I've had a pair of them for my boys for the last few years and never had any issues. I've been happy with them. I bought them because they were cheaper than the 10/22.
I have a gateway from Comcast and run my own router off of it. Mine worked though but I still turned bridge mode on. My understanding is that both devices are routers and trying to assign IP's. By putting it in bridge mode only your router will do that. I'm not a IT guru by any stretch of the...