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Review on πŸ”§ Enhanced Netgear RP 114 Web-Safe 4-Port Cable/DSL Router by Alan Massey

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NetGear RP-114 over D-Link DI-704

I bought a D-Link DI-704 for my home network to share my DSL connection with four computers running Linux, Mac OS-X and Windows 2000 to share .and XP. The DI-704 seemed to have all the necessary features (NAT for my server, web configuration) for the task. Unfortunately, it doesn't take more than 6 hours for the network to hang. Sometimes the subnet stayed up (inside the firewall) and sometimes it didn't. I've updated the firmware, tried a few different configurations, reset a few times and always encountered the same problem: when network traffic got heavy (e.g. when my web server got a few requests or when some of us were over the network ), this thing hangs and requires a hard reset. I ended up buying a NetGear equivalent there (RP-114), plugged it in, set it up and had no problems with it. It costs extra money.

Pros
  • Great Price
Cons
  • Lots of Stuff