Love the load balancing option, though I haven't used it yet.

(A better option will cost around 40 times more)CONS1

No hiccups and this device has a great firewall options

There are many advanced options available, most of which they typical home user does not need.

It has a nice option to block keywords in URL's for specific computers, but it identifies the computers by IP address instead of MAC address.

Understand that since there are no wireless options available on it, you will need to turn your existing router into a Wireless Access Point and plug it into one of the 4 ports on the TP-Link.

5-port Load Balance Broadband Router is not the cheapest or smallest wired router option I could have purchased, but it simply ROCKS

It was very easy to setup, and I'm still playing around will all the other options and tools available in the routers software

Old tech (but it still works for what most home users want)SO, if you find yourself battling slower connections at home that are over-utilized, it may be a better option to use more than one connection, rather than emptying your wallet on the high end connections offered by some ISPs.

Many routers have that option available in their settings.

In going wired, this was an affordable option

Setup was super simple and the failover option is great as is the policy based routing and traffic limits

This thing gives you many options for NAT, Virtual Servers, AIG, VLANs (per port on switch), session limiting, bandwidth limiting, traffic priorities, as well as various IP management options.

, 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).

All is working as I