Another Netgear Win Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: This unit offers a large feature set in one package that competing brands just don't have at this price point (see for yourself, sort by price). The current firmware version (v2.1.2-67) is rock solid and ready for action. This unit supports DDNS update at 30 days so your account doesn't get disabled if your IP address changes more slowly.
Cons: Early versions of the firmware (as in v1.x....
[Read NetTechGuy's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | NetTechGuy | | Review Date: | 06/10/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |
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Not a VPN solution I wasted my money on these boxes as a remote office communication solution. Each appliance went down many times a day. Most often the appliance would simply reboot. I finally purchased a linksys solution for 2.5x the price. I will know if that solution works in a week or so.
[Read A Customer's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at buy.com] | | Reviewed by: | A Customer | | Review Date: | 01/25/2008 | | User Location: | N/A | | Review From: | User Review |  |
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Careful with the firmware upgrade I would have given this product a 5 across the board except for 2 things. I tried to download and update to the lastest firmware, V 2.1.2-40 but it rendered the device inoperable. I couldn't even get into the management interface through a cable connection. I have to say Netgear tech support was very good at working me through the issue. I actually bought 2 of these and had the exact same problem with both, so I feel it has to be the firmware. The firmware back out process is very flaky. O...
[Read A Customer's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at buy.com] | | Reviewed by: | A Customer | | Review Date: | 01/11/2008 | | User Location: | Oxford, CT | | Review From: | User Review | |
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"lock box" Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: all in one box
Cons: every negative thing said in these reviews is true. I purchased 3 units before May 1 (so no lifetime support). I upgraded the F/W on all three and that killed one. the also constantly lockup and require power cycles. I have one in a remote location and i had to actually connect it to a electrical timeer so...
[Read N/A's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | N/A | | Review Date: | 12/19/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
80% (4 of 5) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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DO NOT BUY Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: 8 ports switch combined with WAP and firewall.
Cons: Internet get cut off daily (At least 3 times a day). When it happened, you can't logon using the web interface sometime. But if you do hard reboot, made sure you've backup your setting since there'll be a very good chance it'll loss all the setting. Upgraded to the latest firmware and still the same. Oh, by the way, if you are going...
[Read Captain's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | Captain | | Review Date: | 11/14/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
66% (2 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Does not work as advertised I retruned the product to Amazon and have not yet received my credit for the return.
The product did not work as advertised. Would not retain configuration across cold boots of the device. When ever there was a power failure I had to reconfigure the device. I had purchased two of them and both of them had the problem.
The DDNS does not work. Netgear acknowedgeds the problem, however, they are not willing to put out a firmware release to fix it. Instead they suggested ...
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75% (6 of 8) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great product, but you must be technical. Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
Pros: This products offers a great deal of features in one package that similar or competing products simply don't have at the same price point. This unit's hardware is slightly older, but the firmware is regularly updated. I replaced the stock antenna with a 8dbi one; great reception.
Cons: The technical information available from Netgear on this product, especially in terms of firmware updat...
[Read J Sauve's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | J Sauve | | Review Date: | 09/10/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
100% (3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Outstanding product for the price Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: All the standard useful features you expect from a wireless router, plus 8 (as opposed to the standard 4) port switch, *and* VPN endpoint capabilities. I currently have two of these, configured in a box-to-box VPN configuration, as well as a laptop with Netgear's VPN software installed, providing client-to-box VPN setup. It works beautifully, though it was dif...
[Read Joshua Beall's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | Joshua Beall | | Review Date: | 07/25/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
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Don't get for Wireless Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Great price, especially when you consider all the things that this router is supposed to do. Extremely easy to set up with no installation problems.
Cons: My small business used to have a Linksys WRT54GL, but the ports were going bad so we figured it was time to upgrade. I wish they would have consulted a little more before purchasing this router as there is basically no connec...
[Read LLC's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | LLC | | Review Date: | 06/14/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
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**Don't buy this !!!!!*** Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: concept of wireless, vpn, router bundle
Cons: awful reception on the wireless, constantly drops internet connection!!!!!! drops at least 1 an hour. i bought 3 of these at the same time and all have the same problem...netgear won't admit it and guess what, since i bought it before may 1, i am not eligible for the lifetime warran...
[Read N/A's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | N/A | | Review Date: | 05/23/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
100% (1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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don't buy this Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: VPN functionality 8 port switch
Cons: This router works very poorly. The internet speed is quite slow and the wireless is poor. My reception went down by more then half compared to a WGR 614
[Read N/A's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | N/A | | Review Date: | 03/25/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
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Do Not buy - Constant Lockups Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: 8 port switch
Cons: Locks up constantly. Upgrades to current Firmware (1.0.43) - no change. When it locks up, you lose VPN, Internet, wired connections and wireless. It becomes a brick at that point - requuires a power cycle to get it working for another 6-18 hours.
Other Thoughts: Tech Support with the company i...
[Read N/A's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | N/A | | Review Date: | 03/08/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
100% (3 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great idea that needs work! Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Great protection and functionality in a single package. Installation, setup, and administration were easy.
Cons: Peformance is really bad (cut my effective cable bandwidth in half!) Tech support recommended a firmware upgrade that KILLED to router. After 12 hours of troubleshooting, they want to dump responsibility for the war...
[Read N/A's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | N/A | | Review Date: | 02/13/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
66% (2 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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I LIKE IT! Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: I bought this so that the Office can have both wireless for the laptops and hardwired for the existing seven desk pcs. For all you geeks having a hard time setting this thing up all you need to do is call 1888NETGEAR and let them walk you thru it. Its the quickest way to set it up and learn what you're dealing with. It works like a charm. I wonder about...
[Read Wutduhphuk's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | Wutduhphuk | | Review Date: | 01/07/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
66% (2 of 3) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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NETGEAR FVG318 Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: It's a legitimate SIF that combines the functionality of a broadband router/firewall with that of a Wireless Access Point. The setup UI is clean and fairly intuitive for someone with networking experience. The router has been very stable with no dropped connections either on the wired or wireless side. It supports all the latest WLAN protocols including WPA-2.
[Read BigJim's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | BigJim | | Review Date: | 01/07/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
100% (1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Keen Gear! Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Hi all. I purchased this router a little while ago and love it. Very good industrial design and it just plain *works*. You never see the good reviews for a product only the bad ones. I love netgear products and can usually rely on them. Cept the failed wgt624 - what a debacle! Best router I ever owned!
Cons: None yet.
[Read PowerPC970 Designer's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | PowerPC970 Designer | | Review Date: | 12/24/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
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Missing critical options Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
Pros: Easy to setup as a DSL router, including wireless configuration. Has other features of ProSafe line of products.
Cons: VPN setup was straightforward except that options such as ""NETBIOS Enable"" were missing. Pretty basic and a definite deal breaker. This was even though the manual said it should be there. Firmware version made no difference.
Other Thoughts: I u...
[Read compwrang's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | compwrang | | Review Date: | 12/15/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
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Terrible product! Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: Has a lot of nice advertised features that you do not get with other SOHO routers from Netgear or Linksys. It is also cheap for all that they advertise.
Cons: Many of the features Netgear advertises do NOT work. Internet connection will drop for no reason. Tech support only checks for a green light on the front of the router. If you have green lights and your problem is software(and most ...
[Read Alan's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | Alan | | Review Date: | 12/11/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
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Too Many Problems Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: 8 port switch WPA / WPA2 mixed mode
Cons: Slowly degrading performance, failed wireless, rebooted unit and it failed completely - just constantly reboots
Other Thoughts: 3 of 4 of these units in less than a month have failed in a very lightly used Office. Something is very wrong with this hardware / software. Sta...
[Read N/A's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | N/A | | Review Date: | 12/06/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
100% (1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Slow Through Put Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: 8 ports, 108 wireless.
Cons: The router is a real bottleneck. If I use a 4 port home wireless router I have 7000 kbps through put with Comcast. Using this device, I have 2400 kbps. I can't believe they sell the VPN client separately! Documentation and help is sketchy at best and often confusing.
Other Thoughts: The Netgear tech support is awful. Their web support i...
[Read N/A's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | N/A | | Review Date: | 11/21/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
100% (1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Initial Problems ... Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Easy Setup VPN setup wizard is very good great monitoring
Cons: 2 failed units within the first week.
Other Thoughts: Purchased as replacement for Linksys VPN routers. One unit was DOA out of the box, the second unit wireless was DOA out of box.
[Read N/A's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | N/A | | Review Date: | 11/15/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
100% (1 of 1) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Avoid this until Netgear fixes it Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
Pros: Seemed like a great product, it has the function I needed and the price is right.
Cons: This router has serious problems. Netgear has replaced mine once already, the 2nd one crashes just like the first after less than 30 minutes. THe FVS114 it was supposed to replace runs flawlessly for days.
Other Thoughts: I'm going to have to find an alternative.
[Read Wm's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | Wm | | Review Date: | 10/25/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
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Another Netgear Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Much beeter than consumer version, better security functions, more control and better logs of internet activity.
Cons: Range is actually less than consumer version I had prior wgt611t but not much, still reaches where it's supposed to. Slow on firmware updates and eastern support (overseas)
Other Thoughts: Newegg ...
[Read NetgearsOverRated's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | NetgearsOverRated | | Review Date: | 10/11/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
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Great product - no issues Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Simple design Easy to use interface Quick setup VPN works flawlessly (when configured correctly)
Cons: Error logs are too cryptic for a novice to troubleshoot, howerver if you follow the documentation and configure the device correctly, you wont need to troubleshoot it.
Other Thoughts: Documentation lacking out of th...
[Read Shawn's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | Shawn | | Review Date: | 08/08/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
100% (2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Avoid! Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg.com
Pros: Nice concept - All-in-one package for a SoHo setup. Other devices of this type in this price range do not support AES encryption for the VPN functionality and that is a HUGE plus for me.
Cons: I could never get the VPN functionality to work in spite of repeated calls to Netgear tech support; remote management is SLOW and the whole boz cra...
[Read NoHandle's Complete Review for Netgear ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall 8 (FVG318) at Newegg.com] | | Reviewed by: | NoHandle | | Review Date: | 06/22/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | |
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