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BOTTOM LINE: What about the crashing? REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: about as I expected. DETAILS: Did you guys try to stream SD video to a 360 after leaving the bridge unit on for quite a while, maybe a day or so? For some reason, only the bridge crashes and disconnects while the AP carries on OK. I even saw this in the AP logs where the connection broke several times over the course of a few days with no media traffic.
My solution was to add a Koolatron IR switch that turns on the bridge as needed, but that device has its own adventures. With no new firmware updates lately, I have no idea if Netgear has even looked into this yet, but it has been reported...
BOTTOM LINE: get latest firmware Version 2.1.2 REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much better than I expected. DETAILS: http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/FVG318v2.asp
BOTTOM LINE: works great and east to set up REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much better than I expected. DETAILS: Has a lot of cool features. This is my first router and I have had no problems with it at all. I would recommend this router to anyone.
Network Magic 3.0 Recommended by NetworkMeUp [Derek@purenetworks.com]
on 4/9/2008
BOTTOM LINE: The newest Network Magic update is way better REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much better than I expected. DETAILS: I haven't found any recent articles or related blogs on this website about the newest Network Magic version 4.7, so I'll add a link here: http://www.networkmagic.com/download/
Network Magic just keeps getting better and better with each new version release.
BOTTOM LINE: Very good if i had the driver for it. REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much better than I expected. DETAILS: Please can you help me out here i have the bluetooth but i don't have the CD rom for it..Where can i download the driver for this product please.
My email is douky68@hotmail.com thank you for your time, David D G Bailey. PS using an Toshiba laptop with windows vista too.
BOTTOM LINE: use either this OR vista REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much worse than I expected. DETAILS: if you are only using XP, the unit works as advertised. however, no amount of coaxing or (so far) customer support from netgear can get it working with vista. If anyone has it working with vista, please post the secret!!! thanks
BOTTOM LINE: Try latest upgrade - works well REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much better than I expected. DETAILS: the comments here seem to be related to older firmware versions. If you upgrade to the latest one it is actually quite a good low cost VPN router.
BOTTOM LINE: Get another router. Read the web. REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: worse than I expected. DETAILS: Have a Belkin F5D5231-4 wired, 4 port DSL capable 4 port router. Regularly takes dumps and has to be reset. Purchased at a now defunct retail outlet that was being visited at the time of purchase by a Belkin sales rep.
BOTTOM LINE: Have had two new units die within 2 month period. REALITY vs. EXPECTATIONS: much worse than I expected. DETAILS: Look at the model post on Netgear site, everything from constant disconect, to lockup seems to plague this model.
