Advantages: Good features, repeater and bridging modes Disadvantages: Minor installation problem
...As well as the Netgear WG602 V2 itself, you get a driver CD, a short network cable and an external PSU. Installation can be done manually in which case you just plug it in to your wired network and point your web browser to the device's IP address and use the web based configuration tools. Alternatively, the CD based setup can be used for a more hand held approach. One minor glitch was that the documentation quoted an IP address that the device would ... ...simply involved telling the two Netgear WG602's each other's MAC addresses (the unique address every piece of networking hardware has) and setting the mode to repeater instead of access point. Once this was done, the second access point was unplugged from the LAN and taken downstairs to the first floor. As its job was to simply repeat, it could be stuffed out the way on its own with the only connection being the power supply unit.
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ilaskey 13.02.2007
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Advantages: Cheap, easy to use, many features, secure, small, good looking Disadvantages: None
I had this router for well over two years and in that time it worked brilliantly.
It is easy to set up, you just plug it in then use your web browser to go to the control panel, not installation or software is needed.
You can manage the many settings inside the control panel. You can change all the huge amount of features such as security, encryption, two firewalls and many more features.
You can easily use this router for home servers using port ... ...using the managment interface.
It is easy to upgrade to the newest firmware, which is advisable. Since the newest versions are more secure and generally better.
Only in the end did this reliable router break down during a thunderstorm, but it went with my computer, printer and other stuff (so it wasn't the router's fault).
Overall this is really great value for money, even for limited computer users. ...
calumneilson 03.09.2008
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