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NETGEAR WNR834B RangeMax Next Wireless-N Router | List Price: $108.00
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Brand: Netgear
Binding: Electronics
Release Date: 2006-05-20
Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features: - Wireless-N router offers an easy way to set up a fast network with wired and wireless connections
- Delivers up to 300 Mbps of wireless throughput
- Four RJ-45 Ethernet ports allow for wired connections to the network
- Enhanced security includes a double firewall, and WPA and 128-bit WEP encryption
- Device measures 8.9 x 1.5 x 6.8 inches (WxHxD)
Great Draft N router with DD-WRT v24 sp1 [Posted on 2008-09-02]
Frys had these in plain netgear refurb brown box for only $34.99 during the labor day weekend sale. I picked up three cause I wanted to use two as a repeater/bridge and one as the main base station. With the standard netgear firmware, this router is pretty average, and slow for an N router, but upgrade the firmware to the latest DD-WRT v24 sp1, you just made this cheap N router a blazing $300.00+ router. The DD-WRT firmware gave much more configurable options, one actually increasing the tx range. Sorry neighbors. :) My throughput is between 230 to 260 mbp!!!!! Signal stays in five bars (excellent range).
This router is great for tweaking and would only recommend it if you are able to get this router at a cheap price and upgrading the firmware to DD-WRT. I say it blows away the Linksys WRT54G.
DD-WRT [Posted on 2008-09-04]
This is a great router once you load DD-WRT. FAST FAST FAST. I tried a couple of the dual band routers (WRT610 and WNDR3300) and they are just unstable and DD-WRT doesn't support them yet. This router worked best for me. I just wish it made hot dogs.
Works fine - good coverage [Posted on 2008-09-06]
Setup is simple if you take the time to read the instructions and go thru the setup CD. For some unknown reason the CD takes a long time to load. You must have the PC with the setup CD connected directly to the cable modem with the supplied cable, otherwise the setup will NOT work.
Coverage is much better than G and extends much further out. Just installed it so have no history on the longevity. So far I've had no disconnects and haven't had to reboot the modem connection like I've had to do with Belkin one I had prviously. It also feels faster than the DLink N with rangebooster that I had.
Excellent! [Posted on 2008-09-24]
I was very suspicious when i was shopping around for a new router. If you have had any router using experience (i would hope you do) then you know that there are some routers out there that have very very veryyyy bad user interfaces on them, with hidden controls etc. This was real easy to set up, with no actual ip configs etc (the software does it all for you-THANK YOU). Then once its up and running, it takes about 1 min to setup security and passwords, awesome!
This is a good router, even if you don't have wireless-n. I don't, but my roommate does and his connection is rocket fast. We're talkin 4-5 megs in a dorm room. Nice!
Get this router, especially for the price. You'll be shooting yourself in the foot if you don't.
mixed [Posted on 2008-10-01]
The product is good, dealing with Amazon is Great but dealing with
Net-gear rep is very bad what's even worst is that there service is out sourced to India and you can't understand a word they are saying trust me it's much easier to do it your self just carefully follow the instructions on the disc.
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