This is where they tried to get me to pay to extend my tech support warranty

The price for tech support?

I spent four hours (including 1 on tech support) trying to configure this router just to find out the LAN cable they gave me was broken!Make sure you test the cable they gave you before trying to use it.... gah...

I called tech support

Nothing about it is easy and after fruitless hours of trying to set up a WIRED network (I never even got to the point of trying to configure a wireless network), including worthless tech support from

I then called Cisco's tech support and spent several hours going in circles

I called tech support, had a bad line (perhaps because I had to use my cell as my Vonage was down as I was in the middle of installation).

I got this router because my former Linksys decided to stop working for the billionth time and because Linksys refuses to provide tech support after a year of purchase (less time for other items, BTW)

Most users would not have the expertise and patience to go through tech support the way I did to download a setup version that worked following detailed instructions from tech support

I've never run into this problem setting up a router before, and after a couple hours of troubleshooting, I broke down and called tech support

Tech support advised me to go to an unsecured website from the cz with absolutely no

The tech support woman said she would call back and didn't.

A call to Linksys tech support revealed the "router" was not really a router out of the box.

Now...they would not do anything until I purchased a six month tech support contract.

When I originally called Linksys they told me that I could purchase tech support just to get my old one back up and running for a "one day pass" for thirty dollars

You have to pay for tech support if you bought their junk more than 90 days ago

(they farm out all of their "tech support" to the third-world).Why can't Microsoft or Dell or Intel or any of those big computer companies invent a computer that has: a built-in modem that includes high-speed wireless capabilities, a built-in high-speed router, a built-in digital network adapter, a built-in wireless bridge for Internet-enabled electronics like blu-rays, multiple ethernet ports, and multiple cable ports, multiple DSL/broadband ports, and multiple HDMI ports

They then tried to charge me for tech support again and took me through all the trouble shooting I had already done (everyone I spoke too was not fluent in the English language which made everything harder)

Thought I'd call tech support to help

Stops working and requires reset on a monthly basis, and when contacting customer support, they want me to pay to receive tech support

The outside of the box states that Windows XP SP3 is a minimum system requirement, and Cisco tech support confirmed this

If you have a Netbook without a CD Drive, presumably you'd have to call tech support to do anything