Netgear MR314 802.11b Wireless Cable/DSL Router with 4-Port Switch

Rating:
Summary: Good price; rock solid performance with a variety of devices
Review: After trying with three other brands (Linksys, Belkin and one I can't remember), this is the router that finally was able to bring together the parts of my network. Its installation and cpnfiguration were straightforward. It hasn't had any issues with any of my networking options (one wired PC, one PCI-card adapter on a desktop, one USB wireless adapter on a desktop, one USB wireless adapter on a TiVo --Linux!-- and one PCMCIA card on a laptop). It recognized and communicated with each of these from the first plug in, and it gives good signal strength from its location in one corner of the house to the farthest device which is one floor up and on the opposite side. MAC filtering and WEP configurations were also easy. Any vendor can ship a bad unit of course-- but this has handled its networking across every available adapter type and multiple operating systems without missing a beat.

Rating:
Summary: Good unit.
Review: I purchased this for my brother in law. Setup was good and the quality of the card seem to be on par with the rest of them. The signal strength isn't as good as my Linksys. It had trouble getting through some thick walls, but it's an old house. I've never been a netgear fan, but the price of this after rebates was a good deal at the time. Overall I was impressed. I'd buy Netgear again.

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Summary: Not a good wireless access point
Review: The netgear router is just too basic. It can't set non-standard gateways. Its signal seems pretty weak - only works for about 100 feet. I am off to buy a new one, as I've just had enough of this one.