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The Netgear WN2500RP-100NAS N600 Desktop WiFi Range Extender boosts your home network with dual-band speeds up to 600Mbps, four Ethernet ports for wired devices, and FastLane technology for optimized HD streaming and gaming. Easy to install with Push 'N' Connect, it’s compatible with any standard router, making it the perfect upgrade for seamless, high-speed connectivity.
Wireless Type | 802.11a/b/g/n |
Brand | NETGEAR |
Item model number | WN2500RP-100NAS |
Item Weight | 1.32 pounds |
Product Dimensions | 5.98 x 8.86 x 3.5 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 5.98 x 8.86 x 3.5 inches |
Color | One Color |
Computer Memory Type | DRAM |
Voltage | 100240 Volts |
Manufacturer | Netgear |
Language | English |
ASIN | B006V72AHC |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | January 10, 2011 |
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A Wireless Wired Network!
The Answer!Due to a somewhat rural location, a profound lack of desire to dig several hundred feet of trenches, and Verizon's horrid treatment of their loyal customers, the only way I can get internet at my house is to borrow from a neighbor (with their full permission, of course).Trouble is, my neighbor is a couple hundred feet away (line of sight) and the signal from the source router is feeble in most parts of my house. Digging a trench for a cable is not feasible. I've tried to set regular routers, including Netgear routers, as repeaters, which was a wonderfully effective way to waste several hours of your life.Enter the Netgear N600 Dual Band Wi-Fi Range Extender!Since my neighbor is using an old Westell DSL modem, I disabled the wireless on that and installed a Netgear N600 wireless router to connect with the range extender. With a strong password, the extender connected right to the source router with no trouble.It holds the connection well, though the status light often goes from green to yellow, indicating a poor, but still solid, signal. I should note there are two trees and one wall in the 200 feet between the source and the router, so this isn't terrible. In fact, I have never had a noticeable problem with signal degradation, other than the idiot light of course. I'm still pleased, as Plan B was to dig a short trench, run Cat 5 and power to an exterior box, and place the router on the other side of the trees. I'm glad I didn't have to do all that.The extender acts as a router, and is the hub of my network in my house. All of my wired and wireless devices connect to it, and none of them know they're not connected to an actual wired network.This includes my AT&T Microcell, which specifically demands an all wired network. Not with this baby!The only character flaw with this extender is, now and then, it needs to be powered off and on. This only happens about once a month or so, and is not entirely uncommon for wireless routers. I only mention this because you want to place it in a location that is easy to access when you need to power cycle it.Well, it also only has four ports. Even in my tiny place, I need more. (Smart TV, Xbox, Wii, DirectTV, Microcell, file server, future gadgets) This isn't really a minus, as four is standard for home routers, and I do have a geeky setup. Another Netgear router is handing the leftovers, though a switch would do just as well. The ports are only 10/100, however this is plenty fast enough to watch movies on my Xbox media server.It also has no external antenna connector, which is silly on something that is fairly sensitive to location.It functions as it should, even with these somewhat minor flaws. Besides the wired stuff, I have no trouble with wireless connections, which include two Iphones, two Kindles, and at one point four laptops (told you I was a geek).Another nice benefit is you can make anything with a wired port into a wireless device. This is real handy for home entertainment centers, if you don't like running wires through your home.In my old house, it cost several hundred dollars to run CAT 5 cabling. Two of these would have sufficed, with the added benefit of being able to bring them with me when I moved, or move them around the house as my geekiness evolved.If you need a long wired network without the wires, this is what you need to buy.Highly RecommendUPDATE 01/01/2017Happy New Year!I have since moved from Nowhereville, however I left this extender for the new residents.I'm happy to report it is still working great.I should note that, in this part of Nowhere, utility companies tend to take a casual approach to maintaining power lines and such. As a result, power outages are expected during storms, windy days, and days that end in "day." Brownouts and power surges aren't surprising either.This unit takes all that like a champ.Same goes with static electricity. In the dry, windy high desert, one becomes fairly immune to going through the day where every damn thing you touch gives you a shock.I see the price has dropped to just over half of what I paid for mine. If you're not looking for the latest and greatest, but you want something that will easily stream movies, you can't go wrong with this.
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Works great with the Netgear WNDR3700
I admit that it was a little bit of overkill to buy this product for my needs, but I figured it's nice to be a little future-proof (hopefully for at least the next couple years the way technology changes so rapidly) to get this Dual Band extender. I own the Netgear WNDR3700 and I have been very happy with it. I figured I'd try this extender because of the good reviews and because it's the same brand as my wireless router.I have my Internet hard-wired into a room that is now being used as a kid's room instead of the home office. My home is not wired with Cat5 so I am doing everything wirelessly (not ideal but it's not bad). Instead of trying to fish wire through the house or pay an electrician to help wire the house for Internet, I decided to just extend my wireless signal using this extender. I have this extender plugged into my desktop computer in our new office and a couple devices plugged in to the ports (like a printer that isn't wireless capable). I use the FastLane settings to further optimize the wireless speed from the wireless router to my computer and attached devices and it works great. I have never disconnected in the past month. The only tricky thing was doing the initial setup since I don't broadcast my signal on the wireless router. After trial and error, I finally got the extender to connect and after a quick firmware update everything was running within a few minutes.My connection speeds on my computer to the router are faster than they were using the computer's wireless card and now my non-wireless enabled devices in the home office can all be connected through this extender (the benefit of having the ports on the back unlike similar wireless extenders).I don't really connect to the wireless signal (also not being broadcasted) from the extender which might seem silly to some people since this is a wireless signal extender after all, but this was a cheaper and easier solution for me than fishing wires throughout the house to create a wired network.UPDATE: 12/18/2012I have been very satisfied with this product. Unlike other routers and similar technology we've had in the past, this thing has never disconnected in a couple months of continuous use. It was an easy way to turn a non-network printer into a networked printer. And it's nice having the connection directly to my wireless router through the Netgear "FastLane" technology.If you liked this review, please let me know. That's how I know where to improve the quality of my reviews!
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