NETGEAR WPN824NA Wireless Mimo Router by Netgear
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Digital camera reviews of NETGEAR WPN824NA Wireless Mimo Router
Digital camera Review: Degree
Summary: 1 Stars
"Think you can't set up your wireless router without an engineering degree? Think again." I would have to disagree with this statement that is put out by Netgear. I can safely say that even with an engineering degree (electrical engineering with a specialization in wireless) this is one of the toughest routers I ever had to set up. I even called customer support and was on the phone for over an hour only to be told "your product is faulty, please return it for a new one".
This product does not work well with 2.4GHz wireless phones. Wired connection or not, it will still give your computer the impression that a network cable was unplugged, and will continually do this until the antenna stabilizes again, which can take up to the entire length of the call.
I never share my opinions, but ones as strong as these should not go unheard. I strongly suggest that no one purchase this router, you will be sorely disappointed. The range may be good, however the connectivity and set-up is far from superior. I will also add that this product is being used with a cable modem.
Digital camera Review: Dependable, A+ range, B+ speed, sounds like a nice report card
Summary: 4 Stars
The Netgear WPN824 is by far the best non-N router i have used, ever!
This router handles alot of traffic for my apartment. Our apartment is three bedrooms and 4 other rooms. We operate 2 xbox 360's and three heavily used laptops on a 10mpbs connection. The netgear does an amazing job keeping up. We can get wireless at 4 or 5 bars on our back deck about 70 feet away from the router through 4 walls, 1 brick. I can watch live MLB games while grilling on the deck.
Past routers:
Linksys G
DIR-655 (great N router till i spilled on it )
My report card
Range A+
Speed B+
Cost A-
Security B+
Hardware C
The hardware is ok but the blue light gets annoying so i turned it off....the shell is ok and personally i 3M taped it to my desk to ensure it stays put. Overall one solid performing router for any medium sized home down. Works great for beginners and advanced users with all types of needs.
Digital camera Review: Didn't work
Summary: 1 Stars
Received product, no installation CD received, had to go to the website, spent two days trying to get it to work. Ended up going and spending $50 on a new Belkin at Walmart and it works great!!Digital camera Review: Disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
In trying to install the Netgear Wireless Router(WPN824)on my system I have had some major problems. I have contacted Netgear support. My internet server is satellite. My modem is a DW6000 modem/router. It has taken two weeks of contacting Netgear support just to be able to make communication with my computer to their WPN824.Their directions suggest 20 minutes for installation. I am maybe half way there and I have had the unit three weeks. I am told by friends who have standard dial-up modems they have had no problems installing the WPN824. I will keep trying.Digital camera Review: Disappointing
Summary: 2 Stars
This router seemed like a good idea originally but it turned out to be pretty worthless! The range on this thing can hardly be called MAX. I could not get a decent signal from this thing unless I was in the same room as it. If you are not in the same room as it (which is usually the case with wireless devices) you will get a weakened signal that is constantly dropped. Despite all this, I stuck with this garbage for a couple years, thinking that it was just my walls or interference. But over time it all got worse and worse until a couple weeks ago it was NOT EVEN CAPABLE OF FORWARDING PORTS IF AIM WAS RUNNING.
This miserable disaster of a router was not helped at all by Netgear support either. On their recommendation I downloaded and installed the latest firmware, which did not solve anything. In fact, over the years I updated the firmware several times in hopes that it would improve and it usually had a negative impact. In one case, the latest firmware even rendered the router totally non-functional and I had to roll it back. This is shameful, Netgear! I am only giving this 2 stars as it didn't explode or anything and it did provide a passable wireless signal for me for a couple years. Definitely not worth the money they charge for this thing though. Please do not punish yourselves like I did and steer clear of this router. It will only cause you pain. I now have a Linksys WRT610N and it is about 1000x better in range, stability, compatibility, and ease of use. Goodbye forever Netgear!