Corega Wireless Broadband Access Router BAR-WL - wireless router

Advantages: easy setup, works great
Disadvantages: None

...I had recently bought a second laptop for my wife and needed a wireless router badly so that both of us could access internet simultaneously and wirelessly. So i searched around for a decent reliable router. i came across this one and bought it from amazon for 30 quid. It supports 802.11b and 802.11g. It has 4 wired ports so that 4 computers can be connected simultaneously. It doesnt have a USB port. Setup : it came with the setup CD and it took around 15 - 20 mins. since it involves computer restart. I have a Virgin broadband connection so had to connect this router to the modem supplied by virgin. A ethernet wire is provided with this kit. Had no problems at all with the setup. The installation needs to be done with the computer wired to the router. Also configured the router settings after logging into the router... Read review

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Advantages: Reasonable price, easy to use, lots of advanced settings
Disadvantages: installation firewall issue, signal strengh only reasonable

.... The Dynamode router has no problem with my firewall. At certain stage it executed a script to communicate with 192.168.11.1 via internet explorer and tried to download something. My Comodo firewall stopped it. Eventually I had to disable my firewall to get the installation going. This is not mentioned in the manual. When you are connected with the site, you are requested to login. The default used ID and password are announced when the first login failed. Once you are in, change the password! There are a lot of pages online for advanced settings. I recommend you to go through the wizard first and then fine tune it later. Once you are through with the wizard, click the 'advanced' tab and go to 'wireless management' and enable access list (for all your wireless devices) for extra security even with WPA encryption. Also, if you... Read review

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Advantages: Great stable router with great range and speed
Disadvantages: None found yet

.... For a belts and braces approach, you can also restrict which devices can connect to the router by including their MAC addresses in an Access List. This is useful to prevent computers outside your network from accessing your router. For me this is particularly important because one of the old devices that I have only supports WEP encryption so I have to have encryption disabled to allow it to connect. Of course this means that potentially anyone could connect to my router so the Access List means my router can only be got at by devices that I allow. This router is a wireless ‘N’ router using MIMO smart antennae technology which means that it uses multiple antennas in order to achieve the high speeds and range. The 6 antennae are integrated within the casing which means no ugly protrusions on the outside . It conforms to the draft ‘N’ standard. I... Read review

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