( 16 reviews )
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Posted: Jun 12 2009
This product has great features and easy setup, along with plenty of ports to connect to (8) which is especially good for a home network with lots of connections. Problem is that the interface seems buggy and sometimes the system does not respond to changes (i.e. mac address access list additions) without rebooting. Sometimes the wireless network drops out entirely. Not too often, but often enough for me to look for another more stable solution. I'm doing web development from home and have vonage ip phone where a stable internet connection is a must. This review is based on the v2 version of the product.
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Posted: May 17 2009
This is a top performer, I will recommend this item to anyone looking for hi performance and reliability, this is also backed by the great tech support and warranty.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Dec 6 2008
Poor experience with this product - it proved to be extremely unreliable. Setup was quick with the documentation provided including handling fixed IP addresses and the wireless setup including security was painless. However in operation it was dropping connectivity within a couple of hours requiring a power off and power on cycle. Sometime the wired access would drop and other times the wireless, often both. I spent three + hours on the phone with Netgear technical "pro" support which included shutting off all machines except one and upgrading to the latest firmware with no material improvement after two days of operation. The next step was an RMA and the replacement unit arrived in a couple of days with the same result. As this box could not deliver a reliable connection for the 5 laptops, 1 desktop, 1 server, Airtunes and a Print Server - I replaced it with the following setup. (1) a Linksys BEF SR41 for the Router and (2) a Linksys WAP 54G for the wireless access point The setup experience was straightforward and the operation since then has been flawless - not a single drop and no re-boots.
