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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Router!, January 28, 2008
This review is from: Netgear FVS336G ProSafe Dual WAN GigaBit SSL VPN Firewall (Electronics)
I got the router setup and working in less than an hour. The SSL VPN works great. Highly recommend for an advanced home user or small business.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The ultimate mini-router, September 11, 2008
This review is from: Netgear FVS336G ProSafe Dual WAN GigaBit SSL VPN Firewall (Electronics)
3.0.6-29 Firmware Update
Router seems to work OK now. NAT, routing, and authentication are finally working. I haven't tried VPN again and, after these nightmare firmware upgrades, probably won't.
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This router has suffered numerous firmware bugs that prevent it from working securely and reliably. Tech support's answer is always to hard-reset and reprogram manually. Reprogramming using a backup file only restores whatever corruption you're trying to get rid of. This is a BUSINESS class router! Manually reprogramming takes at least an hour. After fixing the bug that gave admin privileges to Telnet without a password, I've picked up a bug where an important NAT rule vanishes on each reboot. I've been told by Netgear Support to install the beta firmware update (and then manually reprogram AGIAN) but they never sent it to me and they stopped responding to the trouble ticket. Netgear has a forum that they recommend for fast support but it's staffed by illiterates. I can't tell what they're trying to say.
There's still no VPN client software for 64 bit systems.
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Firmware 3.0.5-25 may grant administrative access to everybody on the LAN through Telnet. If this happens, you can't set a password and you can't turn the feature off. The ONLY solution is to reset to factory defaults and re-configure from scratch. If Amazon let me, I'd drop to no stars until this is fixed.
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This little box is awesome. This is for anyone who has multiple internet connections, multiple static IP addresses, multiple home servers, or any other problem that a "home router" can't handle. Gigabit ports and the custom NAT rules allow a home server, a desktop computer, and a NAS can talk to each other at raw Gigabit speed.
The best feature isn't obvious until you're half way through the initial configuration - it's actually easy to set up. The web GUI is clear, full of help, responsive, and it tells you about potential conflicts. The owner's guide is all about how to create your network. It doesn't waste your time with Windows screenshots. Ping, traceroute, DNS, and packet sniffing tools are built-in for troubleshooting mistakes without yanking wires.
A test of NAT showed about 52Mbps, which isn't too bad for a small box. The only bug I've seen so far is that routing might not work immediately after setting up a custom NAT rule.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Device -- Lots of bugs, May 8, 2008
This review is from: Netgear FVS336G ProSafe Dual WAN GigaBit SSL VPN Firewall (Electronics)
It is true that this device is very easy to setup and works well.
However be aware that the latest firmware is riddled with bugs, especially in the area of remote syslog and vpn administration.
If your buying this unit to do site to site vpn you might consider looking at the SonicWall TZ 190 too.
Although this unit has a CLI, it is very limited, you will need to do most of your setup programming via the http interface.
This device replaced a Cisco Pix 506 --- in side by side tests the throughput on the Netgear blew the Cisco out of the water. Also, if your trying to connect several airport extreme base stations together via Gigabit Ethernet don't bother trying to do it with the Cisco it has some incompatibility problem. But I'm pleased to inform you that the Netgear works perfectly as the switch to tie all the airport extremes together to make one big network.
If you need to open ports for service pass through you will need to do all your own setup of the services, since by default the Netgear provides you with none.
The manual appears to be of good size but leaves a lot to be desired when trying to actually use it to solve a problem.
Ohh and when you have a problem, tech support doesn't seem to be the brightest I've talked too. For the amount of money spent on this unit, I'd expect tech support to bend over backwards to help you. But thats not the case, in fact support seems to find the quickest, easiest, way to answer the question, completely disregarding the fact that the person on the other end might know more then them.
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