NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Firewall 50 FVS338 - router

Netgear FVS114 ProSafe VPN Firewall/Switch

Advantages: Good features, VPN support, 10/100 WAN port
Disadvantages: Challenging documentation

Not so long ago, you were lucky to have broadband of any speed. Now broadband is getting faster with speeds of 8-10Mbps becoming more common and 24Mbps not so far away. As a result, the current generation of routers for the home or small office are starting to show a weakness - they only have a 10Mbit WAN port for connecting to your ADSL or Cable connection. The Netgear FVS114 manages to bring a 10/100 Mbps WAN port equipped router to the party with a whole bunch of extra features. As the box proudly proclaims, it combines 8 VPN tunnels, a router, 4 port switch and SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) Firewall in to one compact device in the familiar dark blue metal case that Netgear are famous for. With support for 253 users, there's a lot of power here for the price. What's in the box As well as the Netgear FVS114 itself, you get ...

ilaskey 13.02.2007 · Read full review
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Review of NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Firewall 8 FVS114 - router

Netgear DG834G 54 Mbps Wireless ADSL Firewall Router

Advantages: Connection speed is really good and range is quite wonderful
Disadvantages: Sometimes gets disconnected

I have used Netgear router and based on my experience i can say that performance wise its really good. There are some problems like connection gets disconnected sometimes but that happens because of other frequencies as well, so if you configure your router in a good way, it really gives you a great output. It's key features are: 5 in 1: Modem, router, firewall, 4-port switch & wireless access point ,Compatible with 802.11b wireless networks and True Firewall & WPA-PSK encryption protects against intruders. The best thing i like about this is that The built-in True Firewall features Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) and Denial of Service (DOS), which operate as your first line of attack against intruders. The DG834G provides both WEP and WPA-PSK wireless encryption standards to protect your network from eavesdroppers and bandwidth ...

urvishu2383 13.05.2009 · Read full review
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Review of NETGEAR DG834G 54 Mbps Wireless ADSL Firewall Router - wireless router

The most flexible beast on the market!

Advantages: Great performance for wireless and wired routing. Great firewall
Disadvantages: Expensive, lots of reboots for configuration, can't turn off radios.

**N.B. Before anyone accuses me of copying, this review WAS first posted on MY site at cahtech.beigetower.org. It is my original content** Recently, the best innovation in networking award at Tom's Hardware Guide was awarded to the NETGEAR FWAG114 Broadband ProSafe Dual Band Wireless VPN Firewall. The majority of respondents in their recent online reader's survey chose this device for the accolade probably because it seems to be the perfect wireless router -or at least the best you can get now. So, to see what was so great about it, and because I wanted a new wireless router with more bandwidth to satisfy greater demands for multimedia streaming I chose this one. Admittedly, I had chosen this router before it got the award and had been using it for a while, but to see if it was really as good as it claims, I decided to put it ...

chris_ah1 12.05.2004 · Read full review
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Review of NETGEAR FWAG114 ProSafe Dual Band Wireless VPN Firewall - wireless router