Отзывы о Wi-Fi усилитель сигнала (репитер) NETGEAR WN1000RP

For the price, this is a fantastic product. The nonrefurbished version, however, probably wouldn't be worth the money. I've been using this for about three weeks now without incident, but there are a few minor negative points:-Painfully slow interface-Extremely lightweight, making it hard to position upright as just the weight of the cables attached to it will make it fall over-Nonintuitive options and setupThese are very minor flaws, but ones that would annoy me if I had paid the full price of (currently) 45 dollars instead of half that. Considering it from the price point that I paid, I can't justify any kind of complaint, and I would strongly recommend this router, as it is:-VERY quick to set up. I had it out of the box and running in about ten minutes.-Quite handsome. High-gloss black plastic (mine even came with removable plastic film on the sides to protect the finish) and very nice looking lights.-Shipped with a very reasonable warranty.It functions very well, seems to not inhibit my transfer speeds at all, doesn't drop connections, and allows all of the security setups, filters, and options you might want. This router is definitely far better than your typical Belkin or lower-tier Netgear, and at roughly the same price. There are some little annoyances, but, hey, it's cheap and it works.

We purchased the Netgear N300 router to replace our aging (but highly reliable) Linksys for home; we have a number of streaming video devices that needed the extra computing juice of the Netgear. The product was easy to set up, and handled traffic seemingly without a hitch for two months. We began to notice, with increasing frequency, loss of connectivity at both the wired and wireless level. This problem was isolated to the router itself; swapping in our old, trusty router would always immediately fix this problem.Since we were having such tremendous problems with the router, I called Netgear support, located in a call center in India, about two and a half months after purchasing the router with the intent of securing an RMA. However, after more than an hour on the phone, the technician told me I would need to bring in yet another computer to test the networking issue; he seemed convinced (against all reason) that this was due to a networking issue with the computer plugged into the ethernet port. Despite my protests that this was a hardware issue, he proceded to ignore my request for an RMA and demanded that a second computer would be needed to test this issue before he would issue an RMA. Whil I did not feel that his request was reasonable (since all of the evidence pointed to a hardware issue with the router), I told him I would call back with the case number when I secured a second computer. I called back three weeks later with a second computer in hand. I spoke to a second technician, who indicated to me -- against all of the evidence to the contrary -- that there was nothing wrong with my router because all of the lights on the front of the unit were on. "So," he concluded, "it can simply could not be that your router is misfunctioning, sir, this is an impossibility." The technician went on to tell me that "we are very sorry, but we cannot issue an RMA because the unit is clearly not defective. This is a IP issue, sir." The technician then went on to state that the IP address issue would be simple to fix, but unfortunately my technical support for the router was 90 days and had expired, so that Netgear would only be able to fix this issue if I purchased a "technical support contract, sir, that will allow us to provide technial support for not only your router,but any electronics you own, even your blackberry, sir." The price of the support contract was $69.99 for 6 months, or $109.99 for 1 year.I expressed my outrage, indicating there was no hope that I was going to pay for such a contract when a new router cost $79.99. I told them that I believed that this was a hardware issue, and requested an RMA. The technician completely refused to honor my request, said he would transfer me to his technical agents for futher evaluabiton, and then the line was cut off.I have to say that I have purchased other products, such as a ReadyNAS, from this company; after this experience, Netgear has lost my business forever. I'd go so far as to say my experience with Netgear was one of the worst I've ever had with a vendor, and it felt like they were trying to run a scam. I'd urge those of you who are considering the purchase of this product, or other Netgear products, to take the technical support into your purchasing decision.Lest you think this is simply sour grapes, if you look through the reviews, you can see that I am not alone in my experience with Netgear customer service. Do you really want to deal with a company that treats its customers like garbage?

First I want to say this extender went way beyond my expectations. I have an Amped Wireless extender I used before this one, so I didn't expect a whole lot. I thought I might get a little boost in signal, but this thing extended the range a good 60 feet with download speed reaching 10Mbps on my smartphone, and download speeds reaching 20Mbps, and 5Mps up on my laptop (out of a 30Mbps connection). I didn't see how far I could go before the signal weakened, but I know I can go at least 50 to 70 feet from my back door outside, and still get a good solid, reliable connection with 5 wifi bars. This is on the 2.4Ghz band by the way. No more 3G at home for this guy! I was Amazed, and ecstatic!I saw a few reviews complaining about the setup process, and even one reviewer mentioned having to hook the extender up to the computer to get it to work. That person is talking about a completely different extender, and even brand of extender. At no time during setup will you ever need to connect this to a computer. You just plug it in, connect wifi via WPS, or you can do it through the browser.Another reviewer mentioned the instructions were hard to understand. Seriously, they can teach a chimp to set this thing up. Just read the instructions slowly, and carefully. We're talking about two steps via WPS, and two steps to reach the wizard which walks you through the process if you want to do manual setup (if you can call it manual).Don't try to connect to the 5Ghz band if your device doesn't support it! That may be part of the reason behind some of the other negative reviews.All in all I'm beside myself with the performance of this thing since I've been trying to get a good Internet connection outside of the house for 3 years now. Finally, something not only works, but works great. I'm very happy with this extender, I would absolutely recommend it to a friend, or family.

I recently purchased one of these routers as a replacement for my Linksys WRT54GL, a stalwart in the realm of home networking. My Linksys router is healthy and it works but it does not allow me to set up DHCP reservations without a 3rd party firmware update, and it does not support Wireless-N. After searching for a good balance between functionality, quality and price I settled on this router by NetGear. So far I am very pleased with this unit, though I had some minor issues when setting it up.Setup of NetGear routers (including this one) is simple and easy. There are two methods of setting it up, using the Wizard CD or going in manually. For users not too familiar with setting up wireless networks or routers, using the CD to get started is a good option. More seasoned users may prefer to work without the CD and work directly with the router. I chose the latter of the two. Even so, tapping in and finding any given setting is relatively easy, everything broken down into several pages. Because the router configuration is accessed through a browser, manipulating the router configuration is very much like accessing a web page and should feel familiar.The factory-default username, password, and access address are printed right on the router itself so there is no risk of losing this information at any point.I connected 3 laptops, one at a time, to the wireless network and encountered my only difficulty with moving to this router. Because I retained the network name and key I expected the swap to be seamless and mostly invisible, but my systems each complained when tried to connect, stating that the network configuration had changed even though I retained the settings, the type, key and everything else. To get each system working I had to delete the connection completely, then I allowed each to redetect wireless networks available. Two of them came up without any further incident, but one of the laptops required a reboot before it would properly connect.Signal strength is important when it comes to wireless networks. My Linksys router gives me very strong signal strength, and I was fearful that this new NetGear router would lack the same power to broadcast. Happily, it broadcasts brightly enough that I have had no problems with connectivity due to losing signals. It is *at least* on par but seems to be stronger. My router lives on the second story of the house, while my personal laptop is in the basement.As soon as the router was configured and provided a connection to the internet, I logged in ang got a surprise - it is configured by factory default to look for firmware updates every time I log in. This is fine as logging into the router becomes an infrequent activity after a while, though up front it can be annoying to have to wait for it to download and then update itself.I have had no connectivity issues or drops since setting this router up.The DHCP reservation and MAC filtering work well, which are the two advanced features about which I care most.Something I have not seen in any other router up to this point is a USB port. According to the documentation, the router can be set up to provide persistent storage through the network by simply connecting a USB hard drive (or even a thumb drive) to it. I have not tried this but I absolutely plan to put this to work, which will make sharing files between the different computers simple without having to make several copies. It should be noted, though, that this could be a risky practice if using to access the same file frequently from multiple points.Looking through the options that can be set up, I found a keyword-based page filter, QoS settings and a lot of other features I have not previously seen. For a mid-range wireless router this one has a generous set of features. Of course, the standard features are there - firewall, MAC filtering as mentioned above, different encryption key types and a lot more too.This is a very nice router with a nice feature set. It is very easy to set up, easy to configure once it's running, and so far has proven to be stable. If you need more than a basic wireless router, consider this one as a good candidate.===UPDATE 12-01-2011: It has been over a year and a half and I still have not had any trouble with this router. I have seen some of the negative reviews and detailed reports of issues but I have not encountered any problems up to this point. It has been stable and reliable for me. I have noticed that the surface gets a little warm; I suspect if I kept it in an enclosed area that it could potentially be less cooperative but there's no reason for me to move it as such.

Please note, that there appears to be no differentiation on Amazon between the original WNR3500 (WNR3500v1) and the latest version WNR3500v2. I am reviewing the WNR3500v2 here.It seems like only yesterday that I reviewed the Belkin N1 Vision Wireless Router (F5D8232-4) here:http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-Vision-Wireless-Router-F5D8232-4/dp/B000U78XOS/ref=cm_cr-mr-titleYes, it was super pretty, but it was consistently terrible with my MacBook laptops and what's the point in having Wi-Fi in the same room if it's going to die all the time? Past the time I could return the Belkin product, I gave it to a friend who had only PC laptops, and bought the Netgear product based on reviews. I was not disappointed.For one, I realize that the 802.11n is a draft protocol, but it takes such a long time for things to get approved through the international certification body (IEEE) that it will probably be a draft for a long time to come. I like the way I get a distance and speed boost, my MacBooks support it, so why not get a unit that purportedly supports the standard - and well?First off, I'd like to say that I'm a pretty technical guy, and never use wizards - but I did check the wizard out, and it looks like you could easily set up your Wi-Fi network and make it relatively secure without a whole heck of a lot of work. I actually prefer some of the newer routers which include a default and semi-random password and SSID on the bottom of the router, so your default isn't the same as everyone else. However, if you're setting up a Wi-Fi access point or router, you should probably be able to figure out the basics, and this router - and the included software/directions - will get you up and running.Secondly, this wireless router is feature-rich but not confusing to set-up. Plenty of gigabit-speed wired ports (my home entertainment components are close to where this unit sits, so my TiVo and PS3 use these) which you can up-link to the rest of your network, color-coded orange on mine. There's a color-coded "Internet" port (yellow), so you won't plug things in the wrong place. Aside from a physical power button (trust me, this is a very good thing to have, especially if you have power issues at your home or office!) and a reset button, that's it on the back. Simple, really. The front has standard indicators for Ethernet port activity, a "Push 'N' Connect" switch that sounds like a security nightmare waiting to happen - but that's just me, and other status indicators that are pretty but when things are working, you'll rarely even look at them. Seriously, once you've configured this unit, it seems to just work and work well. Every once in awhile, I'll tweak a setting here, upgrade firmware there, but it's pretty low-maintenance.Lastly, I've been running this unit with a nice mix of Macs, PCs and other handheld devices (Nook, BlackBerry, Palm), including wireless printers (HP), for over a year now. So many routers I've purchased in the past work great for awhile, and then drift off. I even had another Netgear router die due to blown caps after a few years - but that's years, not months.I like the design of this router, because it's square, boxy, and dark. It blends in really well between various pieces of furniture, so you can place it in a central location (good for signal) without impacting your design ethic too much. Of course, I'm a geek, so I think any piece of electronics looks good anywhere - sadly, not everyone would agree with me.Make sure you grab the latest firmware off of the Netgear web-site or, if you're using your Internet port to connect your router to your Internet access point (DSL or cable modem), the router will search for and install firmware semi-automatically with your permission.I highly recommend setting a good password, changing the default network from 192.168.0.x to 192.168.2.x or anything other than the default, and picking a good encryption method such as WPA or WPA2. Remote management (i.e. from the Internet) is bad, local management (from a local wire) is useful and an acceptable risk. If you can easily maintain your router from your desktop in a Firefox browser, you're more likely to keep things secure, and if you have a friend helping you out, it will make their life easier too.

I looked at the box when it arrived and discovered a sticker that advertised drivers for Windows Vista.I went to their site and looked for drivers for Win7. I tried it directly on Win7 which failed to install a driver. I have wireless working on all my linux machines so I never thought to try this on any of my linux installations.The velcro tape fell off, which was OK. By then I had lost patience with the device and hope of finding a driver that worked on Win7. For the specific purpose for which this was bought, setting up a new gaming desktop, this was a failure. I dug out an old wireless from ALFA Networks, downloaded a driver through one of my laprops, moved it to the desktop with an SD card, and I have my gaming machine working.The Netgear? I wish I had thought to check for linux compatibility, but it has already been submitted for electronic recycling when I could have given it to a needy linux user.As an aside, since I had to submit serial number information to Netgear to search for a driver, they sent me a welcome to their list of registered users. I sent them a mail requesting removal, but no response. Netgear is a brand name I will remember, in order to avoid future issues.

I bought it as part of our business network solution, and this is the only part that fails every day or two.Every now and then the router freezes up and resetting itself, resulting loss of company website, remote access, email, etc, and takes about 10 minutes to come back to itself. Then I have to manually input the settings from our Windows SBS, provided that I realized the router has been reset. Otherwise it will go on unchecked like loss of emails for a week as the reset doesn't impact outbound traffic so it is hard to detect.Seems that it is a factory defect after contacting Netgear as the serial number even won't register with their own system. The standard exchange is also not satisfactory. I need to be responsible for shipping defective product back at my own cost and then they will send a new one later. How is possible for me to return the unit and loss our internet for days even weeks? Yes they do offer shipping in first and return later option, but at additional cost.I should have stick to Cisco products like I use at home, and never gave Netgear a try.

It's been an amazing experience with flashing Netgear routers to dd-wrt. Normally, I use router Netgear WNR2000v1. It's working fairly. Then, I learned that model WNR2000v2 allows users to set a GUEST SSID so that any guest coming to your home can share internet access without interference with your home SSID network. It's interesting to me, so I purchased a Netgear WNR2000v2. Unfortunately, I got a defective router model WNR2000v2. It works fairly as same as my old router WNR2000v1 but its wireless N connection dropping anytime. I found this problem too late to return the item for refund or replacement. I google and learned that dd-wrt firmware support Netgear WNR2000v2 router, so I downloaded dd-wrt firmware and flashed router to dd-wt hoping that wireless N connection would be stable. DD-WRT firmware helps the Netgear WNR2000v2 with improving to its full 300Mbps rate BUT does not help the router with its defective wireless connection. Sometimes, I still realize that wireless connection drops down that causes my computer to get disconnection with router. I google again and found that TomatoUSB firmware also support Netgear routers, so I downloaded TomatoUSB firmware with the instruction that users must flash Netgear routers to dd-wrt first and then upgrade firmware to TomatoUSB. My Netgear WNR2000v2 already flashed to dd-wrt, so I simply upgraded router firmware to TomatoUSB. Voila, the router also works faster with its full 300Mbps speed and even better with stability of wireless connection, no matter what kind of wireless connection B,G or N. Honestly, it has been an amazing experience with Open Source Firmware to me.

Hey all,Usually don't do product reviews unless there is some benefit to the people out there browsing for the same product I did and wanted to give some updated information on Amazon's listing. For reference, I am a network administration so my level of technical knowledge is fairly high when it comes to this review.Amazon is shipping the Netgear RangeMax 150 Wireless Router version 3 which does not have an external antenna, however the version 3 has a superior designed internal antenna that hits at least 350 ft upon my testing. This unit while has "N" in the name does not actually provide "N" level of throughput. At most I'm seeing 63-70MB on throughput which is above the lowly 10-15MB I saw on my previous G router. This unit only has a 2.4GHz band and does NOT have the 5GHz band that is found on most "Wireless N" units out there. There is also no "MiMO" on this unit as well so you're not going to see blazing fast speeds you might find on another device. Again, most of you probably knew this as this is a budget router.My setup:Frontier FiOS Modem -> Netgear RangeMax 150 -> TrendNet Bridge (where my desktop connects)My FiOS connection is a 25 down/25 up connection and I have noticed a speed bump on my wireless devices + my bridge device. The setup and interface on the device is a breeze and offers a bevy of options including (to my surprise) allowing a guest network!Pro's:+ Wireless G + N "features" up to 150MB (theoretical)+ Easy setup and large number of options+ Guest Networking w/ LAN isolation+ Repeater capabilities to extend wireless network+ QoS & Parental controls+ WEP, WPA, WPA2 w/ AES+TKIP [standard options]Con's- Not "true" wireless N- Only 2.4GHz spectrum, doesn't include 5GHz band- 10/100 LAN ports- None flashable to DD-wrt, Tomato or Open-wrt [a con for some]- no user replaceable antenna- No USB connection for printer or file sharing [again, hardly a con for the price]Other thoughts: Having bought this for the Black Friday price of below $30 bucks, I really can't find fault with this router. Having it send signal to my wireless bridge and having anywhere from 5-15 wireless devices on it, I have not seen any slowness on my network since its addition. If you're looking for something to simply tide you over (like I was) until the next round of wireless devices hits the market next year, this is a great option for those looking to spruce up their infrastructure at home. It really does have enough options to give the term "budget" a run for its money.Link to Netgear's site for V3 product information: [...]

My hobby during the past 12 years of retirement has been breathing life back into older computers (335 to date) and giving them free to disadvantaged kids and their families. In that more and more school systems are coming to rely on the internet, WI FI has become nearly a necessity on computers used by those students. Of late I have needed a reliable, inexpensive dongle with good scabbing range because most of the computers I rework never had that capability. The different versions of the NETGEAR WG111 that have been offered over those years have proven to be exactly what I needed. I have never had a problem with any of the ones I have personally kept and used and have yet to receive a complaint about any of the ones I have given away.The CD that comes with it has managed to make any brand computer WI FI capable that I have installed it in. Also, the generous length cable supplied with the NETGEAR WG111 allows one to "seek" the best signal spot---like back in the Rabbit Ears era of TV. Using a parabolic reflector with the cable and dongle really helps boost the signal for whatever brand of router happens to be in the mix. I found that a dish of about 16 inch dia. with about a 4 inch depth allows the focal point to occur at about the line across the dish opening; so it's simple to run a piece of tape across the middle of the opening and stick the dongle to it in the middle. The best reflector I've found so far is the curved lid from a cooking Wak. A simple way to find the focal point of your reflector dish is: F = Dia squared over 16 times C. F is focal point. Dia. is the distance across the middle of dish opening, and C is the distance at the center of the opening down to the bottom of the inside center of the curved "dish"----aka parabolic reflector.I have absolutely no connection to or with NETGEAR----only my intention to give credit where credit is due. I wish you the same good results that I have experienced.

I replaced an old Wireless b router that kept dropping the connection. It was also a Netgear, and for the most part I loved it. I did notice though that my speeds were terrible, and decided that it was time for an upgrade.This router will occasionally drop the connection. The great thing is that I can reset it from my laptop computer. No longer do I have to go downstairs to the basement, pull the plug, wait, plug it in ... blah blah blah. I am not sure if it is just a windows 8 feature that you can do this, or if it is the router itself.The other thing that rocks is the push button WPS. I hated figuring out and typing in that long password to access the network. Especially on a phone or other device that did not have a keyboard. The push-button feature is the best thing ever.I feel that I am getting the true capability of my cable modem now. speedtest.net shows me at 26.32Mbps download and 4.18Mbps upload. Prior to this, it was about 5 download and 1.2 upload.I was leery of the refurbished at first, but it was only $30 - so I figured I couldn't lose much. It looked brand new out of the box, and it performs fantastic. Recommended product by me.

This Netgear N900 USB WiFi adapter sets up easily and takes advantage of my Netgear 900 router's high speed WiFi. My motherboard Ethernet port burned out on my desktop system. I purchase this WiFi adapter to get back on the Internet fully expecting it to be much slower than the direct connect 10/100/1000 port that used to work on my mother board. My 3 laptops top out at 23 mbits download speed, but this baby comes in at 45 to 50 mbits -- double the speed of my other built-in WiFi on my notebooks. It's every bit as fast as a direct connection--or at least it can keep up with my higher speed connection that I'm getting from Comcast. This a great WiFi adapter. No issues with setup. My Win7 64bit system recognized the adapter and easily loaded the drivers for it. No worries.

I recently bought this product due to the laziness of my ISP (Internet Service Provider). I am currently with At&t, whom provides great service, but they insist on sending me the same thing after countless calls due to its lack of wireless support. After many frustrating calls, I finally decided to search elsewhere. With hours and hours spent browsing the internet, I finally stumbled upon this Netgear modem. It was within my price range and the specs were amazing compared to previous modems. It came in the mail in about 3-5 days. Once the easy set-up was complete, I couldn't wait to test it out. I then discovered it was sending out two different networks (Netgear Broadband-N i believe and Netgear-2.4-G). After researching and scrambling through the manual to see if I had made an error during the set-up, I soon found out that one network (Netgear Broadband-N) was the faster of the two, but was only compatible with some of the mobile devices and the second worked fine for all of my devices. This is my 3rd week with it and I have seen nothing close to a problem with it and plus it looks cool next to my desktop. I would recommend this to anyone searching for a new modem.

I wrote a prior reveiw, but it seems to have disappeared. I have had intermittent issues with N functionality since buying this in Feb 2011. Despite help from Netgear CS over a long period of time, the thing just seems to have a mind of it's own if it will allow the N band to be visible, regardless of what devices are looking for it, any time since reset, whether SSID is visible or not with the same device, if allowed devices service is being used, etc. etc.... Some setting changes suggested by Netgear did help somewhat, but for no apparent reason as to this no rhyme-or-reason behavior. Reader responses were given serious consideration along with forum searches. Even with rebooting and resetting the router and exact same devices, the visibility of the network just seems to is a roll of the dice. When it works, it is great. When it does not, it keeps that mind-set until another day. G is fabulous and consistent, and has never behaved this way; but the idea behind N was to get away from some of G's channel congestion--and yes I am aware of the dual frequency issues of N. Intermittent problems with the exact same equipment and settings is very frustrating; it's always when you just want to sit down and relax to stream a movie.Giving up, I went through a lot of trouble just pulling a LAN connection through my house. I added a Netgear switch. Was that asking for more trouble? Any connected device will work for an hour or hours, then the LAN connection on any port of the router or switch will freeze with the LED on both ends flashing in a very rapid constant pattern. This condition does not exist in troubleshooting, nor do I see it happen in less demanding LAN use, such as the always LAN-attached desktop. But I don't sit at the desktop with heavy demands. Waiting for CS response. Buyers, if there are better options, I would have to say try them, if just for lack of answers, and similar reader reviews of the newer 3700. I have friends who are IT experts, and even they are just scratching their heads over this when visiting. I hung in there and now the warranty is over, and I feel the fool for doing so.

I had a WRT54-TM w/ DD-WRT v24 for years. Unfortunately, its wireless crapped out. I went to look for an alternative and found this device w/ N-wiress and a gigabit network + DD-WRT.I plugged the power and pushed the power button on the back. So far nothing into the WAN port just yet. I waited a minute and plugged in my laptop into one of the 4 LAN ports. On the laptop I opened a browser and went to the default 192.168.1.1 admin site. The DD-WRT website launched pretty instantly and asked me to provide a username and password for the future. It was the DD-WRT that I've known and loved + some minor differences around the USB port. I installed the config file from my old DD-WRT and unplugged it. After replacing this w/ the old router in terms of wires and location, everything worked as it used to from wireless, wired connections, dynamic dns, and UPnP.The negatives I see are that* this feels a little warm* and the front button doesn't do anything. I'd guess that w/ the original firmware, it was a way to enable/disable wireless.* the version of DD-WRT had a port forwarding loopback issue. This fix is to run Admin -> Command for your subnet: iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 192.168.10.0/255.255.255.0 -d 192.168.10.0/255.255.255.0 -o br0 -j MASQUERADE

It looks like a good deal on the surface - Wireless-N DSL units for super cheap - but basically these are defective models that have had so many returns they bulk sold them to a 3rd party distributor to get rid of the returns. Don't be fooled. The units display all the failings of the original reviews (search 'NETGEAR DGN2000 Wireless-N Router with Built-in DSL Modem' here on Amazon and note the 49 1-star reviews, which dominate the ratings). I tried it anyway because it was hella cheap, just to see if there was a real bargain going. Nah. The unit is overheating so badly (again, see prior reviews) that I can smell it from two rooms away. No wonder the contacts on the external ports are melting. And, it is a pre-spec Wireless-N unit with questionable compatibility with full-spec Wireless-N devices. My return is in progress now.

The first one was returned for replacement because it kept dropping. I've now been using the second on for about a week. The 5g band has a transmission rate much loser that expected. It's typically around 108, but sometimes drops into the 80's. Sensitivity is also not what I'd normally expect. I can get around 140 on the 2.4 band. I have a range extender and the distance from the extender to this PC is around 20 feet through one wall. I'm really considering sending this back and getting a Linksys AE3000. The primary reason I chose the Netgear was because I assumed better results since the router and extender are both Netgear.4/11/13-Started getting irregular speed and blue screens of death, so I'm returning the second adapter. Will try the Linksys AE3000.

My 2009 HP laptop began having issues with the wireless adapter. It would cut in and out continually. So, I began the hunt for a new laptop, but after a while it occurred to me that I can turn the internal wireless off and replace it with an external adapter. That led me to reviewing the availability of such devices. The market, as it turns out, is chocking with these things with all manners of fantastic operational claims, but also with a lot of negative user reviews.After hours of reading reviews, I decided to spend a little more and get one from a well known company. That finally led me to this Netgear model. Boy, am I glad I did.It was super easy to install. Netgear led me right through the set up and then into my secure network. The only trouble I had was realizing how the button and the light worked. Once I got it, it just worked.The unit is tiny, and does not generate heat. It just works.A great buy at a reasonable price that does what it promises!Great delivery Amazon! But, we were charged a delivery fee, which I negated by purchasing one more item that I basically got for free.Bernie

When my Netgear g home router died suddenly, I want shopping for not only a newer model but a beefier one, as well ... likely with dual band capabilities. I came across the Wireless Extreme for Mac and PC and decided to give it a go. I use a MacBook Pro, my families has several iOS devices around the house, and the wife has a Dell laptop.The ability to share a printer via Bonjour was a big draw. Setup for that printer on my Mac was (no surprise) a no-brainer. As soon as I went to Printers in Sys Prefs, my MBP saw my HP printer connected through the new router and I was in business. The Dell PC required a free download in order to support Bonjour printer services, but setup was painless. Once since my initial setup I had to reinstall the printer service on both computers. Not sure what that was about, except perhaps I changed some settings in the new router and the printer drivers needed to find the device again. Working fine now.The Extreme has powerful WiFi signals on both bands. It is located on the second floor of my wood frame, traditional home, and I can pick up both hi and low bands several hundred feet away from my house. Point is, inside the house, the signal is strong on every level of my home. Very pleased. Dual band is nice, in that I can connect my MBP to the router on the 5g band, and then connect all our smaller iOS devices on the lower 2.5g band. Not that traffic is a big issue in a one family dwelling; still, the two bands are nice when streaming movies, music, etc. Also, the guest network -- standard now on Netgear routers -- is a great feature. Allow your friends to connect with an easy password, but don't worry about someone connecting to your hardware or using your peripherals. The wireless isolation option is great for this.All in all, this is a robust home router and that is Mac friendly and -- not that this is paramount -- has a nice look about it. Sitting on the desk, it looks like it belongs among a host of Apple products.

Like a few of the other reviewers have said, does not work on my winXP desktop. I built it myself approx. 6 years ago and have kept it up to date ever since. Plugged it into my win8 laptop and worked fine. Also worked for the win7 desktops I built for my brother's shop. Although I can't use it for them for various reasons so it is useless to me. So my search continues.I originally gave this one(1) star but decided to bump it to two(2). This adapter did work with several computers I tested it on, just not the only one I needed it for. Two(2) stars may seem low for a working product but it did not work as advertised. I have since purchased a NETGEAR WNCE2001 Universal WiFi Internet Adapter - Manufacturer Refurbished (from amazon) that is working quite well. Detials on why I chose that one can be found in my review of it.

With the abundance of cheap router manufactures today you need to make sure you chose the right one. In this case Netgear is the wrong choice. Walking away from my Netgear purchase I have received a year of frustration and am already in the market for a new router. I need to replace the router not because it is frustrating but because it is unable to perform its core function: giving me access to the internet.Here is what you can expect when purchasing a Netgear router1) You can expect an internet connection to work reliably... while you are not using it. You can expect it to last about 5 minutes while you are using it. After the router fails to connect to the internet you can expect that it will continue to do so until you have given up trying to access the internet. Afterward your internet connection will be restored.2) You can expect that the router will be unable to update its firmware. Initiating the process of a firmware update will start with a progress bar, followed by a blank screen, eventually followed by a login screen. After logging in you can expect the firmware will be at the same version you started with.3) You can expect support to tell you that your router is working. According to Netgear support the only thing the router needs to do is turn on pretty blinky lights. All other functions are then assumed.4) You can expect your warranty to be worthless. Netgear routers are unavailable for RMA when support can determine that they are functioning properly. The only thing support needs to do to determine that they are functioning properly is verify the pretty blinky lights. It is not surprising then that the blinky lights always work when the router does not.5) You can expect zero support 90 days after purchase. Why 90 days? It happens to be the same period of time you can dispute a transaction with your credit card company. In short once they have your money they will not give you the time of day.6) After 90 days you can expect them to quite happily offer you support... if you buy it.Netgear's behavior has been very clear to me in that they have no interest in quality. If they could sell you a brick as a wireless router I think they would. The only reason they do not is most stores have a return policy of 30 days, and even after 90 days all credit cards allow you the end user to dispute transactions. So Netgear has only done just enough quality for the purchaser to use the product for 90 days. After that since they are guaranteed to have your money, they start asking for even more.In short my opinion Netgear is in no way interested in earning your money by making a product that is worth every dollar. Instead they perfectly happy taking as much money from you as they can while offering nothing in return. In my book a router that needs to be replaced after 90 days is nothing indeed.

I've been using this wireless router for almost a month, everything seems to be working fine so far. I have Comcast Economy Inetrnet service (i.e., basic cable service), this inexpensive device is on Comcast's list, that's why I bought it. My place is <1,000 sq ft. and I can get good connections in every room, for basic internet uses and for watching TV shows/movies online.While the product seems to be a fine one, Netgear's customer service is possibly the worst I've ever experienced - I am not going to provide all the details of how I was treated, you can get some ideas from other people's reviews. What I am going to share is, after multiple calls, finally, one operator was very professional and quickly connected me to a tech support personal who provides free service - NETGEAR promises 90 days of free tech support, and I was on my 1st day. Luckily, that tech person was very nice, she spent ~30 min and finally solved my connection problems.The problem I had was: couldn't get connections with one of my computers which still has Windows XP; the tech person told me: for Windows XP, it requires totally different NETGEAR Router set-up procedures, different from those provided in the instructions - they are for Windows 7 (forgot what she said about Vista or different operating systems of Apple). Maybe a computer person can quickly figure it out by him/herself, but, for a non-computer person, we really would like to have step-by-step instructions from the manufacturer, paper or online.For bad customer service and lack of clear instructions, one star less :-(

It is very small, so it may not have the same range and interference rejection compared to other adapters having a bigger footprint. But the range is on par with many built-in wireless adapters I've used. A stand-alone Windows 7 driver is not provided on the installation CD, nor on the Netgear web site. The included installation program appears to offer a driver-only option, but the software is installed whether you ask for it or not. The newer installation program (25 MB download) didn't offer the bogus driver-only option. Uninstalling the software also removes the Windows driver. The software appears to be just a network connection utility. It shows the channel number and signal strength. The software can be disabled by removing its shortcut from the Startup folder in the Programs menu. With the software disabled, the adapter still works with Windows. The Netgear connection utility can be started manually via the Netgear folder in the Programs menu.Update: I only got a few days of use from this adapter before it failed. I really wanted this little guy to work. I spent a lot of time troubleshooting it with no luck. Sadly I'll have to go back to using a bigger adapter that can't be left plugged in all the time.

I've only had this router for a few days so far but I'm thrilled with its performance. Prior to this I was using a Linksys WRT54G2 v1 router which worked well enough with my laptop running Windows 7, but unfortunately did not work well with my Macbook (2010 model). With the Linksys, I was getting download speeds of ~700kbps on my Windows laptop, but only ~80kbps on my Macbook. I was at my wits end and about to take my Macbook in for repairs when I accidentally connected to my neighbor's WIFI network and found I could download at the correct speeds on their network. My neighbor has this specific router, so I figured it would be a safe bet to order another one of these for myself.I received a refurbished WGR614 v10 router, a charger, an ethernet cable, and a paper stating that the product has a 30 day return guarantee as well as 30 days free technical support. There was no setup software necessary to get the router working, although I believe there is software available to download online. I literally just plugged the charger into the wall, connected the router to my modem, and it started working immediately. To change the security settings and set up a password, go to 192.168.1.1, where you can access the router's settings.Sure enough, my Macbook is now downloading at similar speeds as my Windows laptop was! I think that some Macbooks don't get along with some Linksys routers for some reason. Anyway, if you're having internet difficulties with your Macbook such as slowness, be sure to give this router a try!