11:48:47 AM Great router Pros: Who would have know that such an inexpensive router could work so well...? Got two of them, one installed in the US and the other one overseas, a VPN tunnel between them. These things just work, never need to reboot them, very good throughput. Cons: Wish they had AES encryption for IPSec tunnel but I knew this before I got them. 3DES max. For AES I would have had to go with either expensive business class routers or with linksys, netgear and dlink that need to be rebooted once a day. Other Thoughts: Also, DDNS works fine. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Dan-O Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/7/2008 6:33:08 PM RMA'd Amost Immediately Pros: Looks good, 3COM Brand... Cons: Worked for about an hour, second boot worked intermittent, reboot again and....nothing! Other Thoughts: Got a quick RMA from Newegg and kicked it out the front door! Very disappointed w/3COM and didn't take a chance ordering another. Had to purchase a different brand locally to get the network back up and no service calls since! 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Pres Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/6/2008 4:15:31 PM Disconnectivity Pros: The web based configuration interface. Cons: Some websites pull up fine, generally those that are rather simple in nature. When I try to view pages that are more sophisticated / larger in the amount of data that must be transferred, I get no connectivity. For instance, google.com and yahoo.com pull up fine. When I try to view google maps (zooming in and out), or looking at multiple Youtube videos, the connectivity ceases. I tried using multiple NICs as well. As a final troubleshooting step, I hooked my computer straight up to my cable modem which has a downstream rate of around 10-20 MBPS. The disconnectivity and problems I had before ceased to exist. This is my first time buying a 3com product as well as my last. I wish Buffalo's lawsuit would get settled so they'd put the WHR-HP-G54 wireless routers back on the market. Other Thoughts: I see many good reviews here, and a few bad ones. Maybe there was just a bad batch of these or something? Also, I had ordered two of these. I troubleshot using both of them. Same problem for both. 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Fox Tech Level: high Ownership: more than 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/26/2007 3:44:51 PM Stable & Solid Pros: Very easy to setup process. A networking novice can set them up with no headaches. Unlike other routers, I did not have to run a setup program from a cd-rom on my computer just to configure this router. Simply plug in all the required cat5 cables into their correct ports, plug in the power adapter, fire up a web browser and go to the IP Address listed in the instruction manual. It's really that easy! These 3Com routers are stable, solid and easy to configure. Great choice! Cons: None so far. I've only had to restart it once (actually power it down) in seven months and that was because I moved the router to another room. Other Thoughts: I've had no trouble lan gaming and bittorrenting/P2Ping using these routers. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
small Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/23/2007 12:23:15 PM very disappointed Pros: Works until you start P2P client Cons: When P2P is started connection will go down - sometimes immediately, sometimes in several minutes, sometimes in an hour Other Thoughts: So disappointed in 3com. Always thought it is a good brand-name. No more!!! 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
dStoli Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/22/2007 2:52:35 PM Best in it's Class Pros: It works well. Just plug it in and your ready to go. Easy to set up and has good features. I placed this router in front of my WAP to take care of the NAT and SPI. Was a breeze to set up. My speed increased 100+ kbps. I'm very happy with this router. Cons: I only use this for the basics. Look to other reviews for it's weakness. I like to load it up with multiple downloads and it takes all I throw at it. News/http/irc/ftp/ all work great! Solid performer! Other Thoughts: Newegg Rocks! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/18/2007 7:06:01 PM Pros: Installation required little configuration, better thruput than i had, configuration software is fairly straightforward. Cons: none yet Other Thoughts: I recently purchased a netgear router to replace my old failing linksys, never could get it to connect to the internet. As always, Newegg handled the problem quickly and easily and sent me the 3com. I always feel confident dealing with Newegg...I think thats saying alot. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
fdunn3 Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/13/2007 4:55:37 PM Fast and Very Flexible Pros: Very fast throughput. Excellent Setup. Works right out of the box. Intuitive web interface. Cons: Doesn't have a print server built in. Other Thoughts: I have owned another 10/100 router that has a parallel server built in that I use constantly so when I bought this it was because I was having problems with my old one (turned out to be the power brick, bought another) so after I fixed the old one I was hesitant to install the 3Com. I'm glad I did because the throughput was instantly noticable, I went from 500KB/s to about 800KB/s! I configured my old router for the same local IP range and connected them together Local to Local and I am able to use the old one as the print server. SWEET Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
mercblue281 Tech Level: high Ownership: more than 1 year	12/12/2007 1:31:58 PM Wonderful Router Pros: Simple, relatively inexpensive (compared to professional routers), DURABLE. Cons: none, except i bought it so long ago i'm not even sure i got it from the egg Other Thoughts: This router has been serving me without hiccup for like 4 years. Kudos to 3com for manufacturing a product that actually does what its supposed to and lasts a decent amount of time. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
NetDoctor Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/8/2007 5:48:32 AM Great Home Router Pros: This router is well made and easy to set up. I had it working in 10 minutes - just plugged it into my cable modem and configured it. Cons: None Other Thoughts: For the money, this router is the best. If you have not taken Cisco classes or cannot afford Cisco gear this is the best SOHO option by far. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
mistshadow2k4 Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/6/2007 1:25:27 PM Never buying from 3com again Pros: None. Cons: When it connected to the settings control -- which was very rarely, it usually failed -- it couldn't set up my network. I called 3com for support and the person on the line just completely refused to help me outright. I've never seen anything like this. I've spent 2 weeks trying to get this thing to work, because of the glowing reviews it got here, and now I'm not sure I can even get my money back, from the way the support talked. Other Thoughts: Hope 3com enjoys the HORRIBLE reputation they're about get on slashdot, digg and reddit. 0 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Zack Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/25/2007 2:38:10 AM Great Pros: Lots of features, very reliable, better than anything I have tried for under $200 Cons: NONE. Other Thoughts: I put this into an office that kept loosing connectivity. They were using a NetGear and before that a TrendNet, both did the same thing. This fixed the problem. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Slakky Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/21/2007 12:58:14 AM Great Router Pros: Well built, great interface, holds up under heavy use, enough throughput to saturate a 9 Mbps link. Cons: It has lots of half implemented toy features. This router still does more and better than anything in its class, but if I was expecting everything listed on the box done well I might be mad. Other Thoughts: Don't set the admin login timeout very high. If your connection is cut while you're working on it and the timeout is 99 minutes, you won't be able to log back in for 99 minutes. 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
GP Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/16/2007 9:03:05 PM Works Great! Pros: Have had it several months now. Works great, stable, and I achieve very high transfer speeds with my cable modem. Nice firewall and config options too. Cons: None. 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
TI99 Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/1/2007 8:56:54 AM Best Router in Price Range Pros: Just plug & play right out of the box Cons: none Other Thoughts: Never drops connections like my old router did. Newegg dilivered it in megabit speed! 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
DJRock Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/31/2007 10:35:01 AM Great Wired Router Pros: It worked flawlessly right out of the box. The only thing I changed was the password. The default settings were exactly what I wanted. The unit is constructed more solidly than most of the routers in this class on the market. After running DSL Reports’ speed tests, my cable download connection speed doubled from 3mbs to 6mbs compared to my previous wired router. Cons: None. Other Thoughts: Thanks to all the reviewers who took time to evaluate this router before me. Those reviews greatly influenced my choice, so this is my good review to add to the collection. The 3com 3CR858-91 replaced my six or seven year old DLink DI-604. The DLink performed well, but in its old age it began to periodically loose connection, take excessively long times to reconnect, and eventually stopped connecting altogether. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
geekinVT Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/17/2007 4:22:31 AM outperforms Pros: Excellent performance, small size, flexible and functional interface for all types of users. Applying settings is quick and reliable, where other brands take a long time. Hasn't lost connection ever. Cons: The "block list" (good for parental control) is limited to a total of 30 (max) keyword/URL entries. The user defined "schedule" for restrictions has no ability to do "overnight shifts" (example: 9pm-7am) or "double shifts" (example: 7-9am AND 6-7pm each day) If you use a router for administrative functions, this can be a bit limiting... but I haven't seen a router yet that shines in this area. Other Thoughts: I bought this brand because the company I serve uses 700 3com hubs, with nearly zero failures. I'm NOT disappointed. I suggest reading the user's manual from the 3com website before buying, you'll find that this unit will be all you need for a wired 4 port router. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/11/2007 5:36:58 PM Pros: works superbly. easy set up, i was online within minutes. updating the firmware was quick and simple. absolutely fantastic support. had a small issue with registration, they were on it immediately, overnight and on a weekend. i'll be staying with 3com for a long time. Cons: setting up an account with them to register your product was a bit different than what i'm used to. Other Thoughts: i can't think of a better router for the money. definitely well worth it. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: average Ownership: less than 1 day	10/7/2007 8:43:45 AM Pros: anyone know if this works under windows xp x64? Cons: windows xp x64? 0 out of 12 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Pete. Tech Level: somewhat low Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/13/2007 3:18:18 PM Very happy Pros: Worked fine right out of the box. Cons: Some of the instructions had screens different from my HP d4650y with Windows XP, which was a little confusing to me. Other Thoughts: Thanks to all the reviewers who helped me choose this router to replace my 7 year old Linksys BEFSR41 router that was acting up. Lots of used Linksys routers on #Bay. No used 3com routers on eBa#. That says a lot to me. Thanks Newegg for hosting the reviews and for your excellent service. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
twicethebullets Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/5/2007 2:45:34 PM Pretty Good Overall Pros: Setup this for a small office. Web setup is pretty str8 forward and works... Cons: none Other Thoughts: You get to use the 3com name for cheap 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/4/2007 11:10:21 AM Stable, reliable, robust Pros: Easy installation, easy configuration and set-up, very stable. Zero (as in none) resets since it was installed. Good throughput to 3mbs cable. Cons: None for a home or small office. Would consider a larger enterprise router for larger installations (> 20 users). Other Thoughts: Replaced a ^&$%&* Linksys router with this router. Couldn't be happier. We use it with four wired computers and two wireless access points with 4 to 8 additional wireless users. Not sure how many more users we can pile on it, but it just keeps on chugging along without skipping a beat. We use s separate gigabit switch so can't judge the LAN switching performance. 1 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
AZ Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	8/20/2007 9:42:58 PM Best Router I Owned Pros: Most Reliable, Great Throughput, plus built-in VPN. Cons: Documentation is weak. Other Thoughts: I purchased the 3Com after reading the 5-egg ratings on here. You guys are right, thanks! It is the most reliable router I ever owned. I have Linksys, Netgear, Zonet, and Trendnet routers. They are now being used as switch hubs through out my house. The 3Com has no downtime or periodical reset needed like the others. Highly recommended! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
shado Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	8/16/2007 5:48:17 PM Great router Pros: This is actually the first router i owned. I've just been connecting using my roommates router and this tops their linksys by far. Using the internet is faster than the linksys. Though i don't have a wireless card so i don't know how wireless performs on this router. As soon as i plugged it up, it worked without me having to do anything...as long as your computer was wired for cable internet in the past. Very thin and sleek. It also has slots at the back if you want to hang it on the wall. Cons: none Other Thoughts: a very great buy. always thought linksys was fast, but this is faster. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	8/5/2007 8:10:52 AM Maybe I got a bad one? Pros: good interface, solid construction Cons: Took forever to set up. Connections kept dropping out. Takes a bunch of resets to get things back online. It was a pain to register with 3com just to upgrade firmware. Didn't help. 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	7/27/2007 12:36:47 AM Pros: This is probably one of the best out of the box routers you can get, particularly from a VPN standpoint. That being said, it's also very easy to use. Cons: Had to upgrade the software in order to get everything working properly, but it wasn't difficult. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
hpractv Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	6/26/2007 8:59:15 AM Simple & Reliable Pros: Price, dependability, quality Cons: Documentation Other Thoughts: It's been a good router so far. I wish the DHCP were more of an enterprise quality as far as static assignment and multi-subnet assignment. I suppose I shouldn't complain, though it is a really good router especially when you take relative cost into account. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Robert Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	6/14/2007 5:22:52 PM Very Happy Pros: Significantly faster (+15%) than my old D-Link...excellent and highly detailed documentation...easy-to-use web interface, with gobs of options...inexpensive...a winner! Cons: None so far. Other Thoughts: I'd previously purchased another 3Com device and was quite happy; this router worked perfect right-out-of-the box. Nicer feature set (VPN) than most. Did I mention the really, REALLY great documentation? 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
SaSH Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	6/14/2007 8:54:23 AM Very Nice Pros: Stable, User friendly, nice featureset, great price, SPI does not affect throughput Cons: none Other Thoughts: I was looking for something that would future proof me for a long time to come like I thought one of the Gigabit routers would, but it was way to flakey. This 3com router is rock solid and should give me a few more years. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
billgm42 Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	5/22/2007 7:13:31 PM Works perfect Pros: Works perfect - no dropouts. Never needs reboot. Easy setup. Cons: None. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Coyote Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	4/29/2007 6:51:24 PM Router Rocks Pros: Got this router because it would support multiple VPN IPSEC pass through sessions at the same time. Does just that and is easy to set up. Excellent product. As always NewEgg delivered in record time. Don't know how they do it, but NewEgg rocks too. Cons: none 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Taelon Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	3/18/2007 8:58:53 PM Now this is quality Pros: Easy setup (CD not always necessary), clear and concise instructions, comes with everything you need (power supply and short RJ45 cable). Great build quality and very reliable. Cons: None I can think of. Other Thoughts: I love this router.... came down to deciding between this one and a LinkSys, but picked the 3Com based on previous reviews. I'm glad I did - I never owned a router before and was worried that it would break half my Internet apps (particularly P2P as well as the online virtual world "Second Life"), but it turns out that only minimal reconfigurations were needed to my two PCs. The router? Plug it in, fire it up and it just... works. Great web interface as well, quite comprehensive and with useful context-sensitive help. Way to take away my fear of routers and help me get rid of my aging software firewall, 3Com! Highly recommended! :-) 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Alouicious Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	3/7/2007 3:54:18 PM Incredible Pros: I love it! Setup was simple as plugging it in(I didn't install any software). I have comcast 6Mb cable, and this router actually improved my internet speed. And of course, my connection is much more secure now, since it has lots of great security features. It even works with P2P with no configuration adjustments! Cons: None Other Thoughts: For the price, I haven't seen one that's better. 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
steve18080 Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	2/9/2007 10:04:32 AM nice Pros: Works great. Been using it for a few months, and during that time, I have not had to power it off once for a reboot (like with linksys or netgear routers) No hicups, hasnt dropped connections, etc. Cons: A few bugs in the firmware that haven't been updated yet when doing some advanced stuff (like content filtering or remotely setting up port forwards) Other Thoughts: For the price, It is well worth it, and beats the heck out of a cheaper consumer router....Ive been recommending this to everyone i know looking for a good router 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
dstone Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/18/2007 1:55:46 PM Quality Product Pros: Very nice build quality, made my old Linksys feel like a toy. VPN support is a great bonus to have in a router at this price. Haven't had so much as a hiccup out of this thing after a week's worth of heavy use. Cons: Router setup user interface needs some work. Other Thoughts: The setup is not all that user-friendly and takes a little getting used to coming from a Linksys, but overall a quality product. Hopefully this thing will live up to my expectations (doing a spectacular job so far). 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
alex Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/29/2006 4:58:33 PM Nice Pros: Vpn, price, quality Cons: none 1 out of 5 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!