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Summary: How simple is this...
Review: This router is awesome, and what a price! I pulled it out of the box and was sitting on my back porch surfing the web 15 minutes later! OK, maybe a slight exageration, but not by much.This is a truly painless addition to your home network configuration. The router works flawlessly, no matter where I am in or outside of my house. Add to the flawless operation the fact that it is installed and completely configured in minutes and this thing gets a ten star rating from me. Too bad amazon only gives us a max of 5.
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Summary: Extremely easy to set up and configure.
Review: Extremely easy to set up and configure. Hard wired a Windows ME box first without any problem. Followed the instructions in the booklet supplied. Then set up an XP Pro box just as quick. Completed the home network in about 30 minutes.
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Summary: Wireless made easy and inexpensive
Review: After reading many reviews I purchased the Netgear MR814 to serve as the center of my first wireless home network. I connected a Mac and a PC to the router via wires, and ran the setup wizard on the router to share my DSL connection. The router's settings pages are very straightforward, with lots of helpful descriptions. The computers were able to share files and access the internet after completing the wizard. I then tested out the wireless functionality from a PC with a Netgear MA311 wireless PCI card installed in it. Without changing any settings, the PC was able to access the network and the internet via the router. The router has a robust set of security options, and it was easy for me to set the router not to broadcast the SSID, restrict wireless access to my one wireless card (via MAC address filtering), and turn on 64-bit WEP encryption. After setting the network options on the PC to match those of the router, I was able to play games online with ~100ms ping times (~50 without WEP). I haven't been able to test the signal range, but my experience so far has been nothing but good.
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Summary: Finally the right router.....
Review: This was my third attempt at trying to set up a wireless network. If this hadn't have worked, I would have given up. The first network I tried was a D-link card on my school's wireless internet. I never could get it to work right, so I wrote it off as a bad connection (even though that card didn't support XP). I tried D-link one more time at home with the wireless router and card. It was a pain to set up and didn't work well once I had everything right. How is this for easy....I got my Netgear router and card, plugged the router up with my existing ethernet connection, turned the computer off and unplugged the router and cable modem. Plugged them back in and turned the computer on and it worked!!!! For the Netgear card (401), I plugged the card into my computer, put in the disk, and without pressing anything, it installed itself and worked. Range is wonderful. I had no idea that wireless connections went up to "Excellent" because I've never gotten anything over "Very Good"!! I'm excited about my new purchase. If you need easy, affordable, and functional wireless network equipment, add this to your cart immediately :-)
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Summary: No problems mostly
Review: I have just setup my home LAN with this netgear wireless router. No problem with MSN messenger, ICQ, FTP, Telnet, Exceed (Xterm) and Windows File Sharing. Though it's difficult to evaluate the effectiveness on the wireless reception (depending on the card you got), it nevertheless works fine. Unless you're performance oriented, this product definitely works fine in a casual setting. Some application requires extra steps to set them up right, (i.e. FTP server, Exceed, Windows Neighbourhood), but they can be done. For all these, I give 2 thumbs up for this product.
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Summary: need some wireless for your titanium powerbook?
Review: Look no further. I realize this is a bold statement coming out of the starting gate, but let me tell you how good the reception is with this router. 4 bars consistently as I sit on my living room couch with my TiBook. Anyone that knows a Ti knows they never get this kind of signal... I got this initially to replace an Asante router that failed and was sent back under warranty. I figured that while I waited I would test this and sell one of the two upon the Astante's return. Well, even though this doesn't have a print server like my Asante, the signal alone makes it worth it's weight in gold and I am pretty certain this is the unit that I am keeping. Setup was a breeze taking all of 2 minutes and not even having to enter any settings whatsoever. It picked up the cable signal instantly. For a simple, easy to use wireless router that works cross platform, it doesn't get any easier.
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Summary: Robust enough to handle my needs
Review: I already have a home network and DSL connection and wanted to add Wireless networking without re-configuring anything if I could help it. I already have a router handling NAT and DHCP and simply wanted the 4 port LAN and Wireless functionality from the MR814. I've found with many devices which provide a number of services turning off bits and pieces sometimes isn't straightforward. Fortunately, Netgear provided me with the ease of flexibility to turn off the features of the MR814 that I don't want while keeping the ones I do want. I'm not using the 'Internet' port at all and plugged the current network straight into one of the 4 LAN ports, this lets me use the 814 as a simple hub. I also turned off the DHCP server since I have another device providing the service. I only had to assign a static internal network IP to the box so that I could reach the web based configuration page (and change the default password of course). The wireless configuration was trivial and after enabling WEP and forcing MAC authentication for wireless connections I'm comfortable networking over the airwaves. Presto, I've now got a simple 10/100 hub and wireless access point at a great price.
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Summary: Easy WEB like administration, very good documentation
Review: I purchased this router to protect my computer from unwelcome IP messages. It worked great to this extent.
I also wifi my laptop 60ft away with reasonale reception. The good think about it is it allows VPN to be created.
The documentation is very clear and allowed me to configure all features very easily. The web site from Netgear also provided firmware updates and nice technical support when I needed to install a webcam.
Good by with good maintenance.
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Summary: Easy setup, incredible technical support
Review: I bought the MR814 along with the MA401 wireless PC Card. The setup instructions were easy to follow, everything worked great, and I had my wireless network up and running in under 10 minutes. I did have an issue while trying to install the wireless card on a 2nd laptop, but I was able to connect with a Netgear technical support rep almost immediately after dialing their toll-free number. They walked me thru the easy fix and I was up and running again. (Make sure the Driver Signing options are set to "warn", not "block," in your XP Device Manager...) Range is also great - I get strong signals all throughout the house and in the front and back yards. I can't tell a difference in download speeds between the wireless computer and the hard-wired one. Overall, I can highly recommend Netgear.
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Summary: Great Router, Great Price!
Review: This router works perfectly for my needs. Easy setup, great sleek design and even better price make this router the perfect choice for home use. I purchased a Proxim Orinoco Silver combo card for my laptop which works perfectly with the Netgear equipment. By the way, I purchased and had this router shipped for much less money at Amazon.com than any other place I could find even when excluding the rebate!!!
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