Has your Linksys E3000 arrived yet? and have you had time to compare it to your old Belkin? Been thinking about purchasing the 3000.
Yes, it came yesterday, and its all installed and running. The main reason I replaced the Belkin n+ was that I was drowning in cryptic Attack messages in the Security Log recently. The documentation on the Belkin is very poor with respect to the log messages, and their description of the amber blinking security light is completely bogus - so I wasn't able to really get a grasp on whether I should have been panicked, or not. I also didn't like the fact that the Belkin displayed way too much system information in the base screen, which is available without signon or password.
So far, I'm quite happy with the E3000. It has all of the features I wanted, and looks pretty future-proof, with simultaneous dual-band capability. My Droid X automatically activates to the 5 ghz band. I'm getting a bit better signal strength on the 2.4 ghz band to my laptop than I had with the Belkin. The E3000 hasn't shown a single Security Log entry in over 24 hours. I've come to the conclusion that the activity reported by the Belkin was real, but that it represents scanning probe activities by hackers, and that it is unfortunately just business as usual, unavoidable if you are on the web, and that Linksys decided that as long as the router can lock down that activity, what would be the point of reporting every single occurrence? Anyway, that's my theory, and it may be totally bogus, but I'm not going to worry about it until Linksys reports an issue.
I like to use Reserved IP address assignments in the router, rather than fixed addresses in the client, and the Belkin was limited to only 10 addresses. That point was undocumented, and the router didn't make it clear when an attempt was made to add an 11th. I was able to set up 12 addresses on the E3000, which was all I wanted, and I don't know what the limit is. I also like the QOS priority setup. I was able to assign higher priority to more critical channels, like my Cell Extender.
I mounted my E3000 on the wall behind my monitor, so that it doesn't use up valuable desk space. It's easy to see the LED indicators, give the antenna a little more height, and keeps the cable clutter to a minimum. It also runs a bit warm, and I think that vertical arrangement might help to let heat rise away from the unit.
The one oddity with the E3000 is that they provide a CD installation which does help for a quick install, but it isn't completely synced with the browser based access. The CNET review explains this in detail, so I won't try to duplicate that here. It's not a big deal, as long as you understand the interaction, and I don't expect to ever have to go back to the CD anyway.
I have pretty much everything working properly, including security cameras with DynDNS service, a Synology drive, the PCs, the 722 & Sling Adapter, network printers, etc. The only issue left is the second 722, which I can't get to. It looks like it has 2 different IPs tangled up, and I need to power reset it, I think, to resolve it. I'll do it tonight, after my wife is ready to let go of the TV.
The Sling Adapter didn't work for me initially from 3g access. At first, I thought it might require a port forwarding, but after a couple of hours, it started working fine, and has been pretty reliable for the last 24 hours. It's possible there was some kind of network problem going on when I first tried it. I know the problem I had a few days ago cleared itself without me doing anything at all. It's hard to know what really is going on behind the scenes with support of this product, but I guess it's OK to speculate about cause and effect.
Funny thing was that I caught almost identical protests from my wife and my grandson, who each wanted to know why I'm always buying routers. They're right of course, but it's too hard to explain the reasons, except for my concerns about the Security Log issue on the Belkin.
Bottom line is that I'm happy with the E3000.
