Mangusta1969,
Sorry about the real estate woes.
I don't want to pry but assume you lent someone funds (ie "be careful whom you lend to" comment) and the real estate that was used as collateral was re-possessed when they defaulted on the overall loan.
Anyway, I hope it worked out as well as possible under the circumstances.
No worries re. the firewall.
I checked the forums a few times previously, including last week, and saw a few threads asking about it but did not see much feedback.
I will post there if I decide to get it.
In the meantime, I submitted an RMA for my Zyxel NBG5715 but am keeping the three extra 8dBi antennae I bought (not worth returning due to the restocking fee, initial shipping and return shipping that would be incurred representing a good percentage of the purchase price.
I also plan to keep them to try with the Ubiquiti or other wireless device that has external antenna connections).
The main thing that has made me hesitate to get the AP-N till now is the fact that it does not offer 5 GHz.
Aside from that, I am very happy with the stability of my E4200 (the E4200's built-in firewall is a bonus relative to the AP-N but not a show stopper) and now that I have the RE1000 range extender, I get great signal strength throughout the house (4 bars even on the absolute furthest possible point relative to the router).
I have not needed to reboot my E4200 (aside from firmware upgrades of course) and my wireless connection almost never drops even after hours of playing online games that report even a poor connection to the peer servers as a "disconnect" (as evidenced when using my prior router). I have gone weeks (or even a month) without a disconnect.
[NOTE - Even without the RE1000 I am able to connect to the network with high link rates, albeit with a weak signal, from those tough spots. I just feel more comfortable when the signal strength is higher to ensure better wireless link stability].
Since I only use my network for internet and streaming, and not copying large files, I don't mind if the range extender is cutting throughput.
My link speeds are actually what they were before adding the range extender, perhaps since I have a mixed network (thanks to one G device - Logitech Squeezebox Boom) which by default is limited to a maximum of 150 Mbps anyway.
It would be nice if some manufacturer came out with a concurrent dual band router like the E4200 (in terms of performance) with external antennae for the far reaches of the house.
The Zyxel does not seem to be that product (I should note that the Zyxel ships with dual band antennae and that I used 2.4 GHz antennae - I don't know if that matters since I only tested 2.4 GHz anyway, unless the typical after-market external antenna is more geared to wireless G (most of the reviews seems to be by users of wireless G devices).
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