Pros: see below

Cons: see below

Overall Review: This is an UPDATE to my 2/24/2012 12:19:49 AM review: after a few e-mail exchanges and some testing on my part, Rosewill replaced the defective adapter under warranty (with ZERO hassles) and didn't even require that I mail the defective wireless adapter back to them - that's the kind of customer service that creates loyalty and needs to be recognized. I upgraded my original review from 2 eggs to 4 eggs accordingly.

Pros: easily visible network activity LED, sturdy body, robust antenna design

Cons: manufacturing or quality control issues ?

Overall Review: it worked well for 6 months, before randomly disconnecting without any symptoms. continued use is only possible via a PC reboot, which re-enables the adapter until the next random disconnect. uninstalling/reinstalling the drivers (Windows 7 PRO x64) didn't resolve the random disconnects.

Pros: ASUS routers have typically had nice lines, but the wedge/chiseled look of these black RT-N series routers go beyond that. The feature sets are extensive, and yet the web-based GUI typically has a slow refresh time. I'm obviously unable to comment on performance at this point.

Cons: I received this beauty (a Christmas gift) D.O.A..

Overall Review: Of all the ASUS products I've ever purchased and used (MANY - Laptops, LCD monitors, Routers, Wireless Adapters, Mobos), this is actually the first DUD I've ever received - KUDOS to ASUS' engineering and QA peeps! Time to see how ASUS' Customer Support peeps support a loyal, long time customer. I'm looking forward to updating this review afterward, hopefully adding eggs for the replacement router's performance and KUDOS for ASUS' Customer Support.