A friend recently picked this up (actually the RB951G-2HnD which is a Gigabit ethernet version of the same). Signal strength/range improved dramatically out of the box. He's now getting approx 2 signal bars in places where even repeaters would not reach. However the throughput is pretty bad. In close quarters to the router he gets an okayish 6~10Mbps, but further away it drops to sub 100Kbps.