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Summary: only works about half the time
Review: Wow. I thought wireless internet would be SO great, but it only works about 1/4 of the time, and when it does work, it's SO slow! It's just not good. Save your well earned money for some other type of internet like a CABLE HOOK-UP.
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Summary: Easy to set up!
Review: I've had this router for about 9 months now. It's very easy to setup and maintain. It has a remote access feature that allows you to reconfigure the router remotely.The only drawback is that this router is not very tolerant of file sharing software. It frequently locks up despite severely limiting numbers of connections. If you intend to use file sharing software, get something else. Otherwise, this is a great router.
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Summary: Easy Install, Impeccable performance
Review: Easiest setup. My kids love it. After installation, be sure to download the latest revs on the firmware. No probs at all....GGGRREEAAATTT
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Summary: easy, fast, just perfect
Review: bought it for $ 25, worth every penny.
easy to setup, great to work with
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Summary: Do NOT buy this if you need to schedule events!
Review: This router's clock hardware loses about an hour a day, so if you need to use the scheduling function (like limiting your kid's internet access at night) you'll constantly have to manually update the time setting. Netgear tech support lied to me and said I'm the only one to experience this, but there are entire online forums dedicated to the problem: http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,9352534~mode=flat?hilite=MR814v2 Another bug: Blocking sites by keyword doesn't work correctly. I tried blocking hotmail by schedule, and it just blocked it continually...never unblocked it until I did it manually. I even exchanged mine for a new replacement, and the replacement did the same thing. All the rest of the functions seemed to work okay.
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Summary: Excellent product!
Review: Give it a try on your home PC, etc, because, after all, it's only 30 bucks, which is a lot cheaper than other Cable/DSL Routers. If it doesn't work, I believe you can get a full refund!
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Summary: Security concerns
Review: Remember, that if you live in an urban environment, a unit like this exposes you to possible identity theft. The security features need to be more user-friendly. People are just not using them and they are getting hurt.
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Summary: Excellent cute router with True Firewall!
Review: I was pleasantly surprised to learn that this router (the MR814v2) does in fact have a true firewall, with SPI and DoS protections although it was not advertised as such when I ordered it. Also, it works great under Mac OSX 10.3 and with Mac OS9. It's very compact and well designed, with a front panel that can only be described as cute. Installation was a breeze and configuration is easy with the web-based interface!
Highly recommended for Macintosh users.
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Summary: Good product at a great price
Review: Having just upgraded from dial up to cable internet, we decied to network the three computers in the house. Inital setup was a breeze and we weere surfing the internet in minutes. My pc was wired but the others are running belkin wireless cards that found the router without problem.
Given that we're sharing drives (I'm the only one with ZIP drive, and my roomate has a DVD drive) the encryption and mac address filtering is great, and really easy to setup. ()So its only 11Mps wireless, but my cable internets only 3Mps so there's no problem there.
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Summary: Good buy for the price
Review: The bottom line is that Netgear makes a decent product. I don't say great product because it has some shortcomings:
1) support isn't great. used to be top notch customer service and over the last couple of years it has really gone down hill. You get basic support for the first 90 days then after that you have to use the web site only or pay for phone support. To boot, the first level support just isn't sharp and is downright frustrating.
2) netgear is slacking on their compatibility testing. out of the box this did not work with my IBM Thinkpad computer (centrino based). I had to upgrade the firmware on the router before it worked properly. That said, the upside:
1) Nice, slim, compact and visually appealing design
2) The wireless signal is strong through my two story home
3) The web based router configuration is fairly simple to use (with knowledge of these devices)
4) The out of box router setup wizard seems to work well
5) Solid wireless security: disable wireless SSID broadcast, 64 and 128bit wireless encryption, MAC address filtering
6) solid router functions: firewall, DHCP server, VPN support, URL filtering, etc. etc. If you have the tolerance to deal with *potential* setup issues, this is definitely a 4 out of 5 starts product... good bang for your buck.
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