NETGEAR WNR834B-100NAS Wireless N Router
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Customer Review: Worse Netgear Product Ever!!
Summary: 1 Stars
Let me start off by saying that Ive been working on all kinds of networks for 8 years with up to over 1600 computers, printers, Nas, and anything in between.
I bought this item to upgrade my parents wireless network. They have a desktop, 3 Notebooks, a 2TB Nas, and a printer. Setup on this item is a breeze as usual. Any one can do it. It took me all of 20 mins to set everything up. For the first two days everything went well. After the second day it has been hard to keep connected to the router. Anything that is hard wired works fine. The hardware that is connected wirelessly does not stay connected. The signal is very unstable and once it goes down you have to reboot or wait 30 mins for it to sort out. But once it is connected you do get 130MBS+.
I have returned this item and bought a 3500 series hopefully it works better. A word of advice do not buy if you want to stay connected via WAN.
Customer Review: Worse than Average, non-existent support & quirky
Summary: 2 Stars
Product installation was a 7 out of 10 (10 being hardest), took about 45 minutes, and Netgear support WILL NOT support you unless you provide name, address, telephone, Serial Number, where you bought it,what day, etc. to some heavily accented person - at least 20 minutes just to register.
1 - Speed is OK, but definitely not what's advertised or printed on box.
2 - Signal is pretty decent around the house - 2 stories.
3 - Works OK with mixed adapters - Linksys, Intel, Netgear
4 - Security is problematic. Some sort of security does not allow access
to interactive scripted websites - you know the ones where
you fill in fields and move on to next page? Just hangs. Support site
says turn off SPI, still doesn't work.
Definitely regret the purchase - too much trouble and Netgear support is exasperating at best.
Customer Review: Worse than a Netgear WGR617 802.11g
Summary: 1 Stars
I used two of these to wirelessy bridge about 7m / 20' and to provide a wirelss network (802.11n). There are numerous dropped packets on the bridge. A laptop with line of sight (5m / 15') drops its VPN connection overnight consistently (when its backing-up). My older (and cheaper) Netgear WGR614v7 didn't, installed in the same position.
I've also had one of the common PSU failures (constant rebooting under load).
The firmware update feature doesn't work if you use one in WDS mode (which is what allows wireless bridging), as it will only use a local internet connection. You have to use a wired internet connection. Numerous f/w upgrades have got me nowhere.
I'd have given-up sooner, but not many wireless routers support wireless bridging. I now have an ugly cable with my old router, but its fast and reliable. Netgear must try harder ..
Customer Review: Couldn't believe the first one could be so bad - so I bought a second :(
Summary: 1 Stars
I did not have any performance problems as indicated by several reviewers. The V2 version of the product set up well and the firmware update utility worked well. Nor did I have any trouble with the operation of the wired and wireless networks.
Instead the device fried itself after two weeks of operation. Completely dead and unrecoverable in any way. Looks like it may have a heat issue.
Upon returning this unit, I obtained another one, thinking that the first must have been a fluke. Two weeks later, the second one fried itself as well. Not a good pattern. Given that this unit was not used intensely, and located in a cold spot, there is definitely an inherent manufacturing flaw.
Do not buy this product. I have had success with other Netgear products in the past, but I guess their quality has gone down.
Customer Review: Set-up is a challenge
Summary: 3 Stars
Having set up wireless routers in the past, I was able to get this one up and running pretty quickly. However, if you have never done it before, look somewhere else. The set-up "Wizard" is not too smart. Finally, I abandoned the Wizard and did the set-up manually and it worked fine. I also had to update the wireless LAN card driver in one of my older computers to work correctly with this router. The USB wirless adapter I bought to go with this router did instal with no trouble. I'm not a network technician, but I think the knowledge necessary to get this router working is probably beyond the average home user who simply wants to get wirless going in the house. The router does give me very high speed with the wireless N adapter, which is why I bought it. So, if you can get it to work, its probably a fine peiece of equipment.