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Summary: Up and running in no time!
Review: After 2 days and many hours on the phone with Gateway & MSN tech support (help in setting up a Gateway brand router with MSN Broadband), I finally gave up and purchased the MN-700. I was so pleased. Set up was a breeze. Both wired and wireless computers working flawlessly. Haven't lost connectivity yet.
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Summary: Router not a finished product yet
Review: This router has several serious bugs, the main one being it keeps loosing the internet connection through a cable modem. About every 5-10 minutes you have to reset both modems to regain the connection. A widespread and consistant problem, amoung others. See: microsoft.public.broadbandnet.hardware newgroup before you buy! No word from MS on a fix, don't seem to care.
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Summary: I thought I'd be safe buying Microsoft..I was wrong
Review: the router did not work correctly from the start. Approximately an hour after installing it, connected to a Microsoft USD Adapter M510, it quit all-together. I immediately called Microsoft Product Support. What a waste of time. After going through getting a case number I was eventually connected to a "router expert". The gentleman was very courteous but, unfortunately, had an extremely thick accent and I had some difficulty understanding him. (Another American job gone overseas) We spent almost an hour of my running between the base station (where the router was) and the slave (where the adapter was) Suddenly the telephone connection to support went dead. I had used up the power in my portable telephone. After a reasonable interval I received a call back from support and we continued to work on the problem. Unfortunately, with no success. The line went dead again. This time, at no fault of my own. There was no call back. I called support again and using my case number got a new gentleman, with less of an accent. We had to go through the entire procedure again and again, no success. After about two hours with the "router experts" I was told it was Microsoft XP that was the culprit and he asked me to hold on to be transferred to a "XP Expert"...he never came back. Nor did I. I chucked the router and adapter, drilled a hole through my wall and hooked up to a replacement wired router. (not microsoft's). All is well now.
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Summary: Does not work with DSL
Review: The router does not work with Bellsouth DSL. I spent two hours on the phone with tech support without resloution. There is a probelm with this router dropping off while using the PPPoE. Tried configuring dynamically but could not. All my research told me the same assumption: IF YOU HAVE DSL AND WANT A ROUTER THAT WORKS WELL, FORGET MICROSOFT!!!!!!
Thankfully i still had my receipt. I took it back and got a Linkys router instead.
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Summary: the one that i bought is being returned soon
Review: I got this one for my girlfriend for Christmas. She was really excited to get it up and running in her apartment - oops. The stability of the .g version versus the .b version is inexplicable. I have had my .b up and running for MONTHS - never had a problem. I couldn't get this .g router to be stable for more then 20 minutes at a time. I did all the updates, ran through the setup just like MS said to do - nada, nothin. After struggling through this on a Wednesday night and Thursday morning I bought her a .b to replace it on Saturday. Got that one running and working fine in about 15 minutes and haven't had a problem since. Sticking this one in the mail in the next few days to return it. I really don't know what the hell the problem is between these two but MS has a homerun with the first one and this one pretty much blows. r.
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Summary: Some problem as the nov2 review
Review: Yep...the base station kept on disconnecting. I was able to update the software, fairly easily...after a few tries. (you can download it on your desktop and install it later) but you have to be online to update the firmware from 207.something to 208.something. While it was searching for updates, it would sometimes discconect, instead of canceling, I kept unplugging and re-plugging the base station (this resets the connection)...I was about to take it back but I decided to give it one more chance....hmmmm...maybe it responds to threats better....><
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Summary: Trouble-free installation
Review: This router (bought bundled with the wireless laptop card) was purchased to replace a D-Link with which we weren't satisfied because we were never able to network our two home computers. The documentation that came packaged in the Microsoft box was outstanding. Detailed and easy-to-follow steps were laid out in a straight-forward manner. Anyone who is only minimally familiar with computers and computer hardware/software can navigate through the instructions with realative confidence. The device came with its own setup wizard which, of course, was perfectly compatible with Windows XP! The wizard, in conjunction with the instruction manual, explained exactly what to do and when to do it. It was never ambiguous. The wizard detected and used our original ISP settings/information by itself. It instructed us when to disconnect our previous router and connect our new router. Microsoft even included a blank floppy to be used for saving our connection settings and then transferrring these same settings to our other computer to be networked. The instructions stepped us through setting up the home network on all home computers. As said before, installation was quick and easy. The instructions were clear and detailed. Our two computers were wirelessly networked without a hitch. It also seems that the wireless adapter card maintains MUCH better connection with the base (I haven't noticed any interruptions in the connection). Microsoft is big because they've earned it! I'm more than happy to give them my money when they give me products like this in exchange!
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Summary: A nice wifi router/firewall
Review: I bought this router to replace an SMC router after my roomate left with it. I have Windows XP and a cable modem. Got it up and running in 5 minutes, but fine tuning the security features took an extra hour or so. Pros:
- The Price, so cheap with all the good features, couldn't pass it up
- Nice install wizard, handled my cable modem really well
- Great security features: NAT, WEP, MAC filter, Port Filter, etc.
- Configuration tool has a nice user interface
- I like that it automatically patches it self. Cons:
- The documentation that is included is not very good. Amazing how many pages they spend on stupid stuff (this is what you power cord looks like... Instead of This is how you can increase security in your wireless network set by step.) Tips:
- Be careful turning on the MAC filtering, make sure you put your desktop MAC address in first, or you might get locked out :) found out the hard way.
- Make sure you block the ICMP Ping so hackers/crackers can't find you easily on the network
- Make sure that you select "share files and printers" in the wizards, because it is super difficult to find these settings to change your mind later. It probably isn't a good idea to "share my whole computer" though. Should someone actually break into your network...
- It is a pain in the butt to copy down that long WEP key, on all of your wireless laptops, but once you have done it, you can rest assured that you are pretty darn secure. All in all, I have no regrets with losing the SMC wireless router.
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Summary: Great router !
Review: This router really seems to perform flawlessly ! I am getting great speeds, and reliability. My only complaint and reason for the four stars and not five, is the setup software would not run properly. This caused me to contact Microsoft tech support, and a manual setup of the router. The tech support was great, and all is well. As usual with my experiences with Microsoft products, they are always GOOD !
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Summary: Microsoft MN-700 in 15 easy minutes
Review: Just received my Microsoft MN-700 today and was up and running in 15 minutes. The installation quick start is very easy and the only problem I had was to unplug the cable modem power and reconnect. This was in the installation wizard during the problem when the router tried to connect to Comcast. I've experienced this when switching between the desktop and laptop connection with the cable modem, so it wasn't a problem associcated with the router, it's with the cable modem.
The router works flawlessly and notified me of updates that I applied after the original installation.
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