Buffalo Tech AIRSTATION 54MBPS WIRELES-CABLE/DSL ROUTER ( WYR-G54 )

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Summary: Japanese Firmware???!!!
Review: I'd always wanted to try Buffalo because their products are often highly rated. When the WYR-G54 was introduced last September, Buffalo seemed to be saying that they were willing to design, produce and support an inexpensive ($30-$60), no-nonsense 54Mbs router based on proven technology at a time when most other companies are debuting high-speed, proprietary card/router combos. I took the plunge this week. When I initially plugged in the WYR-G54 everything looked great, all the hardware worked like a charm despite a shoddy packing job by Amazon.com. Unfortunately my router's configuration page was entirely in japanese rather than english. I called Buffalo tech support and it took them about 15 seconds to confirm that the router had been shipped with Japanese rather than English firmware and needed to be returned. The lack of suprise on the part of Buffalo tech support lead me to believe that this my router might not be an isolated incident. Despite my initial impressions regarding Buffalo's commitment to the WYR-G54, it is likely the case that this router is a low-priority within the company (see some of the remarks on broadbandreports.com). At any rate I'm returning my WYR-G54 to amazon (thank god they have a liberal return policy) and hoping to land a good deal on something equivalent by linksys or motorola.