Nice little video but the details are quite lacking. You seem upset that Linksys doesn't have blinking lights or a good wizard setup utility... which I find amusing if you're a technician. I am not even a tech, but I would never use a wizard setup program on any product, linksys or netgear or asus, etc. Those utilities in general are always for the lazy who don't really know what they're doing, and probably shouldn't be doing it.
As far as indicator lights, I have never seen a router that doesn't indicate if the LAN port is connected, at very least on the back near the port itself. As far as any other lights, I never use them. Ping the router if you want to know if its alive and connected.
To me, a router with a good antenna array and ability to take a DDWRT firmware package is what I look for. And if I know there will be many users on it, a faster processor always helps.
Your post seems to have been directed toward me in an attempt to antagonize me. Which would have been better placed in a private message.
Sorry to dissapoint you but it is not me in the video, simply someone else who has also had multiple negative experiences with the quality provided by linksys in comparison to netgear in 2012.
I am however an A+ certified technician of 13 years.
The general home end user simply wants to plug in and play, which generally entails using the setup wizard. Most of which don't know what ping is or does. They have other things to do than to learn how computers work. Moreover flashing to a modified firmware like DD-WRT or Tomato. I too prefer DD-WRT but wouldn't recommend someone with little technical knowledge to attempt flashing to it as it can result in bricking the router, some of which are not recoverable.
I am simply trying to save the OP from the same disappointment by encouraging them to read the reviews to see what they are actually buying. Rather than blindly following a recommendation of "quality product" from a company that has a proven track record for producing low quality products for the past few years. With that said Netgear has a proven track record of providing horrible technical support, leading up to charging you for phone support after 90 days after purchasing the product.
I believe Netgear is trying to focus more on enterprise/small business products with licensed support having purchased several UTM 150 Firewalls.