Microsoft MN-700 802.11g Base Station

[AlwaysUp]

I am super satisfied with the performance and ease of setting up of this wireless router/base station. It also has 4 ports for hardwired FastEthernet. I have two desktops Cat5 cabled and one desktop with a PCI wireless adapter, the MN-730. Most of the time data transmission is at full 54mbps speed with and occasional dip to low 40's. All PC's share cable internet connection and I cannot discern any difference from the wired PC's compared to the wireless performance wise. The Network Admistration interface is very slick and easy to use. I highly recommend to those who want to webcam using MSN Messenger. I had a Linksys router setup prior to this migration to wireless and I never could get both audio and video during webcam sessions. I guess Microsoft did a little product development to make this as easy to set up and it shows.

[glc]

The reason it's so easy to set up is the bloated software you have to install.

[AlwaysUp]

Pretty cliche term...bloated. Why are you dumping on it? You dislike the product? I'd take bloat and function anyday over slim and impossible to set up. I spent over a year researching what ports to forward with that Linksys rig and (don't get me wrong, Linksys makes good stuff) but I must have tried suggested remedy after suggested setup configuration and never could get both audio and video. This reason alone makes me respectfully disagree with you on ths one GLC.