Cheap Netgear Wireless-N 300 Router with DSL Modem for Sale
Thursday, 18. August 2011
Best Rating Netgear Wireless-N 300 Router with DSL Modem – For Sale
Netgear WirelessN 300 Router wDSL Modem DGN2200100UKS Networks Wireless Routers
List Price: £61.27
Peter Eccles Says:
Great router, poor NAS device,
I had been looking around for sometime before settling on but the DGN2200. Setting up the router was a breeze and very straight forward, it even steered me clear of making some silly mistakes. So, no problem as a router,
However as a way of turning a USB drive in a NAS device it is almost worthless as it’s simply too slow. This is not the fault with the network speed (which is great). Searching around the internet it looks like the router has problems with NTFS and FAT32 formatted devices. I tried 2 USB drives and 1 USB key with the same result. One solution was to format the drive as EXT3 but this model doesn’t support it.
I’d still recommend this as a router but not if you are planning on using the USB option.
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|Slowjack Says:
Up and running,
There are no reviews of this product yet so I thought I would be the first. I bought the router to replace a Netgear DG834G. My 834 was excellent and as I didn’t have any problems with it I wanted to stick with Netgear if possible. I considered the DGN 2000 but was put off by the poor reviews on Amazon so went for this modem/router which I think is newer than the 2000.
I don’t know much about setting up wireless networks and so was pleased when I found the product came with a smart wizard set up. Unfortunately, the smart wizard didn’t work as it wouldn’t recognise the router. This forced me to follow the advanced set up instructions and do the configuration via a browser window. I managed this surprisingly easily.
The router is in a home office next to our lounge. The wall between the two rooms is quite thick. The reason for upgrading to a wireless N 300 router was to get a wireless signal in both the lounge and the bedroom. The 834 signal was not strong enough. Before the change my ipod would pick up a poor signal in both the lounge and the bedroom but neither my Samsung laptop or my HTC desire phone would connect. Once the DGN 2200 was up and running all three devices would pick up a signal in both the lounge and the bedroom. The laptop pickup is good enough to stream BBC iplayer. The Desire struggles a little but I think that is due to the very poor antenna on this phone rather than the modem. So the DGN 2200 does what I bought it for.
I checked the firmware and it was delivered with the latest version so I didn’t have to worry about upgrading this. Thank you Amazon.
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|Tom-gerry Says:
Netgear N300 router,
Easy to install; works well; no more dropped connections!! The on-off button at the back is very handy – no more losing the cable down the back of the desk when you want to disconnect and reconnects very quickly when you switch it on again. Works with o2 Home Broadband (we had tried a Belkin N router only to discover it was incompatible with o2.)
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