( 5 reviews )
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Posted: Feb 22 2008
This is exactly what I needed, an ethernet to ethernet router that is relatively inexpensive but more reliable than a Linksys.
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Posted: Aug 3 2007
We give one to these to each of our customers and they perform perfectly. They make store bought ones line Netgear and Linksys look like toys. These will handle VoIP and other high packet rate items perfectly.
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jan 7 2005
We had a firewall crash at the office and decided to replace our old, high-end, Raptor firewall with a Netgear RP614. That router was easy to setup and configure and got us up and running quickly after the firewall crash. However, it was unreliable and tended to suffer from heat exhaustion. During one business day we had to reboot the router 20 times before finally leaving it unplugged overnight so it could cool off and function normally again. We gave up and decided to go with this router. This router packs the punch of some high end Cisco routers at a fraction of the cost. It is highly configurable, and allows for a variety of complex NAT/PAT setups, port forwarding, packet filters, classless subneting, and more. The manual is very comprehensive. VPN connections do not require any custom software. The e-mail support has been in 24 hours or less. I have two complaints: 1) The latest firmware does not allow for stable PPTP VPN connections. They suggest rolling back to an old release, which I have not yet tried. 2) The router does not support DNS forwarding. If you have your network setup with static IPs, you will have to add your ISPs DNS servers to the local workstation configurations. This router is NOT geared towards consumers. Although it does have a setup wizard that makes it easy to configure a basic installation, it is overkill for someone who does not have a good TCP/IP skillset. At this point we've only had it for a week, so I can't be sure that it is more reliable thant the RP614, but so far so good. UPDATE: With the latest firmware, I have had no issues with maintaining a stable PPTP VPN connection.
