| NETGEAR WGT624 Super-G Wireless Router |
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Model: WGT624
Brand: Netgear
Manufacturer: Netgear
Average Rating: 
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Total Reviews: 302
Form factor: External
Hardware platform: PC
Data link protocol: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g
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Super-G Wireless router improves your wireless speed and range
4-port switch delivers twice the speed and four times the coverage of the standard Wireless-G protocol
Configurable for private networks or public hotspots
Double Firewall protection to defend your computer from external hacker attacks
Device measures 6.9 x 1.1 x 4.7 inches (WxHxD) |
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| Description: |
| The NETGEAR WGT624 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router is 10 times faster than 802.11b routers. When used with NETGEAR's WG511T 108 Mbps Wireless PC Card, it delivers speeds up to 108 Mbps, using Super GTM Technology. It's the next generation of home networking, with the power to stream MP3 & video, share printers, chat and distribute large photo files Exceptional range keeps you connected at the farthest ends of home or office 4 RJ-45 Ethernet ports, 10/100 Mbps auto-sensing Dimensions - 1.1H x 6.9W x 4.7D |
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| User Reviews (302 total): |
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Solid product, August 14, 2008
By food_guy (VA)
used this router for 3 years, then it started failing requiring periodic reboots. Not difficult to setup, avg lifespan and wireless range for product.
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drops wireless connections, August 13, 2008
By geeforce (Los Angeles, CA)
This router worked fine until it began to drop wireless internet connections sporadically, sometimes a few times a day. It's not so obvious when this happens, and Windows does not detect any error. I found I had to reboot the router to regain connectivity. The router still apparently works well for wired connections. I bought a buffalo wireless router several months ago. It has never required a manual reboot and has made me a happier person.
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Product Works Great, I recommend for most users, June 6, 2008
By Wally of Wadsworth (Chicagoland, IL)
Installing my wireless router and WG311T card was anything but simple. However if you follow their instructions explicitly and do everything correctly you will be very pleased with this product.
I'm giving it 4 stars because I encountered a very serious error with my Trend Micro Internet Security. I accidentally turned on the firewall for that program while the router was working. It ended up screwing up my firewalls so bad that I couldn't even access my internet with a direct connection from my Comcast Cable box.
I attempted to uninstall and it would fail halfway through each time. Now it's un-removable without some tricky work with my registry. I rolled back my settings to the prior day and started over with my Trend Micro turned off (it was barely installed anyway) and it worked great.
I get excellent range and speed when paired with the Netgear WG311T wireless card. The security features are also a major bonus. The user friendly menu when you log into your router is also a big plus. If you are a casual user and do not know much about the inner workings of your computer, this product may not be for you. But if you have a handle on the technical stuff, this might be a great product for you.
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firmwire needs to be updated, June 3, 2008
By F. Chen
I bought a WGT624 V3 over two years ago, but almost never used it. Just recently installed Comcast, and linked the router to the modem. I should say it was a very bad product initially, since the comcast speed somehow got slowed down by the router and the router even stopped working randomly. Ever after I manually updated the firmwire to V2.0.26_1.0.1NA, everything appears to be working fine without any problem.
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Never received it!!!, May 30, 2008
By L. Abraham
Do not purchase products from this seller!!! I purchased the item and never received it! I emailed the seller who said they would return my money but the seller definitely did not refund my money at any point in time! TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE!!!
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Piece of JUNK, WASTED MUCH OF MY TIME!, May 28, 2008
By Kausar Ranginwala
as you can tell by the title, i hate this product, actualy it cannot be called a product even. its so slow, i have an VERY fast DSL connection (around 5mbs), yet my wireless signal is 1/5th the speed of dial up at times. i cant load a single website without waiting five minuts and dirtying my mouth! i hate this junk so much, i am about to break it everytime i use my laptops, but i dont wana spend more money on a router, this junk was $70! the only reason i didnt return it after the first day, (yes the first day), is becuz i lost the reciept. iv been trying out lots of routers to find the best one, but my quest ended wen i lost the reciet, and this is the worst, it barely works! the signal is always so weak, that it just stops working sometimes, (like a gravely injured person drifting in and out of consciouses if u get what i mean), and the router is 15 feet away from me in the room next door! im surprised this site even loaded up, becuz, it usually hasnt in the past. once google tok 2 minuts to load. DONT WAST UR TIME, EFORT, MONEY, AND STRESS AND HEALTH ON THIS F*** JOB!!!!! ITL PUT GREY HAIRS ON UR HEAD! NEGATIVE 5 STARS FOR THIS, AND A DISASTEROUS FATE AND A SPOT ON ENGINEERING DISASTERS ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL BE TO THIS JUNK PRODUCT!!!!!!!!! I HATE IT
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Frustrating set-up, terrible customer service, not mac-friendly, May 11, 2008
By C. Wilder
Perhaps I would have had a different experience on a PC, but for the Mac, it's hard even to locate the set-up instructions on the CD. Those instructions are difficult to read and leave out key steps. The customer "service" is that awful, irrelevant and out-sourced. Even though I've set up this router at two other offices before, I have spent hours going in circles this time. I will have to remember to research the quality of support before purchasing electronic devices in the future.
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Router or road block?, May 5, 2008
By reader, writer. webmaster (New Hampshire)
I bought a Netgear WGT 624 router a couple years ago when I first got cable internet access and my father acquired a laptop with a wireless card. This was my first experience with wireless networking and routers, so I didn't know what to expect. But just the same I was less than impressed with the Netgear. Set up was pretty easy on Mac OS X, but in general use I was always suspect of it. The signal strength of the Netgear is best described as flakey, with signal strength fluctuating from strong to weak and back to strong in mere nano seconds (my house is 800 square ft. and my father's laptop is never more than 30 ft away). The slightest power glitch made the router drop the wireless altogether, and there were times where the wireless would drop out altogether for no good reason. Finally got sick of having to reset the router by unplugging it, and replaced it with a Linksys. What a difference. Turns out that the Netgear was also impeding the upload and download speeds of my desktop, which connects to the router via ethernet cable. With the Netgear I would get a lot of question marks where images were supposed to be in web pages or RSS feeds. I always attributed this to the sites I'd be visiting, but it was the Netgear Router. I do not get any question marks with the Linksys router when visiting these same sites. Do yourself a favor and do not buy this router. It's not worth it.
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So far...so good..., April 16, 2008
By N. Klingle (Milwaukee, WI United States)
Purchased the Netgear Super G yesterday for home use. I'm completely computer illiterate but found the CD and setup to be WONDERFUL. My biggest problem was my PC wasn't accepting it. I contacted customer service through my internet provider and found I had to switch my DSL modem into a "brige mode". Once I got that done things were smooth sailing. Love the security settings on this model! My PC is working great, and my husband's Dell Inspiron, which is 4yrs old, is connecting fine using a card. I've read other reviews and see problems can kick in later on so I'm definitely saving the box and receipt! Not bad for a first time router user!
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Moronic customer support, April 9, 2008
By John Connolly
I returned this router one week after purchase. After experiencing some set-up difficulties, I spent (literally) hours on the phone to absolutely clueless customer service reps, who tried to blame the fault on everything but the router. Most of them were clearly reading from a manual and had no idea about basic software issues.
I returned and exchanged for the equivalent Linksys model, which also gave me a set-up problem (related to the previous mess Netgear had made of the system). I phoned customer service, and found them very knowledgeable and competent - a very stark contrast to the buffoons at Netgear. Bingo, they fixed the problem right away!
Bottom line, the Netgear router has an easy set-up and good range, but if you ever need to phone customer service, you are in for a nasty surprise.
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Garbage - Netgear, you blew it!, March 6, 2008
By Joel Dauteuil (Bethlehem, NH USA)
You lost my vote. If there was ever a product that should "earn" zero stars in this rating system, wow, do we ever have a winner.
I wasted far too many life-minutes of my time troubleshooting this product. I'll never buy Netgear again. I've switched to the Linksys-Cisco WRT54GL and I'm not looking back. I haven't had to reboot this box in six weeks so far!! Hey that beats Netgear's record by six weeks already!!!
This Netgear required constant rebooting. I experienced dropped VoIP calls, lost my connection with all three laptops sporadically throughout the day. A dozen router reboots wasn't uncommon. I yelled at my ISP, my VoIP provider etc. read the forums and even bought a second one of these pieces of garbage just to make sure.
Well, I'm sure. Faulty design must be the culprit.
What a piece of garbage!!!!!!!
I read somewhere that Netgear is aware of the issue - well I have a really super idea for you - are you ready? - release a fix for the problem so that the folks that bought your router can fix it and do part of your job for you. You may salvage some customers and goodwill if there's any out there. I accept PayPal if you care to reimburse me for that extraordinary bit of technology consulting.
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I won't provide the details---, March 5, 2008
By linking that (nj)
I won't provide the details since there are numerous entries already describing the same problems I have encountered. I will just put my rating and add one more to the list that says this product isn't worth the cost. It has given me more hassle and is slower than all the Linksys, and Dlink wireless/routers/switches I have used before.
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Security software effects a lot on the performance, March 1, 2008
By Janet Chou (California, USA)
I installed this router for a week already. It's a version 4. The installation and set up really is 100% foolproof because I am not a tech savvy person. Good thing I read the reviews before the purchase so I followed the firmware upgrade instructions rather than ignoring it. The 2nd day it started loosing connection very frquently on one computer but on my Toshiba satellite it works beautifully. My toshiba uses Mcafee and the other uses Kaspersky (I am not too thrilled about this software because it blocks almost everything to earn it's reputation as the most secured internet security software). However starting from day 3 even the computer that disconnects slowy gets better. I guess the router has a break in period and its performance will be greatly effected by the internet security program in your computer.
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Poor Quality, February 22, 2008
By Andy (Washougal, WA)
I owned a Netgear 624 router for a few years, and it had worked great. One day the DHCP function decided to stop working, and my network was dead. Since I didn't want to be bothered trying to upgrade the wireless devices I own to an N protocol, I decided the smartest thing to do would be to replace the old 624 with a new one. Made perfect sense, right?
The new one is terrible. I didn't really pay attention to hardware and firmware revisions between the old router and the new one, but suffice it to say that I wish I could re-incarnate my old router. A few somewhat quantitative examples: Nothing else has changed but swapping a new router for an old one.
Connection strength: Office used to be excellent, now very good
Patio used to be very good, now good
Streaming video: Previous- could view video files from my network storage devices (NAS)
Now: Video will pause to wait for data
Finding the network: Old Router: Rock solid- network was always listed under "View Available Wireless Networks"
New Router: Sometimes it isn't there. Sometimes it comes back by itself, sometimes you have to power cycle the router.
Dropped connections: Old Router: Hardly ever-maybe once every couple months.
New Router: Once every couple hours.
There are a few more other bugs.
Occasionally the wireless connection to my laptops will slow down, and only rebooting the laptop seems to clear the problem. Not sure why this should happen like this, but the problem started with the new router.
The "attached devices" menu option in the router is unreliable. It often doesn't show devices which I know are connected, because I can address them. Not a big deal, but certainly something that should be implemented correctly.
I also have one device (a dell all-in-one printer) that seems to work best with a fixed IP address. (Don't ask...this took a 1/2 hour with a very smart gentlemen in the Philippines to work out). The old router had no problem assigning this a fixed IP address. The setup screens on the new router are the same, and about 75% of the time, the router assigns the printer the desired address. The rest of the time, it gives it a random address.
Netgear tech support was...well- not very supportive. After an hour on hold, I was connected. The gentlemen on the other end of the phone made no sense. Luckily a friend was visiting who is a native speaker of the language in question. After a minute he handed the phone back to me and said "that person makes no sense in any language". Score one for 3rd world tech support.
I will probably unload this thing on Craig's list- who needs the hassles of Best Buy.
The old router was a great piece of equipment, and I have a Netgear switch was has been a flawless performer. Not sure what I will replace this with- since Linksys and D-Link seem to have their own problems.
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good product, February 18, 2008
By H-bomb
Recommended to me by a friend. Does the job, works well, is compact with orientation options upright or horizontal. I would recommend this product.
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Drops local connection!, February 3, 2008
By Klubmarcus (Spring, TX United States)
This router is easy to set up and works great. But every now and then it drops the connection between the computer and the router if you are inactive. When you put your computer on standby it's not always able to reconnect via network cable and wireless. Unplug the router from power and it reconnects after it powers up. This is unfortunate since it is a great product in all other aspects. It's easy to set up, use, and place out of sight. Most of us use a router to keep our internet connection up all day and just connect to the router as we need with our computers, printers, game consoles, etc... This product is too unreliable when it comes to keeping the local network connection.
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wasste of money, time and patience, January 28, 2008
By Martha M. Seminario
I had a WGT614 and i was almost happy with it, however i was looking for more range.
This router will give you some 5% more coverage at the expense of stop working every two hours ore so. Even with low traffic. The only solution is to reboot it. Which means i have to stop whatever i'm doing, go downstairs (three floors), open two locked dors, reboot the thing, and then go back to work.
The net is full of complaints about this router. And no solutions.
I should have known better. And Netgear should withdraw this product from the market for the bad rep is giving them.
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Unbelievable Customer service, January 24, 2008
By paulza (East Haddam, CT)
The quality of Netgear products is no match for the pathetic quality of their technical service. After a long phone hold you can expect the tech to be inattentive, rude and unable to hear you because of the poor phone lines and noise of other techs talking in the background. You get the feeling they're only half there and some of their answers are not even that. Double check everything they say because they will leave out critical steps.
I will never put myself through the aggravation again by buying a netgear item.
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Great Router For Great Money, January 10, 2008
By fractal (Athens)
I have the DG834GT Netgear modem router but I wanted to make a wireless network in my basement lab.So I needed a wireless switch. I didn't have much money to spear (because access points costs twice as this one I took it 25 euro) and I saw this router as an Offer in an Internet store.When I got it and plugged it I was very satisfied with its piece of cake adjustments and plug and play capability.
First I took a LAN cable From My Home to the basement and plugged into the router.So now I had two routers in the same network.Surprisingly there weren't any conflicts and the basement pc worked just perfect connecting to the intrnet but I was using a different set of IPs from the Primary router and I couldn't tranfer Files to another computer attached direct to the Primary's router network and I did the following Steps and had it work perfect.
If you don't want to connect two routers together don't read this
Primary Router = The router that connects to the internet
Secondary Router = Router that connect to Primary to connect to the internet
1)Plug a cable from a pc to a numbered port on the secondary router
2)Go to the Secondary router settings
3)Go LAN IP settings and write the same set as the Primary(my primary has 192.168.0.1 so I've put 192.168.0.100)but be careful,the LAN IP you've chosen shouldn't be used by another computer on your network
4)Disable DHCP server
5)Plug a cable from your Primary router to secondary But BE CAREFUL DON'T PLUG IT IN THE WAN PORT BUT IN A NUMBERED ONE
You'll have them work together perfectly.
Actually you turn the router to a switch with this way
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Hangs frequently on XP, January 5, 2008
By Jaromil (New Jersey, USA)
Easy to install but frustrating disconnects. Have been trying to fiddle around for fixes but to no avail. What a waste of money...
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