Customer Reviews
Amateur at this 
2008-06-23
I'm pretty computer literate, but networking-not good, so I followed the instructions to the letter and had no problem at all. I allowed myself a whole afternoon to get it going, as from experience nothing goes right the first, second or third times, but this was up and running in 15 minutes! I have two computers hooked in directly and one in another room that I set up to receive wireless, plus my laptop - all work well. I'm very happy with the product.
Easy to set up but overall performance is just ok. 
2008-06-19
This is an N band router so it will not improve your speed if you have a computer on wireless G band. My RangeMax WNDR3300 came with the Wireless N adapter in the box since it was a gift from Amazon Vine program. I have also tried the Linksys WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router recently, which is a little cheaper than this router so I was able to compare the results.
Setup - Setup was relatively easy, though it took a bit of time to configure the 3 laptops which were to work with this router. I had to turn off the internal wireless G band card of one my laptops to use the N band adaptor. I found the Netgear setup easy but not as easy as the Linksys router which had better set up software. I also don't like the fact that the Netgear utility disables my laptop's internal wireless utility.
Range - This router gives me a lower range than my older G band router Linksys WRT54GS Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster. It shows only 25% network strength in spots where I was getting 75% in my home. However, the new Linksys WRT160N Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router was no better either.
Speed - With the wireless N adaptor, the connection strength comes up as 270 Mbps if I use the N band wireless adaptor but my download speed is only marginally faster than with my Linksys G router. With the G band laptops the download speed is about the same.
Overall, this is a good router if you use the N wireless band. However, don't expect any big jumps in speed or range especially if you're still using G band wireless devices.
An excellent router 2008-06-19
I'd been using a wireless G router system with built in speed boost and was largely happy with download speeds. However, I had noticed several quirks in the way the system was set-up, ones that I was able to work around but never conquer. These problems interfered with file sharing on the network as well as using a printer across the network, a nuisance, surely. By setting up a new network, I was able to eliminate these problems. My download speeds have increased several fold, and coverage is uniformly superb. I am quite impressed with the Netgear Wireless-N Router. It is quite easy to recommend it.
Rjk1 2008-06-02
the new router is much better then the Linksys G router that I had. I recieve better reception in the house even in areas that I could not get service before.
WOW!! (A- Grade) 2008-06-01
Netgear is known for their top line routers and this one blew me away! I was a bit skeptical and the price seems a bit high but since I have started using this router with my laptop, I haven't been kicked off the internet and my connection is unbelievably fast.
I urge you to spend the money and get this wireless router for all your internet needs. The setup is pretty easy and portable.
Katiebabs
Works well but hard to patch into an existing system 2008-07-17
While this product works well as a dual band router it was very hard to configure to work with the Verizon Fios router that I need to use to connect to Fios. The lack of gigabit support on the wired portion of the router is also dissapointing. Overall, decent wireless, too dumbed down for power users and obnoxious presentation. Scrap the giant blue led button and and more functionality the next time around.
A Few Issues 
2008-07-16
The setup was very easy and I was able to connect to the Internet on my main PC connected via cat5 after only a few minutes. I also got the wireless working pretty quick and my notebook was connecting just fine to the Internet too. Then I tried to access one computer from the other and I really started running into some problems. So I thought it might be my Norton Firewall, so I disabled that and played with a bunch of stuff and finally it started working. Then I setup my 3rd computer that is connected through a hub in another part of my house and I ran into the same problems, only doing the same steps didn't seem to make that computer available on the network...so about 2-3 hours later I finally got all 3 computers working. Then the next day I got home and my power had gone out, so when I turned all of the computers back on once again I had Internet on all of them, but they could no longer see each other on the network. That is still where they are at, I know if I keep playing around with things they will see each other at least temporarily, but for the most part I don't share too many files and mainly just use the Internet on my computers so I'm not going to worry about that until I actually need to.
So the setup was easy and I never ended up changing any settings on the actual router, but for some reason my network seems to have some real issues that it didn't have with the Linksys. If I ever figure out what is causing this I'll update this post, but as of now it seems somewhat random, so that's why I only gave it 3 stars, it would have been 4-5 if my network would be working correctly.
A Very Versatile Router 2008-07-14
I really like this router. It's easy to set up and get working. It also has a ton of options that let you control everything you would ever need to. You can have both a wireless G network for your older devices as well as a wireless N network for your newer faster devices. Both at the same time! When I switched to this router I noticed right away that web pages came up faster on my wired computers. Both the wireless G and N worked fine in our house.
For wireless N connectivity on our notebook we use the RangeMax WNDA3100 Dual Band Wireless-N Adapter. For greater coverage we also added NETGEAR HD/Gaming 5 GHz Wireless-N Networking Kit (WNHDEB111). The notebook gets great speeds a floor away from the access point. I am very happy with the performance of all the router features.
Cool Features:
- The Web interface is easy to use covers everything I need to do.
- Allows the router to email you the logs on a user specified schedule.
- Firmware is easy to update and the router will check if there is an update available.
- It is easy to find the grid of attached devices along with all the stats for each connected device.
- IP reservation is easy since it allows you to pick the device from the list. No more typing in MAC addresses.
- Security for wireless also allows you to just pick the device from the list of attached devices and add it to the allowed devices. On other routers you have to type in MAC addresses.
Items to note:
- It is not a 1 gigabit router. But you can easily plug it into a 1 gig switch and then plug all your 1 gig devices into that switch.
- The large blue light on the top cannot be shut off. It will light up a fairly large area in the dark. It's cool looking though.
Good Router and Night Light Combination 2008-06-30
First off I want to say I was pretty impressed with how easy it was to install this router. Not exactly like installing the Linksys I retired, but easy peasy, just follow the directions. I was excited about this router, because I wanted a bit more range than I'd been getting. I have it set up in the living room, because it's where the cable comes into the house. My desktop is only one wall away and I've had no problem with the wireless connection with it, but I like to take my laptop out on the patio at night and I just wasn't getting the oomph I needed and bad signal strength translates into slow, slow internet.
And let me tell you, I'm very happy out in my patio these days. I know it's not down the block, but it's where I want to be on a summer's evening, laptop on lap with a speedy internet. I've got that now.
And as an added bonus I now have a night light in my living room. Yes, the Netgear RangeMax Dual-Band Wireless-N Router also doubles as a night light. A blue one. It's pretty bright, that blue light is, but heck, I kinda like it.
Does What it's Supposed to do and does it Well 2008-06-30
And it really is very easy to set up and that was a pleasant surprise. I unpacked the router, connected it, followed the simple instructions I got from the wizard and son of a gun if the router didn't find and connect up with all two of my computers, my desk top and my laptop. This is heads and hands above the last Netgear router I had. I needed no help here, found nothing to be frustrated about.
The last time I had to hook up a Netgear router I spent a lot of frustrating time with people who spoke questionable English on the phone. Not so this time. No phone calls to tech support and that makes a happy router user out of me and what more can one ask from a router.
Review submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
