NETGEAR WPN824 RangeMax Wireless Router | WPN824 Wireless Router is a disappointment

NETGEAR WPN824 RangeMax Wireless Router | Unreliable

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The WPN824 RangeMax MIMO-G Wireless Broadband Router gives wireless network users better connectivity. As computers become a more integral part of life, you want the best possible home computing environment. When you set up a wireless network you'll find that Internet connections will fade in and out in spots -- or even drops off completely. The RangeMax Router puts an end to that, giving your the freedom to work and play online, anywhere in the house. Time-based usage controls, Web logging, remote management and URL content filtering Auto-sensing RJ-45 10/100 4 port Ethernet switch with half & full duplex support

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WPN824 Wireless Router is a disappointment

NETGEAR WPN824 RangeMax Wireless Router

I purchased a Netgear WPN824 router because of past experience with the Netgear WGT624 router, expecting a performance boost due to it's 802.11N MIMO technology.

I was sadly disappointed in the wireless performance of the product and have since gone back to using the older WGT624 router instead.

While the MIMO technology does resolve radio signal nulling issues, it ends up creating increased signal distortion (the microwave frequency equivalent of "echo distortion") due to its multiple signal inputs/outputs on separate antennas. The resulting increase in bit errors (and therefore packet errors) causes a system drop in data rate to a more robust modulation that can better tolerate the increased wireless transmission errors.

Which is better; a weaker signal with less distortion (provided proper antenna location) or a stronger signal with increased distortion? The bottom line for me is the best performance, and in the case of my apartment deployment environment, the Netgear WGT624 outperformed the WPN824 wireless router.

I have found that while the new 802.11N standard looks good on paper and in theory, in the real world (so far at least) it fails to deliver to the performance expectations being set by all the marketing and theoretical articles the marketplace.

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Unreliable

If you're reading through these reviews, it almost seems as though people are using two different products: one that works and one that doesn't. I'd used the same router (Microsoft) for four years and, until the end, I don't remember it clonking out on me once. I've had this product for three months and am constantly having to restart my computer--which is really fun when you're watching an on-line movie and suddenly you have an unscheduled 5-10 minute intermission. It's the most unreliable of anything computer-related I've owned over the past 17 years. I'm glad some seem to feel it's a good product. I won't allow Netgear the opportunity to burn me again.

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