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Pros: It's been running for me for about 6 years with zero issues. The firewall and router work great. I haven't used the VPN.
Cons: I'm here looking fo Gigabit Routers because it is slowing down my 8 computer network with wifi hotspot from 8mbps down and 6 Mbps upload TO 7mbps down and 1.5 Mbps up.
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When it gives out, it gives out hard
Reviewed By: Alexei Sayles on 11/18/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Fairly easy to set up, eight wired ports let me ditch my switch, decent web interface
Cons: Reliability. Even before it completely flipped out, it would from time-to-time suddenly lose all connectivity requiring a reboot. In the beginning, it was a month or so between incidents, then later it became weekly or less. A "Reboot daily" option in the web interface should be a big hint here.
In the end, the unit began to exhibit insane latency issues. I'd see ping times rise from 60-80ms to 1900ms, within hours of rebooting the router. Forcing a reboot would resolve this, sometimes for a day or so, other times for mere minutes.
Other Thoughts: I picked this unit up about 18 months ago thinking I'd save some money on the electric bill by scrapping my OpenBSD firewall I'd build a few years back. It was perfect for a while and I was very happy with my choice. I never used the VPN features since you have to pay extra for it and I stopped traveling as much as I used to.
My OpenBSD firewall was rebooted four times in its four-year life, usually when I needed to move its power cord. I am now having to reboot this pile of junk 3-4 times a day. It's trash-heap bound.
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Reviewed By: The Fox on 10/29/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Simple to setup, Durable, Large number of switchports, good throughput. VPN works good too.
Cons: Startup wizard is annoying, and requires you to do it before you can change anything. Not worth docking an egg though.
Other Thoughts: Comes with lifetime support since it's a metal box Netgear product. Netgear VPN client sucks, but box to box connections work fine. I recently deployed one to serve as the router at a boarding house with half a dozen different connections to the internet at any given time. The version 1 of this product is ancient and slow, but the latest (V3) is a nice little racehorse.
12.5 Mbps LAN to WAN throughput 1.2 Mbps 3DES throughput
Ports
WAN Ports: 1 x 10/100 Mbps Ethernet RJ-45 port to connect to any broadband modem LAN Ports: 8 x 10/100Mbps auto-sensing, Auto UplinkTM RJ-45 ports (one Cat. 5 UTP cable included)
Wired Speed
10/100 Mbps
Security
Firewall: Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) to prevent Denial of Service (DoS) attacks (Syn flood, ICMP flood, UDP flood, “ping of death,” IP spoofing, land attack, tear drop attack, IP address sweep attack, Win Nuke attack), Intrusion Detection System (IDS) including logging, reporting and e-mail alerts, address, service and protocol), Web URL content filtering Mode of Operation: Network Address Translation (NAT), static routing, unrestricted users per port IP Address Assignment: Static IP address assign ment, internal DHCP server on LAN, DHCP client on WAN, PPPoE client support
VPN
VPN Functionality: Eight (8) dedicated VPN tunnels, Manual key and IKE Security Association (SA) assignment, 56-bit (DES), 168-bit (3DES), or 256-bit AES IP Sec encryption algorithm, MD5 or SHA-1authentication algorithm, pre-shared key, perfect forward secrecy (Diffie-Helman and Oakley client support), key life and IKE lifetime time settings, prevent replay attack, remote access VPN (client-to-site), site-to-site VPN, IPSec NAT traversal (VPN pass-through)
Power Input
Power requirements: 12VDC, 1.2A; plug is localized to country of sale
Dimensions
10.0" x 7.1" x 1.4"
Weight
2.0 lbs.
Features
Features
Management Features: Administration Interface: Intuitive browser-based interface, user name and password protected. Smart Wizard install assistant and VPN wizard for basic parameter settings Secure HTTPS Remote Management Support: Authenticated through IP address or IP address range, and password Dynamic DNSConfiguration and upgrades: Upload and download configuration settings, field upgradeable flash memory
RFC Support: PPTP client and server (RFC 2637) IPSec tunnel mode (RFC 2401) HMAC-MD5-96 (RFC 2403) HMAC-SHA1-96 (RFC 2404) DES-CBC Cipher algorithm (RFC 2405) Encapsulation Security Payload Protocol (RFC 2406) DHCP server (RFC 2131) DHCP client (RFC 2131) TFTP client (RFC 1350) IP routing (RIP1, RIP2) (RFC 2453) NAT (many-to-one) (RFC 1631) Compression Control Protocol (RFC 1974) IP control Protocol (RFC 1332) PPPoE (RFC 2516)
Functions: Save/Restore Configuration, Restore Defaults, Upgrades via Web Browser, Display Statistics
Initiates up to 8 IPSec VPN tunnels simultaneously Stateful Packet Inspection Firewall with VPN pass-through and routing Easy-to-use Web browser-based setup, configuration and remote management
For ProSafe Lifetime Warranty please see: http://www.netgear.com/warranty
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Reviewed By: maddmann on 11/19/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: more than 1 year
