Can anyone give the reasons why his is worth the extra cost of a "comparable" netgear switch.
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If you can get Power Over Ethernet (POE) from a Netgear switch (which you probably can, I didn't look into it) then you should be fine. I wanted the least amount of headaches possible with this setup and parts that were 'proven' to work. I went with it and all worked as advertised. I'm not sure what else is out there re: POE switches, but all the components required for this project worked and continue to work and was an item in my queue for longer than I care to think. The fact that it's behind me has paid for itself in my opinion.
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This is a commercial grade device. Fully managed remotely, each port, total traffic, etc.Well worth the money if you install equipment off-site and need to manage, reboot singleports, devices.
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I have not used a ton of the advanced features this unit is capable of but I do have two different voltage POE devices on this and they work great. That was good enough for me. Plus this thing is built like a tank and is fanless.
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I agree I tried a Belkin router because for the price it seemed better than linksys. i am constantly restarting the router and looseing connection. I to am returning the belkin to get a lynksys.
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On a limited budget, the Netgear ProSafe series does just fine. My project uses ones and I found that when using it primarily as a camera switch (feeding to a custom-build PC for recording and management) I didn't need to adjust the settings any to get excellent results from 16 cameras. You won't be able to touch any Cisco switch for the price of a good Netgear unit, and with so few cameras, I would just make sure you have a managed switch and a full duplex on all channels. If necessary, turn off unused ports to increase throughput resource to the ones in use.
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I am not an expert concerning routers, however I found the WNDR4000 N750 to be weaker than my old Belkin so I returned the Netgear and continued to use my Belkin.
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If you don't have a free port, then you will need a network switch to expand the number of ports you can plug into. I personally picked up this one: Netgear GS105NA Prosafe 5-Port Gigabit Switch Good luck.
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If you are going to buy a new switch the costs are not that much different. Get the 10/100/1000 for present and future use. In the cyber world everything is new for one day. Tomorrow morning there might be a need for 10/100/1000/T bps.
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Someone posted in the following link at the forum over at SmallnetBuilder that they have received the v2 from Amazon. That doesn't guarantee someone else will, however, but I am personally worth considering the new Netgear Rangemax WNDR3700 given the excellent reviews and reported stability (and similar cost).http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=229&page;=16
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The short answer is either one will work since both are faster than your internet connection anyway. The long (correct) answer is that it depends on the amount of traffic on your network. For a handful of simultaneous users, 10/100 is fine. For more than a half dozen or so, you'll notice an improvement with Gigabit. Since Gigabit device prices are falling, you're probably better off buying one now and having plenty of room to grow. Of course, your devices will also need to have Gigabit-capable NICs to benefit from the speed boost, but the switch will still work more efficiently.
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It's a gateway. Big difference. Meaning it can do whatever you want it to. I'm asking them for a firmware upgrade so that I can bypass Time Warner for the phone provisioning. Time Warner is dragging their feet because they don't know how I got it to work. If you have Comcast then none of that matters.
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upon the time I look I did not find a wdnr4000 anymore only it's lower end 3700 brother. Looking at the obvious difference is the network speed which means example wdnr4300 has more speed technically means steadier output less interruption for your use. However it has a downside cloud reason you want a better router not only for it's speed, signal strength, or disk space but you want it's security. Anything cloud poses that threat to you. Im not security expert I only research and build computers. If you want a true tech engineer look at overclockers.com or tomshardware.com be advised sometimes things they say unless you really are into it you may find it more work ahead just to understand what's given. Construction wise according to my numerous findings and researches CISCO and Netgear sadly are not so different now. CISCO used to be top of the game and dead given choice given the money allows. Dont get me wrong I still believe at a company scale you can still ask them to custom make a router just for your company. Commercial grade material at huge cost so consumers outta question. Hope this guides your decision PS if you are still looking for wdnr4300 looks from my side Amazon has drop the price further to 92.99. Be sure to research the inventory and get your cheapest price as your right.
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@Regula, great link. Thanks for that. I'm currently a cable customer, but I'm moving in three months. The new place has coax wired everywhere and I was considering renovating to add ethernet (cat-6).If I can get the satellite company to install their own coax, then using the netgear product may be a good alternative to renovation.
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I don't know, Netgear should be able to answer your questions. Do a search on-line for their number and call them.
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Hi, I have buy NetGear Powerline for two diferent places, I have the first one for at least two years and I lately buy another one 3 months ago without any problems. It works excelent
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J GilbertI Agree with your assessment of Netgear routers. I had similar bad experiences with two Netgear routers where they both went out within two years of my purchase. In fact the last netgear router just stopped working 10 days after the year warranty expired, and Netgear would not provide any consideration. I am convinced their router products are not built to last. Also their support leaves something to be desired.Kenneth H
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Thanks. I decided to go for it. My parents have the older model and I decided that if it didn't work for me we could trade routers. It ended up working beautifully, and so far I am quite satisfied. I haven't tried out all the new features yet, but I am getting good connection throughout the house.
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Tracy, I don't know. This was a deal gone awry. I could not get tech support from Netgear, because, this unit was so old.
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I found the installation to be easy and complete.As to your question, it does not matter how you receive your data, once it is given to you the router will distribute to the appropriate other entities that need and can use that signal.NetGear provides a complete line to assist you in this effort. i currently have both the MNA3100 and MNA4100 both are excellent, W