Review: Netgear Gigabit Wireless Router
Netgear WNR854T
Postives:
- Very Clean looking
- Has never hung on me after extreme downloading on torrent and wireless streaming
- Gigabit transfer between wired pc and NAS was excellent. I was transferring 10 to 15 GBs in under 9 minutes.
- Interface can be used by a person with basic networking knowledge and advanced networking knowledge very easy to configure.
- Has a lot of features including access list for wireless, DMZ, port forwarding, and most standard features.
Negatives:
- Wireless powerful only in close range meaning within 15 meters of it, I go roaming at list 25 meters away. Needs antenna to strengthen signal but no where to insert the connection if wanted.
- Price is still a bit high around $140
- You have to get Netgear solution to work the Pre-N settings, so no real benefit there.
Note: You must use CAT6e cables to get the best wired performance.
Link: Amazon
Rating:
CyberRowdy
marz donja think wireless stuff is not yet mature :P ? coz interoperability is still in question….netgear talks only with netgear cousins….this is BS.
3baid
I want terrabit ethernet/wireless :P
Marzouq
Cyber: Your right about the wireless N without standardization but I was going for the Gigabit routing more the anything since I do a lot of transfers between the PCs, and NAS. So the substantial speed has been better for me!
3baid: You wont see that for at least another 5 years, and thats assuming things go smoothly.
nuos
does it have a ADSL modem?
if not how you connected ?
Marzouq
nuos: Nope its not an ADSL modems those dont have as close to the functionality as these routers do. I connect the Qnet ADSL modem into this router. Thats it!