I have a LinkSys router and I've found the brand to be extremely reliable. The important thing with a cable modem or other broadband modem is that it has to be compatible with your service provider's system. I know Comcast specifies which brands of modems you can use with their system and recently I had to replace my TEN YEAR OLD but still functioning USRobotics cable modem because Comcast was no longer going to support whatever the technology was for this old modem. Joan In a message dated 5/8/2010 10:43:35 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hello List, I am having problems with my modem which is a USRobotics brand. I went to Best Buy this morning to purchase a new one but all they had were DynaLink and LinkSys. I purchased the LinkSys EtherFast 10/100. I have never used one of these before and would like to hear from the Listers as to whether this is a reliable modem. Also, how reliable is the DynaLink? It is 10.00 cheaper than the EtherFast. My problem with the USR is, when the problem error message comes up, I have to reboot the computer. Lloyd