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9 stars
Great so far, wish it had usb 3.0
by droolin on June 22, 2011
Pros: I'm happy., Easy set up, dual band. At most there are only 2 of us that access it at a given time other then my phone. Neither of us are heavy media streamers. So, works for me.
Cons: usb 2.0 for network storage, really wsih that was usb 3.0. Want to hook up a tera drive.
Summary: I'm happy. I was forced into buying a router because my other router just quit powering up. To many power spikes killed it. Even with the router being plugged ...
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Summary: I'm happy. I was forced into buying a router because my other router just quit powering up. To many power spikes killed it. Even with the router being plugged into a UPS. The new router is faster and also has network storage capabilities which I didn't have before. Even if it isn't usb 3.0.
Works for me.
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8 stars
I totally agree with Cnet's review
by acm100 on May 19, 2011
Pros: It's super fast and has great range. I have lots of devices on it at all times but there's minimal lag.
Cons: The network storage performance is pretty slow but it doesn't bother me much since I have my backups run when I'm asleep.
Summary: I would recommend this router to anyone with a lot of devices, especially with ones that can go on the 5Ghz band. I don't have many but the 2....
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Summary: I would recommend this router to anyone with a lot of devices, especially with ones that can go on the 5Ghz band. I don't have many but the 2.4 one is really fast anyway.
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1 stars
Impossible to set up.
by danmax67 on May 16, 2011
Pros: Seems to have decent signal strength
Cons: Cannot get internet connectivity. Box didn't come with installation disc (even though it said it would be included). Cable company spent 2 days in my house and still can't get the thing to work. Obnoxious light.
Summary: I changed cable companies. They installed my internet with this router and simply could not get it to work. It gets a signal, but no internet connectivity. They spent a ...
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Summary: I changed cable companies. They installed my internet with this router and simply could not get it to work. It gets a signal, but no internet connectivity. They spent a total of about 10 hours trying to get it to work properly. They had all kinds of customer support people on the phone and taking over my computer remotely, but it still does not work. They even opened a new box and tried another one of these routers. It was very frustrating.
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1 stars
Poor quality control, poor tech support
by dasvt on May 7, 2011
Pros: Well, it did have a strong internet connection, but that's kind of beside the point, because that's all it did right.
Cons: Many, at least with this unit. Difficult to set up, could not create home network, erratic performance, loses setup, drops connections.
Summary: It seems that quality control is low with this unit. I bought because of positive user reviews on vendor's website. Learned that many if not most were for earlier ...
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Summary: It seems that quality control is low with this unit. I bought because of positive user reviews on vendor's website. Learned that many if not most were for earlier Netgear ;product. Narrowing down, I found that quite a few people have similar issue to mine, indicating poor quality control. I do not need a router to get internet access for my computers; I got it to create a home network and interconnectivity. After struggling with a setup utility that kept kicking me back to an earlier stage, and repeatedly asked me to re-login, I finally installed manually. Eventually, I was able to set up the home network. Then the router lost the settings, something it has since done several times. At best, it behaves erratically, flickering in and out. The only feature that I can count on is the internet connection, but even that drops drops off from time to time. Difficult when I am interacting or entering data.. Tech support useless; they seem over their head when it is an issue (like a defective unit) tht is not in their script. They had me going in circles for nearly 2 hours until I called a stop to it. Give thm credit for trying, but it would have been unnecessary if they would have listened to me (Iam female, and have experienced this before with some overseas tech support).. Am retuning the unti and replacing it, with terpidation, with another but simpler Netgear product, and keeping my fingers crossed. Thank goodness I am dealing wiith a vendor with good customer service, because it appearts that this is not an uncommon expericne with Netgear.
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9 stars
Easy setup and great wireless range and speed
by mvjlittler on February 12, 2011
Pros: Easy setup, fast speeds on both 2.4ghz and 5ghz
Cons: None for me. For those that list the glue light on the top as a con, read the manual and press the dome - switches OFF the blue light.
Summary: Setup was easy. Unplug old stuff, connect new, plug in modem then router and login to routerlogin.net and setup wireless. I had the mac address filter and WPA2 passwords ...
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Summary: Setup was easy. Unplug old stuff, connect new, plug in modem then router and login to routerlogin.net and setup wireless. I had the mac address filter and WPA2 passwords setup really quickly and the speed is much, much better than my old Linksys wrt54gp2 9 (good router but it is 54mbps and 5+ years old now). All devices receive strong signal and very quick speeds. Router is on ground level and laptop and desktop both receive strong signal in basement.
Overall very happy with this router, a very good upgrade. I like that it sends wireless in both 2.4 and 5ghz at the same time. I'm sure I will also like the guest network feature when I need it.
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10 stars
Easy setup and Great Performance
by seanatpanda on January 28, 2011
Pros: Easy setup
Great Performance
Budget
Cons: Gigabit, but is fine.
Summary: It's the best value Router on the market (1/28/2011)
Summary: It's the best value Router on the market (1/28/2011)
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8 stars
Great, Easy & Strong Signal, USB can't support LargeHD
by tomhagen on January 25, 2011
Pros: Excellent router, easy setup, thin footprint (standing or flat), great 2.4 or 5, strong signal & blue light can be turned off w/push of button
Cons: Bought Seagate 3TB GoFlex Desk Hard Drive USB 3.0 and it doesn't recognize it. Yet, even the higher end Netgear routers don't recognize also, according to reports... so few options.
It does recognize Seagate FreeAgent Go 320 & 500
Summary: Worth the price, seemingly stable after 4 months. Great buy.
Summary: Worth the price, seemingly stable after 4 months. Great buy.
1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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1 stars
Netgear's Warranties are Worthless
by pjcamp on January 17, 2011
Pros: Might have some; doesn't really matter
Cons: You're on your own after purchase
Summary: Netgear shipped me a faulty product. Their support line in Bangalore was unable to fix it, and when the 90 days were up they told me it was my problem ...
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Summary: Netgear shipped me a faulty product. Their support line in Bangalore was unable to fix it, and when the 90 days were up they told me it was my problem now. They refused my request to speak to a supervisor. I wrote corporate headquarters and received no response.
So buy it if you want. But be aware that Netgear only wants your cash and after they have that in hand, you are only a nuisance to them. I personally will never buy another Netgear product, no matter how glowing the review.
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7 stars
happy so far
by ctracy24 on December 6, 2010
Pros: works on 3 levels of house. even in basement. haven't dropped signal yet once set up
Cons: install cd didnt work. manually set up...worked then dropped signal. tried cd again...had to rename network..finally worked. setup should have been a breeze but wasn't. to be fair might have been cpu issue.
Summary: big step up from g router. works on g only computers. didnt know that until i hooked router up...was think i was going to have to buy a N ...
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Summary: big step up from g router. works on g only computers. didnt know that until i hooked router up...was think i was going to have to buy a N card for older laptops. just got it today so unsure of dependability but its gotta be better than my old g that would lose signal every 10 minutes or so. would have given 5 stars but i think 5 stars are like the one stars. nothing is 5 stars totally but the 1 stars are usually setup issues or bad right out of the box. havent used the usb share port prolly never will.
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1 stars
Netgear has terrible customer support--the worst!
by trudydry on July 5, 2011
Pros: I can't think of one reason to buy Netgear when other brands are out there.
Cons: I have 3 Netgear wireless routers. Why does Best Buy offer Netgear and hardly anything else?
Summary: When I increased my security setting, I received a pop-up from Netgear asking if I wanted to upgrade my firmware. Sure, why not? My Netgear unit crashed. I called customer ...
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Summary: When I increased my security setting, I received a pop-up from Netgear asking if I wanted to upgrade my firmware. Sure, why not? My Netgear unit crashed. I called customer support, who took all my personal info and then after quite a long conversation told me that I would have to pay $99 to talk to a tech person. This is unacceptable on all levels, wasting 20 minutes of my time when 5 minutes of tech support might have fixed the problem, and charging more than the unit cost new. I threw the Netgear away and bought a new Linksys.
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2 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.
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