NETGEAR WPN824NA Wireless Mimo Router by Netgear
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Digital camera reviews of NETGEAR WPN824NA Wireless Mimo Router
Digital camera Review: A Great Router
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm quite happy with this product. It works as advertised. The admin interface is much easer to use than the ZyXEL I had before, and I am having none of the problems I had with the ZyXEL. The WPN824 is quite stylish, and I like the simplicity of the internal antennas. The physical switch to turn off the crazy blue lights is a nice touch.Digital camera Review: A Perfect Router
Summary: 5 Stars
This works great! I have encountered no interference whatsoever. I have my PS3, Wii, Laptop, and Iphone all connected to this router and It works flawlessly. I also have wireless speakers hooked up in my house and it doesn't interfere with them either. I have also had the router in an apartment for a few months and ran into zero problems there. I have the router in one corner of my house and I can take my laptop to the other corner with a full signal! 100% satisfied!Digital camera Review: A nice improvement
Summary: 4 Stars
My previous wireless setup in a two story 1920s house, with thick walls and floors, required the use of a range extender to get a signal downstairs from the wired computer and a Netgear MR814 router upstairs.
The antenna technology of this router provides a fine signal throughout the house. I can use WPA security now, which I could not use with the MR814 & range extender combination. Also it uses flash memory for firmware updates (no need for executables).
I use Mac OS X and could not make use of the "Smart Wizard" set up CD. Even the alternative set up files (a bunch of html files) for "other" operating systems were of no use (pages weren't found, tried several browsers). Fortunately having set up a Netgear router before I could figure it out, but others may want to check the Netgear site and download the 175 page reference manual for this product for better information than the quick start guide provides.
Digital camera Review: A solid router after a firmware upgrade
Summary: 5 Stars
The good: it's pretty. The blue LEDs are entertaining, and there is a button to turn them off. Thumbs up for design.
The ugly: without a warning, it used to stop working. You have to power cycle it, it's back. This was the second NETGEAR router giving me this same problem.
UPDATE: after a firmware upgrade, the router behaves much better. I did not have to restart it for several weeks now.
UPDATE 2: a year with the updated firmware. The router behaves as it should, absolutely unattended operation, good job NETGEAR.
Digital camera Review: AVOID THIS PRODUCT-BUY THE BELKIN ONE
Summary: 1 Stars
It's hard to tell what they intended this product to do - the installation procedure is so poorly done that it is almost impossible to install. It's a shame, because the concept is good.
Generally anything that claims to have a simple wizard installation is lying.
Buy the Belkin version instead.