Netgear WGR614 Wireless-G Router by Netgear
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Digital camera reviews of Netgear WGR614 Wireless-G Router
Digital camera Review: A must buy for all in-home routers
Summary: 5 Stars
For anyone wanting an in-home wired/wireless router this is the way to go. Great service and a great product! What more can a customer ask for?Digital camera Review: A perfect router. nothing less... nothing more.
Summary: 5 Stars
This router is amazing. Very, very simple installation procedure. absolutely no hassles. haven't had a problem with it since installation. i haven't touched it once after installation. serves the purpose and looks cute. worth every penny.Digital camera Review: A rough start, but an awesome router!
Summary: 4 Stars
Well, prior to getting my laptop, I decided to get a wireless router. It always starts with a decision, right? So I find an AT&T 6800G Wireless router for decent price of $30 off eBay... Install was a sinch! However, it dropped my connection constantly and randomly!! So off you go, I said. Sold it off for $22 (at a loss) and got instead Netgear WGR614v5 b/g Wirelss Router.
Not only is it cute, but performs very solid! Well, almost... the install was a bit rough. It kept detecting my DSL connection as a static IP w/ no login! Being quite frustrated, I decided to register the sucker and get some tech support! I swear, if I have to speak with another Indian outsourced tech support, I'm gonna... Well, I shouldn't since EVERYONE is doing it... SBC.. now Netgear! However, she did fix my issue... she didn't have to walk me through but just mentioning that pointing to www.routerlogin.com/basic.htm would've been fine instead of the default one!
Once that was squared away using PPPoE setting and inserting my login ID and password, my PC was up and running!! Not a single drop of any kind whatsoever!! Now, I got my laptop (review of that coming!) and wireless network works beautifully.
My laptop was able to connect to the internet w/o a hitch... just detecting automatically the connection via Control Panel's Networking did the trick. It has built-in 128-bit WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and once I shared the appropriate folders between my laptop and the PC, they were able to "see" each other clearly and transfer files at beautiful 54 Mbps (~7 MB/sec).
In other words, I love it! I give it 9/10 (1 deducted for not a flawless setup).
Pro: Easy hookup. Great speed, dependability and performance!
Con: A bit rough setup experience.
Digital camera Review: A solid router for the price
Summary: 5 Stars
Yes, the Linksys routers can be hacked to make them uber. However, this Netgear is usually priced 10 to 15 dollars cheaper and is more than competent with day-to-day activities. I've had no problems with overheating, as others have previously mentioned. I keep the router upright in the included stand and there's about an inch of space all around. There is no on/off switch, but I just pull out the power cord when i need to power cycle it (which has been almost never in 3 years of use).
So satisfied with it that I bought another one recently to set up my sister's home network.
Digital camera Review: A step up in speed, but a step down in features
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought this as an upgrade from the netgear Wireless-B router which had served me very well for a number of years. Installation was quick, easy, and relatively painless. I have a mix of wireless-g and b and both connected right away to the new router. I upgraded to get a speed boost as I have added a NAS device for central backup to my network. I also use the router to provide access to broadband internet for my family. The day after the initial installation, I began to have issues. I use VPN to connect to work, and my VPN connection was dropping nightly. I also run backups to the NAS device and they were being interrupted. Investigation showed that the DHCP leasees on my client PC's were expiring. I checked with Netgear and sure enough, DHCP is set to only last for 24 hours before it expires and has to be renewed. Renewal is simple, but then I have to re-establish my VPN connection, and restart my backups which is painful. To this point, there is no way to increase the DHCP timeout. I had no issues with DHCP on the wireless-b router that I replaced and found this very frustrating with the new router.