Review on Enhance Your Internet Connectivity 📶 with NETGEAR Wireless Router - N300 (WNR2000) by Kevin Singleton

This is my first WiFi router I've ever used with a new tablet. I've had it for almost four months now. I chose this model for two reasons: 1. affordable price and 2. wireless on/off switch that few routers have. I felt the latter would reduce the chances of intruders and also help save power when WiFi isn't needed. I usually turn off the radio signal when I go to bed and only turn it back on when I really need it. In general it works fine. Setup was easy, and using the router to connect my tablet to my printer didn't require destroying any brain cells either. The signal range is adequate for our 800-square-foot house, but even in our small house, the signal on the opposite side of the house is pretty weak. However, my tablet works equally well anywhere within range of the transmitter, so this is not a problem for me. to which wired devices, if any, are connected and powered on. Most LEDs are green when the router is fully operational, or amber when the router is booting up. The only exception is the blue WLAN indicator. When the wireless network signal is on, the blue wireless light blinks once to indicate a secure connection and then stays on. If it doesn't even blink but just stays solid, the connection is NOT secure. This is important as this is where the error occurs. I've found that if the router reboots for any reason (by power cycling, due to a power outage, or firmware update), the router's security settings revert to "Nobody." The Netgear Genie is where You set your security and other settings will continue to check the WPA2-PSK security setting as if it were still active. However, I can verify if the security settings are disabled by checking the wireless network security status on my tablet If you found a workaround to solve this problem, just go to Netgear Genie and change the security setting to something else ( everything works), click Apply, then click WPA2-PSK and click Apply again. After that, the wireless signal stays secure indefinitely until the router boots back up. Luckily I don't have to do that often. Netgear tech support was useless in resolving this issue. After three calls, each lasting over 30 minutes, which put me through the exact same diagnostic procedures as the previous one, the issue was still not resolved. At the start of each call they promised to either fix the problem or replace the router, but each call ended up saying "try it for a while" and I was left with no solution and no way to get a replacement (although I suspect a replacement). I will have the same problem). I finally decided that my workaround was a lot easier than dealing with Netgear, so I gave up trying to fix it. I hope the next firmware update fixes that. I would give this router 5 stars for its ease of use, user-friendly features and the fact that it works reasonably well overall. But I'm subtracting a star for the glitch and another star for the lousy tech support (which is only free for 90 days) leaving a solid 3 stars.