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  Review by Andy, submitted 11/1/06

How long have you used the product? More than 3 months
Which similar products have you used?
Functionality Rating functionality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Title of review Fantastic
What are the strengths? Easy to setup and administer. Firmware upgrades can be installed very easily.
What are the weaknesses?
Summary Great router that could save you bags of time at installation.
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

  Review by Rachel, submitted 8/29/06

How long have you used the product? 1-3 months
Which similar products have you used? Nonw
Functionality Rating functionality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Title of review Good for Mac users
What are the strengths? Easy to set up with straightforward instructions. Fully compatible with Apple Macs. iChat video conferencing works well with it. I get a good, reliable signal strength throughout my house. The most recent version is white so looks very good sat next to my iMac!
What are the weaknesses? The software looks a bit dated and isn't terribly intuitive.
Summary Reliable, no nonsense, stylish wireless router.
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

  Review by Asif Atcha, submitted 2/22/06

How long have you used the product? Less than 1 month
Which similar products have you used? Belkin
Functionality Rating functionality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Title of review Product of Year
What are the strengths? Easy to set up, only took 10 minutes I know nothing about PCs. Just follow instruction, I found it easier then Belkin, I spent 3 days and 10 hours and gave up and swopt.
What are the weaknesses? None that I can think of
Summary My faith in PCs is saved, I can get back to serfing and this has been easy.
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

  Review by paulyb, submitted 7/5/05

How long have you used the product? Less than 1 month
Which similar products have you used? None
Functionality Rating functionality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5
Title of review Netgear Router
What are the strengths? Signal Performance
Compatability with AOL support
Looks good
Very compact
Very well regarded in other hardware reviews
What are the weaknesses? Setting up is quite simple, but lack of instructions (needs to be printed from the website or AOL).
Summary Superb performance, and being a complete IT spod, I understand WEP encryption and setting up now.
I encountered problems when I realised my ethernet cable on my laptop was faulty, so setting up took a long time. But once running, it's superb.

wireless technology (via network card slot) is faster than ADSL USB connection simply because my USB is wearing out from using loads of devices (cameras, mouse, printers etc). Hence, not suffering from slow down any more.

Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 5.0 / 5  5.0 / 5

  Review by Dizers, submitted 2/27/05

How long have you used the product? 1-3 months
Which similar products have you used?
Functionality Rating functionality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 3.0 / 5  3.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Title of review Worth the money
What are the strengths? Easy to set up
What are the weaknesses? Difficult to troubleshoot
Summary Very useful piece of kit, can go anywhere in the house now and surf.
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5

  Review by Sue Brown, submitted 2/22/05

How long have you used the product? Less than 1 month
Which similar products have you used? I tried to set up a Belkin wireless modem router but after a long time trying to set it up and getting free phone support had to give up.
Took the Belkin back and got this Netgear router. Struggled to set it up on the first evening but the next morning I switched it on and heh presto was able to network my 2 laptops and a PC wirelessly. (IP Wanado) Setup is still fiddly but I am pleased so far with the results
Functionality Rating functionality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Quality Rating quality: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Value for money Rating value for money: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5
Title of review Wireless at last!
What are the strengths? Only took me two days of tweaking to get going.
What are the weaknesses? These are complicated things to set up.
Summary Worked for me!
Do you recommend this product? Yes
Overall rating overall rating: 4.0 / 5  4.0 / 5

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