iknowhowtofixit :
Linksys is a disposable router brand for home consumers. Compromised firmware + inadequate hardware. Why waste $250 dollars on junk?
The thing is that these days one can't trust the word of the fellow user since everyone has an awful experience against all brands. For instance you say Linksys is junk. I say Netgear is a POS, since I bought a Netgear N900 and it was worthless with horrible QoS and it reboots constantly and just yesterday I disconnected it and plugged back my old D-Link Dir-655. To me D-Link is a reliable brand, to others its junk and so on, so on.
Best solution is just to stress the shit out of any router you buy and return ASAP if it doesn't meet expectations.