I cannot get a connection. Day after day after day, my connection is constantly going out. Today it took me 20 minutes of unplugging, turning off, re-pluggin, re-turning on, waiting, waiting, and more waiting to FINALLY get a connection. This is rediculous!!!!!

This is the response I get from CISCO online help!
from Mrinmoy (70934) to All Participants:
Well WB , we do not support this file sharing configuration as this is completely depend on the operating system on the network .Please contact your computer vendor they will help you with it . I explained all the below to her.

I have a Win 7 desktop, Win XP SP3 desktop, and a HP Officejet Pro A910N (Win 7, E3000 secure link) hooked directly to the E3000.

I have two other Win XP SP3 desktops and a HP 8500 Pro A909g (Win XP / 7)printer hooked to the E3000 through an Netgear switch.

I can print to any printer from any machine. But, from my XP machines I can not see any XP or Win 7 machines or printer. I can not even see the E3000.

From my Win 7 machine I can see only the A910 and the Win7 desktop itself and the E3000.

Why can I not fileshare? This sucks! When I first got the E3000 up I could see everything. Now, only Win 7 stuff.

This Router Gives Too Much Problems Specially for how Expensive it is.

My network consist of 2 laptops, an xbox 360, a PS3, a 46"Sony LED HDTV w/ wireless connectivity, and Samsung Blu-ray player also w/ the same.

Well, long story short, I can never use none of this appliance at the same time, because the router will ALWAYS drop the connection NON-STOP until I shut one of them off or disconnect them from the router. This is the most disappointing and/or annoying router I've had.

I always go for the best, so that I can get the best and save myself the huge amounts of headaches and anger that this router has caused me. I have the best DSL plan from my internet company, so I don't know if this just too much for their "top of the line" router at the time, but I don't think that's the case because when I use it w/ my laptop or xbox only, then 9 out 10 times it works great, but as soon as the 2nd appliance is turned on, then 20 out of 10 times it's just a matter of ends or minutes b4 it starts dropping the connection NON-STOP.The problem is my router and not my modem, because as soon as the router drops the connection to all my devices, I unplug the cable that goes from my modem to my router and connect it directly to either my laptop or xbox and both keep working just fine, if not better than before.

SO AGAIN, THINK Twice B4 you buy.

When I got my E3000, I noticed that the Web-UI was not much improved over I'd seen on my earlier generation Linksys routers. The stock, OOB configuration works, but is a couple beers short of a six-pack. First, as mentioned in other reviews, any change you make in the Web-UI will blow the easy setup stuff out of the water. Second, the stock logging is brain dead, not useful at all. Stock, I'd rate the E3000 as 3 of 5 stars.
When I finally got tired of waiting for Cisco to upgrade the firmware on the E3000, I went looking to see if Tomato would run on it, since I use Tomato on my WRT54Gv4 router, and it is fantastic. The firmware is at TomatoUSB.org.
I finally found TomatoUSB, which takes Tomato as its base and adds all kinds of goodies. It has QOS, USB 1.1 to 2.0 support, with support for FAT32, NTFS and Ext2 & Ext3 file systems. It also supports Samba, FTP, User permissions, *and* printing.
The media serving is good, from what I can tell. My son has not complained about his Xbox 360 on the E3000 as he did with lesser routers. The TomatoUSB developers are beginning to add in IPv6 support, but like lots of routers, this is a work in progress.
The Tomato community has turned an okay router into a superstar from where I see it.

Frustrated as hell.

Replaced my old WRT54G that worked fine for years except for the X-Box 360. With the E3000, X-Box 360 works flawlessly. Nothing else does.

My Dell and HP laptops will not connect regardless of hoops and backflips with settings or using the quick-fix USB setup utility. All of my wired ethernet devices get super internet access but no networking or sharing: need to manually transfer files on USB and then to the computer in the back room where the printers are.
So, the network of three Ethernet Wired computers, three printers and two laptops is useless. But the X-Box works great!

Several days of screwing around, no solutions offered, just endless circles. No ethernet LAN help from Cisco. No help from MicroSoft. Local network is hosed.
Will try to install a regular ethernet hub to get network going again and try the E3000 as an add-on device.

Will probably send it back for refund, try something else.

This is the WORST adapter. It has a built in incompatibility with many computers, yet this fact is not published.

I was advised by linksys to update my adapter to the E series after describing my household and the types of computers we have. I discovered that any computer with the atheros wireless driver was INCOMPATIBLE with this E3000 system. It was too bad for me that I had already purchased this $150 linksys router, and now have no recourse, except to buy another router. I was offered that for another $60 (plus shipping), Cisco would send me an external wireless card for my laptop, but that doesn't solve the problem of other laptops who may need to use this wireless system at the same time. This E series totally doesn't suit my needs, and I am out $150. I believe the manufacturer should have made good and replaced it with a router that would have worked for the multiple laptops we have in our home.

What makes matters worse is that Cisco had known about this incompatibility issue, yet they did not disclose it.

If you use this router OOB (out of box) then it's an 'OK' unit.

The software (Cisco Connect) that provides access to Parental Controls and Scheduling are 'OK'
but they still haven't fixed the schedule/scheduling.
If scheduling is an important feature to you, then this product is NOT FOR YOU.

Once you move into the advanced features of this router you can kiss parental controls and
scheduling good-bye. It ceases to stop working. This is a known problem with Cisco/Linksys and
here is there recommendation, 'Reset your router to default'

It's like they gave the Cisco Connect to one team and the advanced features to another and they never talked during developement.

Hey Cisco/Linksys. Thanks for dropping the ball yet again on this steaming pile.

I WILL be returning it.

I've seen a lot of talk about the set-up cd that came with the E3000 router being worthless. Truth be told I had not one problem setting this router up with the CD. It worked like a charm. Beats trying to find the default code by searching. I recently upgraded from a linksys wrt150-n. The range of my old one was minimal. I constantly had to reset it due to the router failing to put out signal and so on. The E3000 has been amazing. My laptop and PS3 all connect like a charm with a signal strength of 100% and the router is at opposite ends of my house than my computer and PS3. Awesome range and lightning fast speeds. I would definitely buy this one again. If you like great connectivity, fast connections whether for internet browsing or online gaming, this is definitely the one for you. A+

Pros: Looks good and solid without antennas showing .
USB support.
Cons: linksys Get a bit hot.
media server does not support NTFS.
Bottom Line:linksys e3000 Needs to support NTFS files with FAT32 for faster transfer speed and more security.

linksys e3000 review:
Pros: Fast broadcasting. Highly recommended for fast internet connection. good range , I have many walls blocking me from the router and i still have full wireless bars.

Cons: The included setup disk software with linksys e3000 support Windows only, but the installation can be done manually if you can find the default password in the very limited documentation..

Bottom Line: linksys e3000 will meet your needs for sure. I stream HD movies without lag with this dual band router, play games, talk on skype...