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Summary: Great range, but don't use the printer port
Review: It has an exceptional range in wi-fi! It supports both 802.11b and 802.11g. If you don't need the printer port, I say this is the BEST wirelss router yet on the market. I have Deskjet 932C. Everytime I tried to print, the router resets itself and never prints. I called the customer supports and they gave me their latest (or beta?) driver, but too bad that it still didn't work. (Oh, they have very good customer supports. Very minimal waiting time. that's another plus) Overall: if you don't need the printer port or if you have faith in SMC to come up with a working driver, this is a great buy! Since I wanted to use the printer port, and it gave me soo much trouble, I gave it a 2 star.
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Summary: Same Printing Problems
Review: Strangely, printing seemed to work OK for me for a couple months. Then it died. Now, it prints about the top 2" of any documents and then printing stops. Sometimes the router needs to be rebooted to regain Internet access, but sometimes not. I've tried upgrading firmware, to no avail -- even including some of the beta firmware versions floating around. Otherwise, seems to be an OK router. But don't count on this baby as a print server.
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Summary: Same Printing Problems
Review: Strangely, printing seemed to work OK for me for a couple months. Then it died. Now, it prints about the top 2" of any documents and then printing stops. Sometimes the router needs to be rebooted to regain Internet access, but sometimes not. I've tried upgrading firmware, to no avail -- even including some of the beta firmware versions floating around. Otherwise, seems to be an OK router. But don't count on this baby as a print server.
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Summary: Cheap, but some reliability and interface glitches.
Review: The main positive of this router is its cheap price, relative to the features included. I was able to get the wireless working with 128-bit WEP, set up as DHCP server, and print server.
Setting up printer is easy, if you follow instructions in the manual (available from SMC website). Printer worked better after firmware update from SMC website.
Compared to my old SMC router, it is slightly less reliable. It has had to be reset about once every 10 days, whereas my old SMC barricade ran for 2 years without a reset.
The web-page administration page has one important interface glitch. If you don't "logout" from the last computer that went on the page, you can't get in and must do a hardware reset. I found this feature annoying, as I have multiple computers.
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Summary: SMC2804WBRP-G Print Server Does Not Work Reliably
Review: The SMC2804WBRP-G is my 3rd SMC router. I've been a happy SMC customer up until purchasing the 2804WBRP-G. I've always found SMC routers to be easy to configure and to have reliable connectivity. The 2804WBRP-G is no exception as a router, but the reason I purchased the 2804WBRP-G model (in place of the non print server 2804WBR) was for the added print server functionality. Unfortunately, after 3 weeks of working with SMC Tech support, re-installing HP print drivers, changing 2804 firmware 3 times and reconfiguring the Win2000 LPR port dozens of times, I'm throwing in the towel. The Print Server feature is not robust - it simply does not work correctly. It will handle the first job in the print queue after system startup, but when you send a second job, the router crashes and re-boots. After that, the only way it will print again is after a complete system reboot. I strongly suggest waiting a few months until SMC addresses this problem with the 2804WBRP-G and corrects the firmware. Meanwhile, the non print server 2804WBR is an excellent alternative.
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Summary: Worthless, even if they pay you to take it.
Review: This is the worst wireless product I've ever used. SMC is clearly clueless about networking. It was configured with NAT/firewall, etc. off, and used as a simple wireless bridge by ignoring the "WAN" interface and connecting a LAN port to the existing net. All WEP keys were set identical to to AP it is supposed to replace. 1) The WEP/WPA setting is worthless. It's supposed to allow both types of clients to connect. It doesn't. Had to set it to WEP only to get a client to connect properly. 2) Some buffoon at SMC decided that all networks have 24 bit masks, so this is unconfigurable. 3) No way to set a default route except out the WAN port. 4) Can't connect a Macintosh using any of the WEP keys. I get link, but the SMC won't forward packets. No DHCP, no connection even with a static address. It worked fine with the old AP. 5) NTP can only be configured to talk to a server from a preset list. No way to set it to talk to an existing server. 6) Dynamic DNS is also crippled. Unless you use TZO or DynDNS, you're out of luck. No way to get it to update BIND. 7) It's impossible to update code if you use the Opera browser. It just resets immediately. SMC script kiddies think IE is HTML. 8) It's scary to consider what potential problems lurk with NAT/Firewall and print server functionality, or even basic RF problems as others have mentioned. How do these people stay in business, selling scat like this?
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Summary: Great speed and distance
Review: This is the worst wireless product I've ever used. SMC is clearly clueless about networking. It was configured with NAT/firewall, etc. off, and used as a simple wireless bridge by ignoring the "WAN" interface and connecting a LAN port to the existing net. All WEP keys were set identical to to AP it is supposed to replace. 1) The WEP/WPA setting is worthless. It's supposed to allow both types of clients to connect. It doesn't. Had to set it to WEP only to get a client to connect properly. 2) Some buffoon at SMC decided that all networks have 24 bit masks, so this is unconfigurable. 3) No way to set a default route except out the WAN port. 4) Can't connect a Macintosh using any of the WEP keys. I get link, but the SMC won't forward packets. No DHCP, no connection even with a static address. It worked fine with the old AP. 5) NTP can only be configured to talk to a server from a preset list. No way to set it to talk to an existing server. 6) Dynamic DNS is also crippled. Unless you use TZO or DynDNS, you're out of luck. No way to get it to update BIND. 7) It's impossible to update code if you use the Opera browser. It just resets immediately. SMC script kiddies think IE is HTML. 8) It's scary to consider what potential problems lurk with NAT/Firewall and print server functionality, or even basic RF problems as others have mentioned. How do these people stay in business, selling scat like this?
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Summary: Router/Wireless worked well; Print Server NEVER worked
Review: This model was OK, but like others I could not get the Print Server working. In fact, it did nothing! The router and WAP were fine; in fact the range of the WAP was fantastic. I returned this for a DLINK DI624 wireless router. Very happy now. I also bought a wireless adaptor for the HP printer I have, thus no need for a print server.
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Summary: SMC2804WBRP-G a bit better if you turn off the Timeout
Review: Unfortunately, the reviews below are spot on... I have the same complaint for the SMC2804WBRP-G -- the print server does not work well (I bought it for the print server). Per the recommendation below, I changed the Idle Time Out to 0 (in the SMC SYSTEM Password Settings page). Some improvement printing to my HP LaserJet, though inconsistent and it depends on the size/complexity of the file. The print server is VERY, VERY slow, hence the time out issue. The router will suddenly drop the internet connection sometimes when trying to print. Annoying. Customer service is quick to answer, helpful, though sometimes it is a challenge to effectively understand each other.
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