Well I was waiting for a DSL modem/Router combination for a while and this would have been a very economical choice. How's Netgear's quality though, their earlier units weren't anything to fawn over
I have been using the WRG614 for almost 2 years and it has served me very well. I even picked it up used from a friend who just had to get a draft-N router, (early adopters, *sigh), and he took $25 just to get it out of his house, that was 2 years ago. Like most access points I've used, I've had it drop on me a few times, but it was nothing a reboot couldn't fix. It's range quality has been exceptional for the stuff this signal has had to pass through, over 35ft of brick walls in my house and I still have 5 bars of reception. I ordered a WNR834B from the last woot-off, and I expect it to be just as reliable, once it gets a couple of firmware updates. It's not cisco/linksys grade stuff, but it gets the job done well.
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Well I was waiting for a DSL modem/Router combination for a while and this would have been a very economical choice. How's Netgear's quality though, their earlier units weren't anything to fawn over
I have been using the WRG614 for almost 2 years and it has served me very well. I even picked it up used from a friend who just had to get a draft-N router, (early adopters, *sigh), and he took $25 just to get it out of his house, that was 2 years ago. Like most access points I've used, I've had it drop on me a few times, but it was nothing a reboot couldn't fix. It's range quality has been exceptional for the stuff this signal has had to pass through, over 35ft of brick walls in my house and I still have 5 bars of reception. I ordered a WNR834B from the last woot-off, and I expect it to be just as reliable, once it gets a couple of firmware updates. It's not cisco/linksys grade stuff, but it gets the job done well.