I purchased this router (not from Amazon) about 6 months ago when my 5-year-old, very reliable, router died. I purchased it locally and someone came out and installed it. I have had numerous problems with this router since then. It does not stay connected and there is actually no option for "always on." After having some other problems, I took it back and the vendor upgraded the firmware. After that, it lost the setup information twice and the info had to be re-entered. Then today, after being instructed to reset the router, it got stuck in a mode where it only wanted a firmware upgrade (there was no apparent way out of this). So, I obtained the upgrade and according to the router message, it was updated successfully. After that, I could not get the router to work at all. I gave up and ordered an entirely different router (the same brand that I has used before with tremendous success). My summary - save yourself time and aggravation and don't buy the Linksys WRT54G.