Author: Tim Higgins\nReview Date: 7\/3\/2001<\/i><\/p>\n
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\nModel: MR314<\/p>\n
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The Stats<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCheck\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for its routing features.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Basics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIndicators<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nPower<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nTest<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nInternet (WAN) Link<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nInternet (WAN) Activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nWireless On<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nWireless Activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nEthernet LAN Link\/Activity (4)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nEthernet LAN 100 (4)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConnectors<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nOne RJ45 10BaseT Ethernet WAN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nFour RJ45 10\/100BaseT switched Ethernet LAN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nPower<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nComes with<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nprinted Installation Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nResource CD<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nOne CAT5 UTP cable<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n120VAC Power supply<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\nOne moveable position, non-detachable monopole antenna<\/li>\nHardware Reset button<\/li>\nNO<\/b>\u00a0Uplink or Normal \/ Crossover switch for LAN Ports, but ports are\u00a0auto-MDI\/MDI-X sensing<\/b>\u00a0(see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for more info).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR continues to crank out new routers based on the\u00a0RP114<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router platform (which is based on the popular\u00a0RT311<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0RT314<\/a><\/b>).\u00a0 This time, they’ve added an 802.11b Access point, so let’s see how it stacks up…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFeature Highlights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe\u00a0RP114 review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0describes the routing features of the MR314, so I’ll cover the wireless features in this review.<\/p>\nThe MR314’s radio is an Intersil PRISM II based, modified\u00a0MA401 PC card<\/a><\/b>, plugged into a connector on the circuit board, but completely enclosed by the MR314’s cabinet.\u00a0 The MA401 has a mini coax cable hard-wired to it and the monopole antenna that’s mounted on the rear of the router chassis. (The cable comes out of the rear of the plastic antenna housing of the MA401 via a small hole.)<\/p>\nThe MR314’s wireless controls (shown below) are typical, with the ability to set the channel and ESSID.\u00a0 I was surprised to see the ability to set RTS and Fragment Threshold settings.\u00a0 I’ve sometimes seen these controls on 802.11b clients, but not on Access Points.\u00a0 The on-line Help has good definitions, but doesn’t explain when you’d want to mess with them.\u00a0 I recommend leaving the default settings unless you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nBoth\u00a064<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0128<\/b>\u00a0bit WEP encryption is supported, with the ability to set four Hexadecimal keys in either mode (see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help with WEP).\u00a09\/1\/01<\/span><\/b> – 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation.<\/p>\nWhile running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. 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\nCheck\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for its routing features.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Basics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIndicators<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nPower<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nTest<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nInternet (WAN) Link<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nInternet (WAN) Activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nWireless On<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nWireless Activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nEthernet LAN Link\/Activity (4)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nEthernet LAN 100 (4)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConnectors<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nOne RJ45 10BaseT Ethernet WAN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nFour RJ45 10\/100BaseT switched Ethernet LAN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nPower<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nComes with<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nprinted Installation Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nResource CD<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nOne CAT5 UTP cable<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n120VAC Power supply<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\nOne moveable position, non-detachable monopole antenna<\/li>\nHardware Reset button<\/li>\nNO<\/b>\u00a0Uplink or Normal \/ Crossover switch for LAN Ports, but ports are\u00a0auto-MDI\/MDI-X sensing<\/b>\u00a0(see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for more info).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR continues to crank out new routers based on the\u00a0RP114<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router platform (which is based on the popular\u00a0RT311<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0RT314<\/a><\/b>).\u00a0 This time, they’ve added an 802.11b Access point, so let’s see how it stacks up…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFeature Highlights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe\u00a0RP114 review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0describes the routing features of the MR314, so I’ll cover the wireless features in this review.<\/p>\nThe MR314’s radio is an Intersil PRISM II based, modified\u00a0MA401 PC card<\/a><\/b>, plugged into a connector on the circuit board, but completely enclosed by the MR314’s cabinet.\u00a0 The MA401 has a mini coax cable hard-wired to it and the monopole antenna that’s mounted on the rear of the router chassis. (The cable comes out of the rear of the plastic antenna housing of the MA401 via a small hole.)<\/p>\nThe MR314’s wireless controls (shown below) are typical, with the ability to set the channel and ESSID.\u00a0 I was surprised to see the ability to set RTS and Fragment Threshold settings.\u00a0 I’ve sometimes seen these controls on 802.11b clients, but not on Access Points.\u00a0 The on-line Help has good definitions, but doesn’t explain when you’d want to mess with them.\u00a0 I recommend leaving the default settings unless you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nBoth\u00a064<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0128<\/b>\u00a0bit WEP encryption is supported, with the ability to set four Hexadecimal keys in either mode (see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help with WEP).\u00a09\/1\/01<\/span><\/b> – 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation.<\/p>\nWhile running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. 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The Basics<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIndicators<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nPower<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nTest<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nInternet (WAN) Link<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nInternet (WAN) Activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nWireless On<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nWireless Activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nEthernet LAN Link\/Activity (4)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nEthernet LAN 100 (4)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nConnectors<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nOne RJ45 10BaseT Ethernet WAN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nFour RJ45 10\/100BaseT switched Ethernet LAN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nPower<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nComes with<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\n\nprinted Installation Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nResource CD<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\nOne CAT5 UTP cable<\/p>\n<\/li>\n\n120VAC Power supply<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\nOther<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\n\nOne moveable position, non-detachable monopole antenna<\/li>\nHardware Reset button<\/li>\nNO<\/b>\u00a0Uplink or Normal \/ Crossover switch for LAN Ports, but ports are\u00a0auto-MDI\/MDI-X sensing<\/b>\u00a0(see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0for more info).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nIntroduction<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR continues to crank out new routers based on the\u00a0RP114<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router platform (which is based on the popular\u00a0RT311<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0RT314<\/a><\/b>).\u00a0 This time, they’ve added an 802.11b Access point, so let’s see how it stacks up…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFeature Highlights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe\u00a0RP114 review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0describes the routing features of the MR314, so I’ll cover the wireless features in this review.<\/p>\nThe MR314’s radio is an Intersil PRISM II based, modified\u00a0MA401 PC card<\/a><\/b>, plugged into a connector on the circuit board, but completely enclosed by the MR314’s cabinet.\u00a0 The MA401 has a mini coax cable hard-wired to it and the monopole antenna that’s mounted on the rear of the router chassis. (The cable comes out of the rear of the plastic antenna housing of the MA401 via a small hole.)<\/p>\nThe MR314’s wireless controls (shown below) are typical, with the ability to set the channel and ESSID.\u00a0 I was surprised to see the ability to set RTS and Fragment Threshold settings.\u00a0 I’ve sometimes seen these controls on 802.11b clients, but not on Access Points.\u00a0 The on-line Help has good definitions, but doesn’t explain when you’d want to mess with them.\u00a0 I recommend leaving the default settings unless you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nBoth\u00a064<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0128<\/b>\u00a0bit WEP encryption is supported, with the ability to set four Hexadecimal keys in either mode (see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help with WEP).\u00a09\/1\/01<\/span><\/b> – 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation.<\/p>\nWhile running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. 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Power<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Test<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Internet (WAN) Link<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Internet (WAN) Activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Wireless On<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Wireless Activity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Ethernet LAN Link\/Activity (4)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Ethernet LAN 100 (4)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
One RJ45 10BaseT Ethernet WAN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Four RJ45 10\/100BaseT switched Ethernet LAN<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Power<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
printed Installation Guide<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Resource CD<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
One CAT5 UTP cable<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
120VAC Power supply<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Introduction<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR continues to crank out new routers based on the\u00a0RP114<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router platform (which is based on the popular\u00a0RT311<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0RT314<\/a><\/b>).\u00a0 This time, they’ve added an 802.11b Access point, so let’s see how it stacks up…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFeature Highlights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe\u00a0RP114 review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0describes the routing features of the MR314, so I’ll cover the wireless features in this review.<\/p>\nThe MR314’s radio is an Intersil PRISM II based, modified\u00a0MA401 PC card<\/a><\/b>, plugged into a connector on the circuit board, but completely enclosed by the MR314’s cabinet.\u00a0 The MA401 has a mini coax cable hard-wired to it and the monopole antenna that’s mounted on the rear of the router chassis. (The cable comes out of the rear of the plastic antenna housing of the MA401 via a small hole.)<\/p>\nThe MR314’s wireless controls (shown below) are typical, with the ability to set the channel and ESSID.\u00a0 I was surprised to see the ability to set RTS and Fragment Threshold settings.\u00a0 I’ve sometimes seen these controls on 802.11b clients, but not on Access Points.\u00a0 The on-line Help has good definitions, but doesn’t explain when you’d want to mess with them.\u00a0 I recommend leaving the default settings unless you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nBoth\u00a064<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0128<\/b>\u00a0bit WEP encryption is supported, with the ability to set four Hexadecimal keys in either mode (see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help with WEP).\u00a09\/1\/01<\/span><\/b> – 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation.<\/p>\nWhile running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNETGEAR continues to crank out new routers based on the\u00a0RP114<\/a><\/b>\u00a0router platform (which is based on the popular\u00a0RT311<\/a><\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0RT314<\/a><\/b>).\u00a0 This time, they’ve added an 802.11b Access point, so let’s see how it stacks up…<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFeature Highlights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe\u00a0RP114 review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0describes the routing features of the MR314, so I’ll cover the wireless features in this review.<\/p>\nThe MR314’s radio is an Intersil PRISM II based, modified\u00a0MA401 PC card<\/a><\/b>, plugged into a connector on the circuit board, but completely enclosed by the MR314’s cabinet.\u00a0 The MA401 has a mini coax cable hard-wired to it and the monopole antenna that’s mounted on the rear of the router chassis. (The cable comes out of the rear of the plastic antenna housing of the MA401 via a small hole.)<\/p>\nThe MR314’s wireless controls (shown below) are typical, with the ability to set the channel and ESSID.\u00a0 I was surprised to see the ability to set RTS and Fragment Threshold settings.\u00a0 I’ve sometimes seen these controls on 802.11b clients, but not on Access Points.\u00a0 The on-line Help has good definitions, but doesn’t explain when you’d want to mess with them.\u00a0 I recommend leaving the default settings unless you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nBoth\u00a064<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0128<\/b>\u00a0bit WEP encryption is supported, with the ability to set four Hexadecimal keys in either mode (see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help with WEP).\u00a09\/1\/01<\/span><\/b> – 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation.<\/p>\nWhile running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Feature Highlights<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe\u00a0RP114 review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0describes the routing features of the MR314, so I’ll cover the wireless features in this review.<\/p>\nThe MR314’s radio is an Intersil PRISM II based, modified\u00a0MA401 PC card<\/a><\/b>, plugged into a connector on the circuit board, but completely enclosed by the MR314’s cabinet.\u00a0 The MA401 has a mini coax cable hard-wired to it and the monopole antenna that’s mounted on the rear of the router chassis. (The cable comes out of the rear of the plastic antenna housing of the MA401 via a small hole.)<\/p>\nThe MR314’s wireless controls (shown below) are typical, with the ability to set the channel and ESSID.\u00a0 I was surprised to see the ability to set RTS and Fragment Threshold settings.\u00a0 I’ve sometimes seen these controls on 802.11b clients, but not on Access Points.\u00a0 The on-line Help has good definitions, but doesn’t explain when you’d want to mess with them.\u00a0 I recommend leaving the default settings unless you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nBoth\u00a064<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0128<\/b>\u00a0bit WEP encryption is supported, with the ability to set four Hexadecimal keys in either mode (see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help with WEP).\u00a09\/1\/01<\/span><\/b> – 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation.<\/p>\nWhile running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe\u00a0RP114 review<\/a><\/b>\u00a0describes the routing features of the MR314, so I’ll cover the wireless features in this review.<\/p>\nThe MR314’s radio is an Intersil PRISM II based, modified\u00a0MA401 PC card<\/a><\/b>, plugged into a connector on the circuit board, but completely enclosed by the MR314’s cabinet.\u00a0 The MA401 has a mini coax cable hard-wired to it and the monopole antenna that’s mounted on the rear of the router chassis. (The cable comes out of the rear of the plastic antenna housing of the MA401 via a small hole.)<\/p>\nThe MR314’s wireless controls (shown below) are typical, with the ability to set the channel and ESSID.\u00a0 I was surprised to see the ability to set RTS and Fragment Threshold settings.\u00a0 I’ve sometimes seen these controls on 802.11b clients, but not on Access Points.\u00a0 The on-line Help has good definitions, but doesn’t explain when you’d want to mess with them.\u00a0 I recommend leaving the default settings unless you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nBoth\u00a064<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0128<\/b>\u00a0bit WEP encryption is supported, with the ability to set four Hexadecimal keys in either mode (see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help with WEP).\u00a09\/1\/01<\/span><\/b> – 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation.<\/p>\nWhile running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The MR314’s radio is an Intersil PRISM II based, modified\u00a0MA401 PC card<\/a><\/b>, plugged into a connector on the circuit board, but completely enclosed by the MR314’s cabinet.\u00a0 The MA401 has a mini coax cable hard-wired to it and the monopole antenna that’s mounted on the rear of the router chassis. (The cable comes out of the rear of the plastic antenna housing of the MA401 via a small hole.)<\/p>\nThe MR314’s wireless controls (shown below) are typical, with the ability to set the channel and ESSID.\u00a0 I was surprised to see the ability to set RTS and Fragment Threshold settings.\u00a0 I’ve sometimes seen these controls on 802.11b clients, but not on Access Points.\u00a0 The on-line Help has good definitions, but doesn’t explain when you’d want to mess with them.\u00a0 I recommend leaving the default settings unless you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\nBoth\u00a064<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0128<\/b>\u00a0bit WEP encryption is supported, with the ability to set four Hexadecimal keys in either mode (see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help with WEP).\u00a09\/1\/01<\/span><\/b> – 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation.<\/p>\nWhile running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. 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The MR314’s wireless controls (shown below) are typical, with the ability to set the channel and ESSID.\u00a0 I was surprised to see the ability to set RTS and Fragment Threshold settings.\u00a0 I’ve sometimes seen these controls on 802.11b clients, but not on Access Points.\u00a0 The on-line Help has good definitions, but doesn’t explain when you’d want to mess with them.\u00a0 I recommend leaving the default settings unless you know what you’re doing.<\/p>\n
Both\u00a064<\/b>\u00a0and\u00a0128<\/b>\u00a0bit WEP encryption is supported, with the ability to set four Hexadecimal keys in either mode (see\u00a0this page<\/a><\/b>\u00a0if you need help with WEP).\u00a09\/1\/01<\/span><\/b> – 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation.<\/p>\nWhile running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
While running through my testing, I found that when the MR314’s WEP was disabled, my ORiNOCO Gold client card could connect,\u00a0<\/span>regardless of its WEP settings<\/b>!\u00a0 Although enabling WEP on the MR314 prevented connection unless the client had matching WEP settings and key, this behavior wasn’t correct.\u00a0 NETGEAR has verified the problem and is working on a fix!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0 Fixed in 3.26 update.<\/span><\/p>\nAs with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
As with previous ZyXEL\/ZyNos based products, you won’t find the ability to set Access Controls (Port filtering) in the browser admin interface.\u00a0 The MR314, however, follows in the\u00a0RO318<\/a><\/b>‘s footsteps and has dropped the Telnet-based ZyXEL “SMT” console.\u00a0This means you won’t be able to control Port Filtering until NETGEAR releases a firmware update<\/b>.\u00a0 This probably isn’t an issue for many users, since configuring port filters in NETGEAR routers up until now has been an exercise left for networking veterans, or more adventurous newbies!<\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Tip:\u00a0<\/b>You can still Telnet into the MR314, where you will be greeted by a “RAS>” prompt once you login.\u00a0 This is the\u00a0<\/span>ZyNos “CI” (command interpreter) interface<\/b>, which you can find a reference for on\u00a0<\/span>this page<\/a><\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\nTip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. 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Tip:\u00a0<\/b>Update 9\/1\/01<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Although general Access Controls are still missing, the 3.26 firmware update adds MAC address association controls to the wireless portion of the router.\u00a0 This allows you to restrict network access to wireless clients with specific MAC addresses, a desirable security feature.<\/p>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nRouter performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. 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Router performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nFirmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI ran the Qcheck suite to test routing performance, and got these results:<\/p>\n
Firmware\/Driver Version:<\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Test Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
Qcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
Qcheck Response Time (msec)\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
Qcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nWAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nLAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\nComment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
WAN – LAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
2.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
5 avg\n8 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
266<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
47%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
LAN – WAN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
3.9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
5 avg\n9 max<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
468<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
6%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
Comment:<\/b>\u00a0Comparing these results with the RP114’s shows definite differences, especially on the WAN-LAN tests.\u00a0 Although the MR314 is slower, there’s still plenty of speed for most broadband applications, with the only possible problem being the relatively poor WAN-LAN UDP streaming performance.\u00a0 If you’re planning on watching streaming videos, you might encounter problems and have to switch to a slower stream rate.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nWireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. 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Wireless Performance<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI used an\u00a0ORiNOCO Gold PC card<\/b>\u00a0as the wireless test partner. Here are the results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Conditions:<\/p>\n– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nFirmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\nAP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Test Conditions:<\/p>\n
– WEP encryption:\u00a0<\/b>DISABLED\n– Tx Rate:\u00a0<\/b>Automatic\n– Power Save:\u00a0<\/b>disabled\n– Channel:\u00a0<\/b>6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
Firmware\/Driver Versions:<\/p>\n
AP f\/w:<\/b>\u00a0V3.25 (CF.0) | 6\/1\/2001\nWireless client driver:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 4.00\nWireless client f\/w:\u00a0<\/b>Variant 1, Version 6.16<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\nTest Description<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\nSNR (dB)<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n\nQcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck Response Time (msec)<\/p>\n[10 iterations 100byte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\nQcheck UDP stream\n[10S@500Kbps]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\n(Actual throughput- kbps)<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Qcheck Transfer Rate (Mbps)<\/p>\n[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
[1Mbyte data size]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n
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(Lost data- %)<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n\nAP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
AP to Client\u00a0– Condition 1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
58<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
3.9[No WEP]\n2.0[w\/WEP]<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
5 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
494<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AP to Client – Condition 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
42<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
3.7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
4 (avg)\n11 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
492<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
AP to Client – Condition 3<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
22<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
3.8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
4 (avg)\n6 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
AP to Client – Condition 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
15<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
3.4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
5 (avg)\n8 (max)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
462<\/p>\n<\/td>\n
0%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\nComments:<\/b>\u00a0Range performance was average, with the signal in Condition 4 having some fluctuation.\u00a0 This resulted in some fallback to the 5.5Mbps rate.\u00a0 Enabling 40 or 128 bit WEP produced a\u00a0<\/span>50% throughput degradation<\/b>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\nSummary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Summary<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Author: Tim Higgins Review Date: 7\/3\/2001 Model: MR314 Pros: –\u00a0Supports 64 & 128bit WEP – Keyword content filtering with scheduling – Email-able logs – MAC address association control Cons\u00a0: –\u00a050% throughput decrease with WEP enabled – Can’t attach external “booster” antenna – No port filtering \u00a0Help page\u00a0 Review Updates9\/1\/01\u00a0– 3.26 firmware adds passphrase WEP key generation and MAC address association control. Also fixes ORiNOCO WEP bug. The Stats Check\u00a0this page\u00a0for a summary of the this product’s wireless capabilities and\u00a0this page\u00a0for its routing features. The Basics Indicators Power Test Internet (WAN) Link Internet (WAN) Activity Wireless On Wireless <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5597,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.practicallynetworked.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNETGEAR hasn’t broken any new ground with the MR314, although it has some nice features that similar products lack, such as\u00a04 10\/100 Ethernet ports<\/b>\u00a0(vs. the usual three),\u00a0keyword-based Web site filtering<\/b>, and simple\u00a0traffic logging<\/b>.\u00a0 On the other hand, it doesn’t include a print server, access controls won’t be available until NETGEAR adds them via firmware update, and the pricing is right with the rest of the pack.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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