Product Description

RangeMax NEXT provides whole home maximum coverage and bandwidthenabling you and your household to simultaneously connect tomultiple Internet services including online gaming videostreaming and MP3 downloads.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #27427 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: NetGear
• Model: WNR834B
• Released on: 2006-07-18
• Platform: Windows
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, 1.32 pounds

Features

• Steady constant connection with:
• Consistent bandwidth to stream download & transf
• Simultaneous connect to multiple Internet servic
• Whole home coverage & bandwidth
• Speeds of up to 270 mbps

Manufacturer's Description
RangeMax NEXT extends the possibilities of your wireless home network by providing a Steady-Stream of up to 270 Mbps, and is compliant with draft 802.11n. This next generation wireless standard utilizes advanced MIMO (Multi-In, Multi-Out) technology, which delivers incredible speed and range, and for the first time provides wireless interoperability at the highest speeds with other products with InteNsi-fi.A RangeMax NEXT wireless network creates and maintains stable connections and enough bandwidth to surf the Internet, download MP3s, make Internet phone calls, share files, play network games, and stream high-definition videos, simultaneously at any distance or location in the home or office. Because RangeMax NEXT is compatible with all legacy b and g wireless products, you are sure to be connected.Preset internal antennas and draft 11n-True-Test high-performance testing and tuning, provides maximum performance and high-quality streaming every time. Touchless WiFi Security makes creating the highest level of network security easy and includes WEP, WPA-PSK, or WPA2-PSK.

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Customer Reviews

very easy to use
do not agree with previous reviewer - i'm no expert at computers, but this was very simple indeed to set up. pop in the CD and it walks you through set up in less than 20 mins. no need to call india.

it took a bit longer to work out how to share files/printers between PCs, but this is no different whichever router you use, and you can't blame the manufacturer/hardware for that. it's a windows issue.

range is amazing over a large 4 storey house with very thick walls. very quick transfer of data, and no drifting in and out of signal. allows connection between PCs on XP and vista.

very happy with it

What a relief - a router that really works!
Who knows whether I'm typical but so far in the evolution of wifi in my house we have gone through a Dell 1520 (OK, slow, 802.11b) then on to a much-hyped Belkin F5D9230 G+MIMO job (utterly, utterly unreliable, unsupported, nearly caused an embolism every time it had spontaneous spasm.
So in total frustration I took a good look at the market and bought this.
I'm jolly pleased I did. It worked straight out of the box months ago and it has never once needed restarting - a total success in my book. Rock solid performance, reasonable range, good rane of encryption, all the options you might need for a medium size domestic network. BTW it's a good idea to disable the ICMP response - it is enabled in the default settings. And do please change the network name, change the login and password and encryption, like they tell you to. You'll be pleased you did one day!

The only 2 downsides:
1 - can't seem to exploit the 108M capability with full encryption - after a little fiddling came to the conclusion that the problem was probably at the client end. But 54M is enough for me at present, so no worries.
2 - documentation is a bit on the light side - I guess it might be a bit of a challenge for someone who had not been forced to learn about routers the hard way like I have!

Disappointing Range
I bought this item after researching several based upon reviews on Amazon. Having only previously used an ad-hoc network to connect my laptop, I suddenly found that I didn't have a clue how to set up a wireless network and it all became trial and error.

Setting the Netgear up was no problem at all. Insert the CD and follow the instructions, 20 mins later - done.

I was expecting to have a strong signal throughout the house, but this has not been the case and on several occasions I've had to move the laptop to the kitchen to connect and then move elsewhere to use it.

Easy set up is one thing but there do appear to be range issues with this device