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Summary: Easy Setup...NOT
Review: From the reviews of the NetgearMR814, i was impressed with the number of people reporting ease of setup. Well, my experience is quite contrary to the prevailing opinions. I followed the instructions and CD-ROM installation guides exactly. The NetgearMR814 works fine as a WIRED ethernet router. The router absolutely refuses to work wirelessly with the NetgearMA401 pcmcia card. After downloading the updated drivers from Netgear and printing/reading the 100+ page PDF-format manual, the router/card still refuse to communicate despite my not having changed any factory installed settings or passwords. I'll have to find a friend with the same setup to assist my installation. I have been using computers for more than 20 years so I'm not "techno-challenged"; but as I stated initially, this is my first attempt at WIFI in my home.
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Summary: Don't know about "Beginner level", but it works w/o any prob
Review: Maybe it is a "Beginner Product" or maybe it is not, but I have my laptop hooked up by cable (or sometimes via Netgear's MA701 CF Card - read in MA701 Reviews how to hook it up to your notebook) and my iPaq 3955 without any problems, excellent job Netgear!
Quite plainly, after reading all the hi-tech comments I was scared about getting any type of Networking equipment, but this one was VERY easy to setup, plus you can do it online, and the whole thing is real easy.
I am very satisfied with the MR814, although I bought it only two weeks ago, I had ABSOLUTELY no connection drops either in cable or wireless configuration, and I can hook up the connection while in the parking lot of my apartments! It has got an excellent range!
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Summary: Looks COOL, but that's about it
Review: a) router is VERY noisy
(if you are planning to put this router in the same room that you sleep - low pitched noise will drive you crazy)
b) poor range
(I placed router on the second floor - first floor doesn't have a connection. Now the question is WHY did I want the wireless router??? ahh didn't want to bother with wires... what a bummer).
c) if you have 2.4 phone - connection drops immediately and doesn't get restored until you turn off your phone ...
d) and the last little thing - poor admin interface:
- little middle window with configuration parameters
- admin password cannot be longer than 12 characters ???
...And all of this after 15 min using this device....
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Summary: Good looks.. performance as good as D-link
Review: ... Now it is here and after a 10 minute installation, it is up and ready. My only problem is that the signal strength is not very good. It works fine when my laptop is 2 feet away, but when
I put my laptop in another room (about 60 feet away), the signal strength fell to 50%. After moving it around through a few locations, I finally found a spot where the strength is about 90%. In essence, nothing great, but good value for the money.
Now I hope my mail-in rebate comes in a couple of months.
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Summary: Neat Netgear
Review: I purchased the router and the laptop card at the same time. Very easy to install and setup. If I can figure it out anyone can.Great product.
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Summary: So easy, so ..., So Great
Review: I was alittle weary about setting this up in my home because i'm not exactly a computer genius. But I just took it out of the box, plugged everything thing, and had it working in matter of minutes. The directions were easy to follow. I put it in the center of my basement, and I didn't even have to fool around with the rabbit ear. I get great reception all the way up to the second floor. I would definitely recommend this product if you want wireless in your house, especially at such a low price!
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Summary: Attention: This router is no longer supported
Review: First it's a great router, and from what I read the range is one of the best. That said, it has a bug: If you leave connections idle it will autmotically close them. Since I use this router for my work, it means I have to constantly reconnect to various servers (using SSH, Database admin program, etc.). That's when I found out the last official BIOS is from September of last year! Netgear released a V2 version of the router and they're no longer supporting this one (V1). Other than the above mentioned bug, the router works great. Easy to setup, works with PPoE in Europe, etc. For people that complain about the signal and/or range, try changing the channel. The default for France is channel 11 and I got poor signals. I set the region to Europe and channel 1 and my signal is excellent in another room through two solid concrete walls.
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Summary: Works fine but range is over-rated
Review: The router works superbly for short range ~20 feet. But 3 rooms across inside the house the wireless connection drops from 90% to <10%.
Otherwise the setup & adding pc's to the router is a child's play. The interface couldn't be more simpler.The emaphasis on security is a plus.
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Summary: Wireless!!!!
Review: I don't see the need to purchase the more expensive models. This unit supports upto 11Mb per second, and my cable modem is running at a fraction of this speed. By the time you can actually use the 54Mb per second models, the prices will inevitably come down. This is practical and it works GREAT. I love it.
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Summary: PPTP in Europe works fine
Review: Just a word about using PPTP. Another review said that it doesn't work with PPTP protocol used in Europe. When I did the installation using the wizard on the CD, the MR814 determined that the ISP here uses PPTP and just asked for the user name and password. I think that the installion worked flawlessly
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