After changing the "rule" everything worked like a charm!In addition to liking the fail-safe feature, this router never requires a reboot after any configuration changes, you just click "Save" and it's done.

Those two features are completely broken, (or partly broken.. load balancing will work, but sporadically and if one connection goes down, every connection goes down.. what a joke, ASUS).

Advanced features on a budget.

However, it does offer some form of QoS, DoS defense, user/group connection/bandwidth limits, and other such features that could be used to set up an access point for hotel guests or coffee shops, for example, without requiring another router behind this one

Super fast router with many desirable features.

It has some great features and policies to prioritize traffic

Works fine when it works and has good user control features, but is less than useless if it has to be frequently rebooted or power cycled.

Simply connect the 2 DSL modems to this and voila!The unit automatically balances between 2 WANs, but has options for other nifty features

There is a very robust feature set for a device at this price price

Nice feature set

Really easy to setup, stable, etc.4 stars because it lacks VPN features that I wanted

I like the features and purchased it to have multiple providers, but stability is horrible even under 1 provider.

Those two features are completely broken, (or partly broken.. load balancing will work, but sporadically and if one connection goes down, every connection goes down.. what a joke, ASUS).

After changing the "rule" everything worked like a charm!In addition to liking the fail-safe feature, this router never requires a reboot after any configuration changes, you just click "Save" and it's done.

For something so inexpensive this is one feature packed easy to configure device

everything worked as it should initially

This router was very easy to configure for both the normal settings of any router as well as the fail-safe settings unique to this model.

, I pass on the following to anyone wishing to use their TL-R470T+ in its fail-over (Link Backup) mode (as opposed to Load Balancing mode).