A third party extended warranty might be worth considering. As a manufacturer refurbished unit, this one came with a steeply discounted price tag and a short warranty period. Performance seems to be at least as good as my old WiFi router and the signal reaches the far end of the house, even though this unit lacks any external antennae. Once I got through that little hurdle, I was able to log in under either operating system. Without the dual boot capability, I would have been stuck with an unsecured network. Fortunately, it's a dual boot system, so I was able to boot into Windows 10 and run that version of the software to set up network security. Physical setup took just a few minutes but running the software setup was a bit more complicated because I have an older Mac and the minimum MacOS X system software is 10.6, which my machine doesn't run. My cable provider wanted $12 a month to add WiFi to my account, which made this device very cost effective indeed, considering it will have essentially paid for itself in about six weeks.
