Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I bought the product taking for granted that linksys would not be touting openWRT support if there wasn't in fact openWRT support. How wrong was I. Here are my initial thoughts on the router: Pros: Best build quality of a consumer router I've ever seen. Router sports a large passive heat sink with an active fan. The fan I presume only activates under load as it appears to be off during normal operation and the unit silent. The hardware specs are fantastic with a 1.2Ghz dual core arm CPU. The design itself is really a great reboot on the WRT54G classic. Cons: Classic case of Linksys over promising and under delivering. There is no openWRT support or support for any other open-source firmware project despite the company touting this as a major feature over their cheaper AC1900 offering. The support rep also tells me that flashing openWRT will void your hardware warranty which makes little sense for a product that is "designed" to be used with open firmware. Linksys has a developer API that is closed to the public. Company's can develop apps (for their standard firmware) by applying through the linksys developer page. Right now there are only two apps (on the play store) available that allow you to control basic router functionality. This could have a been a great opportunity (albeit missed) to allow users to stick with the base firmware and augment functionality through downloadable apps made possible through an open API. The base firmware is incredibly basic and fails to take advantage of the hardware in any meaningful way. Lack of VPN support is my biggest gripe. Their base web UI keeps crashing despite being upgraded to the latest Linksys firmware. This locks you out both through their mobile phone app as well as through a direct Ethernet connection to the router requiring reboots. Buying this router right now is the equivalent to owning a Ferrari without wheels. Other thoughts: Wait until open-source support actually materializes for this router and then pick it up for presumably less money.