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Network Everywhere 4-Port Cable/DSL Router

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Wow! This is a great product! And it's so small!
Review: ...This is great!

I opened the box. This thing is really small! It is smaller
than my hand. I was expecting something twice as big. I'm
delighted that something so small can do the job.

I quickly looked thru the Quick Installation guide. Understood
that I need to power down everything first. So I did that,
connected it to my DSL gateway, my two PCs, one running
Windows 98SE, and the other running Windows XP. And power
them up one at a time. And they just worked! I didn't need
to use the installation CD that comes with it. This is
really plug-and-play! Then I tried running VPN Client to connect
to my office machine 30 miles away. Worked perfectly again.
One of my connection (the XP) even get the 100Mbps LED to light
up. It has a newer [$] IBM 10/100Mb 32-bit Ethernet NIC.

I understand from earlier reviews that it will be hot. I'll be
monitoring that. So far it has been okay. Maybe it will get
hotter when I connect my other two machines to it. I'm running
out of Ethernet cable to connect them right now.

All in all, I think this is a great and compact product.
Highly recommend it. Good luck!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Don't try NR041 with XP
Review: 4 Port Cable/DSL Network Anywhere router works fine with Motorola SurfBoard and Linksys cable modems with Windows 9x, and Windows 2000. Absolutely with NOT work with Windows XP.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Truly easy setup and works great with Winxp/Win98
Review: 5 minute setup(if that long).
I have WindowsXP n Windows98 on other computer, works great.
You really can't make a mistake.
Didn't need to use included CD.
Just use QUICK INSTALLION data included in box with router.
I run the router all day and it is Warm not Hot.
I would advise like others not to place on a rug though.
Actually never place any electrical or flamable items directly
on a rug(carpet).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great!
Review: Easy to setup, strictly plug and play (XP & ME). So far no problems at all, it has been 2 months. Sure can't argue with the price...I guess thats why it's kind of lightweight, but hey...it works really good!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Buggy Port Forwarding
Review: For basic functionality (sharing a broadband connection, file and printer sharing, etc), this is a solid little router with few, if any, reliability problems. I've had it running for almost six months, sharing a RoadRunner cable modem between a Win2k PC and a RH Linux PC, and I don't recall it dropping a connection or needing a reset.

The 'fun' starts, however, if you try to use some of the advanced functionality, like port-forwarding. I've tried everything under the sun to forward port 80 to my Linux PC (to run a webserver) but the router wil do so for a few hours (or minutes, or not at all!) then switch to forwarding it to my Win2k PC. As another reviewer here noted, this is a bug acknowledged by their tech support with no plans for a fix (I'm running the latest firmware). As far as I can tell, other features like forwarding non-standard ports (for P2P or voice chat) and the DMZ feature work fine.

If you need/like to tweak advanced features, then stay away from this router. But if you have no plans other than plain-vanilla internet, file and printer sharing, then this is not a bad purchase for the price.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: great router
Review: for the price, it's awesome. just needed a basic router to run a network and it works fine. set up in less than 5 minutes. definitely recommend it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Network Everywhere 4-Port Cable/DSL Router
Review: Have had difficulty with getting the unit to work. Installed software with no positive result.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great Little Router
Review: I am a home networking contractor. So, I have seen a lot of routers in my work. This little one is pretty impressive. It is of an old school style, it has a durable metal case. It is relatively easy to set up and has some impresseve features for the price. The DHCP ability is easy to use for Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP. Access to the controls are easy and done through the Internet Explorer by typing a default IP address. I set this perticular model up on a DSL connection. The POPoE was easy to access in the setup and it was rather simple to make it talk to the DSL modem. The firewall is simple and effective, and there are even options to limit it as well. Print sharing, drive mapping, file sharing, and network gaming are all possible with this router. I now recommend this to any client that is looking for a low-cost, easy alternative to the more expensive Linksys hardware. If you know what your doing, or even if you don't, there should be little problem getting this little box to do what you want it to.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Not Recommended for Playstation2 Network Adaptor
Review: I bought this for my PS2 Network Adaptor and it does work with Playstation 2 but when I tried to play SOCOM online you can't hear anyone speak. I called up the help desk and they told me that this router doesn't support voice over it and they are looking into fixing the problem but as of now I wasn't able to do anything about it. I also had a problem with configuring ports on my computer so when I asked the help desk and they gave me the runaround with no help at all. Very poor customer service by this company. Also, it's not a 800 number so I had to call across the country for poor customer service and it's not 24 hour service.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This router is terrible, try D-Link instead
Review: I got this up and working in no time, however it is unreliable. After about 3 days the router was locked up, I thought no big deal. A week later the red diagnostic indicator stays on all the time and it is completely useless when this happens. Also the reset button is useless no matter how long you hold it down it does nothing...


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