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Summary: Not suitable for cross platform environments
Review: Even though this router is supposedly suitable for PC and Macs both. Don't waste your money. It had to be constantly reset. Dropped connections repeatedly. The tech support line has waits that exceed anything I have ever experienced on any product. Information from them was not helpful to cross platform. They know PCs and nothing else.Get the Linksys wireless for dependable service and good tech support, but you probably won't need the techsupport. Linksys is plug and play. No hassle.
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Summary: poor customer support
Review: Installing wireless networks reminds me of software installs 10-12 years ago. You had to fiddle around with a lot of stuff and things did not work smoothly from the get go. At the first install the MR814 did no seem to "see" my cable modem. Kept asking for a static IP address even though there was none. This is the point where you find out about product support. For me there was none. I tried calling their "7/24" number and was kept on hold till I ran out of patience--twice. Sent them an email and got a standard response asking me to turn everything off and on and reset the router. That failed again and they did not respond to subsequent emails. Finally the powers of Google and user groups came through and I found that I had to reset the cable modem since I had used it with a different router earlier. Since then I have had internet connectivity. But I have been dissatisfied with customer service and would not have minded paying more if that had meant better support.
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Summary: Good to Go
Review: Bought this router along with the Netgear 401 PC card. Easy, easy install, and has worked flawlessly so far. Can use all over my 3000+ sq ft house with a strong signal. Tried to go across the street to the neighbor's, but that must have been too far (the router is in the basement, so it's not the best place for long-distance surfing). I've been at a couple of friends houses with wireless networks and have connected without a hitch as well. I'm vcery pleased - especially for the price. Also working well hard wired into my desktop right near the router.
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Summary: Bad performance bad service
Review: Bought this ... two weeks ago, it is NOT compatible with my Centrino laptop at all. ... I then bought another router D link DI-614+, works perfect with Centrino, 2 times faster than Netgear (tested through MSN.com).
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Summary: You can't beat this for the price
Review: I hava a mac and when I tried to hook it up myself I couldn't get it to work. It had mac instructions, but they may not have been complete enough for a semi-techno idiot. Anyway, I called tech support (no wait time) and they fixed my IP settings and it has worked beautifully ever since. I'm still waiting for my rebate though.
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Summary: Chokes on heavy UDP traffic
Review: I've bought alot of Netgear products in the past, but this is by far the most unreliable piece of network equipment I have ever used (and I work in networking). If you do anything that generates a large number of packets, this router probably won't cope. The router gets overloaded and stops routing any time I send heavy UDP traffic through it over my 1.5Mbit ADSL WAN. Services especially likely to trigger this are UDP-based services such as some file sharing services (like Overnet) or game servers (like Half-Life/Counter-strike). I have applied the latest firmware from Netgear to no avail.
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Summary: Easy setup - great value
Review: I got this is in the mail yesterdya. Spent 5 minutes getting the router up and working with a wired connection to my desktop. Another 10 minutes to get it working with my wireless laptop (an extra 5 minutes due to the fact that my client needed some tweaking).
I was able to browse and get my VPN connection to work without any hassles. My ssh session to work has been up for almost 1.5 hours now and the link quality and signal strenth are very good at a distance of 40 feet from the AP. All in all a very hassle-free experience setting it up. Wish the manual had been printed instead of on CD.
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Summary: Great, simple, not external antenna option
Review: This router is great. Easy to install and use. Works very well. I am using it with an all Macintosh (OS 9 and X) home network and works without a glitch. I am giving it 4 starts because I would like to have the option to add an external antenna to be able to get a better range. Besides that, it's great!
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Summary: Works with SBC DSL -- Easy with wire ... hard with wireless
Review: I had no trouble hooking up my PC accessing SBC DSL using a standard "wire" ethernet connection. However, my "wireless" connection with a Netgear wireless WAB501 card in my Dell Laptop was a pain (and the Laptop and card were not the problem). First I tried the SBC folks, and they flat out would not provide for a router that they didn't provide ... that makes sense since they don't sell it, so I gave Netgear a call. I waited on hold for about 35 minutes (ugh!) and then got excellent support. Over the phone, the support tech guided me through fixing the IP address on my wireless laptop, Gateway and all that (as opposed to obtain automatically) which clearly is not ideal, but it did the trick. With most routers, I don't need to use the fixed IP settings. However, the thing works, and I'm happy about that. Out of the box to working took about 3.5 hours.
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Summary: Great product for the price!
Review: I can only speak for this router using Windows XP... on this platform, installation was a breeze. I followed the easy-to-read instructions and in approxiately 50 minutes, I had three different brand desktops networked and using the DSL connection. All three PCs were equiped with Windows XP (one Professional and two Home versions. They're connected at 100 Mbps with no signal degradation. I have friends that used other, more expensive wireless routers and none could site an easier installation or better performance at three times the cost.
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