U.S. Robotics USR8022 Wireless Cable/DSL Router (22 Mbps)

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Product Details

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• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006HYNH
• Item model number: USR8022
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 12, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

U.S. Robotics makes wireless networking fast and easy. Exclusive U.S. Robotics Accelerator Technology provides the enhanced performance to send and receive data at speeds greater than 22 Mbps.

Start accessing the Internet from almost anywhere - go wireless and extend the reach of the Internet throughout your home or office.

The U.S. Robotics family of 22 Mbps wireless networking products includes 256-bit Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption for superior security and to protect your privacy and important data from hackers: the 22 Mbps Cable/DSL Router and Wireless Access Point also incorporate MAC address authentication for even more protection. Compatible with all 802.11g draft standard and 11 Mbps 802.11b wireless standard products, U.S. Robotics 22 Mbps wireless products automatically adjust to the fastest rate possible to always provide you with the speed you need.

Product Description

U.S. Robotics makes wireless networking easy. Its 22Mbps Wireless Cable/DSL Router is easy to set up and use - it installs in three simple steps. Wireless convenience and ease of use means you can share your high-speed Internet connection across multiple computers - get everyone online at the same time. The U.S. Robotics family of 22Mbps wireless networking products provides double the transmission speed, greater range, and better area coverage than existing 11Mbps products.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Solid Router, November 29, 2002

By	Ben Wong (Mequon, WI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been using this router over a month now and it has not given me one single problem in terms of network connection. The wireless range is far much better than the SMC Barricade 7004AWBR. I initially bought the SMC 7004AWBR because it has been out on the market much longer and most people have given thumbs up to it. But it literally keeps locking up on me when I tried to transfer a 120MB file from one computer to another over the wired connection. The U.S. Robotics, however, never gave me one single problem. The setup was fast and painless (like 10 minutes or so) and everything just work.

The only slight issue I have with this router is that the printer server does not behave as I expected. If I turn the printer off, the admin screen will show "Device Printer" error and sometimes I have to reset the router. Also, the router only comes with only 2 wired LAN connection, whereas most other ones come with either 3 or 4.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Wireless Router, November 10, 2003

By	R. Airhart "rick6450" (Virginia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Okay, I see that I'm swimming against the tide with this review, but I love my USR 8022. I do computer consulting and have installed about 8 of these. All have worked great. It has a excellent range (goes 3 floors away in my house), has a serial port (allowing it to use an external dial-up modem when my cable goes out), has a print server (which I use all the time, so it works for my Brother MFC), and has detachable antennas. IMO, this router is severly underrated. I have used the USR 8022 since it came out and find it to be rock solid. It has port forwarding, a firewall, and all the standard security options.

One word of warning--use v3.1 of the firmware. That is what it ships with it currently. There is an upgrade to 4.2 but it is currently in beta. It works, but causes a printer problem for me, a line at the bottom of the page. So far as I can tell, the firmware cannot be rolled back to an older version.

I have used new 802.11g routers from Dlink, Linksys, and Apple. The USR 8022 is my favorite among them. The only other option would be to try to go all 802.11g to get faster LAN speeds. This would cost you twice as much. You'd need to buy a seperate print server, and you'd loose the ability to attach an external dial-up modem to the router for a back-up connection. Because most people just care about Internet speeds, 802.11b is more than fast enough.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Apart from the printer port, works well at 11MByte/sec, May 18, 2003

By	Michael A. Kinsella (Wilsonville, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been using for 6 months, apparently with more luck than other reviewers.
I network 2 PCs and one laptop. I am using USR 1120 (USB) and USR 2414 (PCI/PCMCIA type II) 11Mbyte/sec adaptors on the other machines. All use Windows 98SE.
I get the full 11Mbyte/sec over distances up to 80', though several walls in the house - one computer located upstairs, the other on the ground floor. Where computers are in the same room I get signal strength and link quality reading of 100%. Across the house I get readings of 60-70%, but good communication/connection speeds which is what counts. I have not tried running at 22Mbyte/sec as the other computers all have 11Mbyte/sec access points - I bought the higher speed router as there was no price difference for an 11Mbyte version.
Maybe the unit works better with other USR Wireless access points than it does with those of 3rd parties- I have not seen the communication speed issues reported by other reviewers.
Installation was easy, once you get used to running the set-up via your web browser. But I would have preferred more comprehensive technical reference manuals than seem to be available from USR. There is little on their website, nor on the CD that comes with the equipment.
I like the serial port feature, which allows the use of a regular of ISDN T/A as backups. I used these with an EICON DIVA T/A no problem. There is an "Extra settings" line on the modem set-up menu that allows you to add "AT" commands for the modem. This is not explained anywhere in the sparse documentation supplied. I had to phone their technical support who answered the phone quickly and were efficient and friendly. But a decent manual would be good.
The broadband internet connection comes via a Westell wirespeed 890 DSL modem supplied by Verizon. No compatibility issues. Just plug and play.
The 2 ethernet ports are useful and work with no problems
The printer port does not support 2 way communications. This is useless from my perspective, so I stopped using it. I find it better to just let other computers share a printer connected directly to one machine on the network. This means the machine connected to the printer must be on to allow printing. Not always convenient.
I am very pleased with the way other devices (scanner, cameras) can be shared.
I mailed my rebate coupon on Jan 02, got the check back April 16.
Overall I find this reasonable value for money. As long as it works with your hardware, it is low cost, easy to use and reliable.