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57 of 57 people found the following review helpful.
Best router I have ever used.
By Mokona
Watch Video Here: http://11-space.tk/com/review/RQ6VNFNHUUFWD (Edit: I added a video showing some of the storage performance, (in the video I pretty much just copy large and small files back and forth to the router, in other words, 8:17 of boredom)
I used this router during a beta test and enjoyed every moment of using it.
The setup is extremely easy just like with all of their other routers using the netgear genie web UI, It simply auto detects everything and gets you online.
The stock security is also decent. They generally use a combination of multiple dictionary words and a random set of numbers at the end (unique to each router) While this is not as strong as using a full character space completely random password such as those generated by GRC, it beats what many other routers are doing to secure the users who cant be bothered to log into the webui and make things secure them self.
While to meet wifi alliance requirements, WPS has to be enabled by default, a workaround has been done to secure it. 3 failed WPS connect attempts, automatically disables WPS which makes the brute force vulnerability nearly impossible to execute.
Overall for the setup part, you can be sure that you will have decent security without having to change anything.
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Now for the performance:
Wired connections LAN to LAN: UDP traffic goes at 990mbit+
Wired connection WAN to LAN: you get around 950mbit/s (though it slows over time).
Wireless speed are also really good. While not groundbreaking compared to other high end routers, you do get very similar performance with speeds of around 150mbit/s + (if you have a wifi card capable of 3 streams)
One area dealing with wifi where this router comes out ahead, is the range and consistency of the speed across it's range. The wifi radios on this router run at 600mmw (many other routers will not push such a high transmit power). Higher transmit powers does a great job at improving overall range because the wifi card in the router is more sensitive than those found in the average laptop or desktop, so they make use of a signal received from much further away. Since the radio sensitivity is often lower for most laptops, having the router boost it's transmit power, significantly increases the range. In my personal test, I could go outside and walk about 400 feet away from the house before I lost connection ( I would have gotten further but that is as far as I can go and still maintain line of sight with the house)
Another benefit of a higher transmit power is that modern wifi devices negotiate the upload and download speed separately, so at a very far range where your laptop would drop the connection rate to around 5mbit/s, you will still have downloads which are significantly higher. For most people this effectively makes it so that your range bottleneck will become the wifi client and not the router.
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And finally, the the storage performance.
While the storage performance will be reduced as the hard drive gets more full(depending on the files if the drive has to do lots of small read and writes due to the type of data, then expect to lose up to half of that speed by the time you reach the end of the drive), Using a 2TB hard drive, I was getting around 90-95MB/s read speeds and around 45-50MB/s write speeds which is pretty close to similarly priced devices that are dedicated NAS devices. (though hitting those speeds temporally requires you to disable the DLNA service)
It also has a DLNA server built in and when I tested it, I streamed 6 1080p videos at the same time and it had no issues
(The area where it will fall short of a true dedicated NAS, is handling multiple hard drives, 1 hard drive bay means that you cant do any kind of RAID
While it does have 2 USB 3 ports on it, they will not perform as fast as the internal SATA drive.
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Overall rundown of the specs.
1GHz single core CPU (2000mips)
256MB RAM
128MB internal flash storage
Dual wifi adapters, both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz adapters have their own dedicated antennas (3 Antennas each, 6 total)
5x gigabit ethernet ports
2x USB3.0 ports
1x SD card slot
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Pros and cons
Pros:
Really good wireless and wired performance (better wireless performance than pretty much all of the other high end routers (except the 802.11ac ones)
Decent amount of RAM (most high end routes only offer 128MB, the 256 provides hope that many more software features will be added :) )
Fast CPU (this really helps with the WAN transfer speeds, though you are unlikely to ever run into a was speed limit (unless you are using a super fast gigabit internet connection such as the one google is offering)
Great NAS performance for a router (faster than all other NAS routers currently on the market by a pretty large amount)
the front lights are not very bright (while this may be a con to some, it is a pro to me because it means that I can have the router in the bedroom and not wake up in the morning with a tan :) (I just don't like having really bright LED's on a router)
Cons:
No LAN activity lights for each of the ethernet ports
The bottom stand does not offer much space around the ethernet ports, this makes it difficult to remove and connect ethernet cables if you do not have ample room to have the back of the router facing you.
No options to customize the side buttons. The side button options are wifi on/off, WPS, and backup (which allows the router to automatically backup all data from an external storage device such as a SD card, to the routers internal hard drive). The issue is that other than testing, I don't see my self ever using WPS and that button would be more useful if it could be customized ( eg I would personally set it to enable/ disable the guest wifi network)
It is very large compared to other routers (expect it to take about twice as much space as a standard router (it also has only one orientation; the one you see in the stock photo)
(this may limit where you can place the router)
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Overall this is one of the best routers that I have used and while it does have a few limitations (most of which can be fixed in software (really hoping for the ability to customize what the side buttons do), it offers solid performance and is very reliable (which is to be expected and demanded in this price range.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful.An excellent router and NAS with a ton of useful features.
By Stephen
I received this router from Netgear for free as part of a beta program I participated in. This has given me the opportunity to extensively test all of the features of this router over the course of a couple months.
Upon first receiving this router the first thing I noticed was the size of it. If you're tight on space this might not be the router for you but its size shouldn't be surprising considering it has an internal 3.5 drive and needs room for proper cooling.
Installing the hard drive was a bit tricky. I had to format the drive in my PC first before it would be properly detected. Fortunately, Netgear claims to have fixed this issue with the final hardware revision so this shouldn't be an issue for anyone purchasing the router.
Once I powered up the router I was surprised by how loud the fan was. It was clearly audible over my PC which is far from quiet. Thankfully, this has been fixed through a firmware upgrade and now the fan is virtually silent.
Configuring the router for my setup was incredibly easy. It took only a few minutes and my Internet connection was detected immediately. Once I was done I decided to test the hard drive capability of the router. I decided to map the internal HDD to a network drive on my Windows 7 PC and then began transferring numerous large files to it. The files transferred at a decent speed and I had no issues. This router also supports transferring files via FTP so I gave that a try too. Once again, speeds were acceptable and I actually saw a slight increase in speeds with FTP compared to my mapped network drive transfers.
A great feature with this router is that it supports DLNA and Tivo streaming. This means that if you have a DLNA capable device such as a smart TV you can stream video files directly to it. Also, if you have a Tivo you can even stream Tivo supported media files directly to your Tivo too.
The wireless performance of the router itself is great too and worked flawlessly. The range is excellent too despite the fact there's no external antenna. I have a large home and yet I get a great signal throughout the house with no dead spots at all.
The software included with this router is useful too. It automatically backs up all your data and you can configure it to backup just about anything at regular intervals. It works as expected and the software isn't too resource heavy either. The genie application also lets you control various router features from the software itself rather than using the WEBGUI. The only issue I had with this software was that it increased my PC boot times by a good amount. Fortunately, a later revision of the software has fixed this issue for me so it shouldn't be an issue for anyone who purchases this router.
The WEBGUI is easy to understand and provides a ton of advanced features such as setting up multiple user accounts and customizing shares on the router. It is far more user-friendly than several other routers I've used in the past.
Overall, the router performs great and is excellent for someone wishing to have a ton of network attached storage. You can even upgrade the internal HDD further with a 3TB drive and it has two USB 3.0 connections to add additional external storage too. It's definitely pricey though but this is expected considering all of the features you get. In the end, if you need a router with a ton of internal storage and all of the bells and whistles this router should fit the bill perfectly.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.
Rough Setup for me, but it's working great now!
By TC
UPDATE: If you read the below review, you'll see that I had internet connectivity problems at first, although a call to tech support got things working. I have since purchased a new cable modem, and I changed the MTU back up to 1500 (see below for ). The router has had no problems at all with the new cable modem (Motorola SB6121) and has not lost connectivity or had to be rebooted. Still give it 4 stars only because of the hiccup with the interface at first and a slightly noisy fan (it's not obnoxious, but you can hear it in a quiet room). Otherwise, I am very satisfied with the device so far.
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Although a bit of a rocky start (see more below), the short summary of the Netgear Centria is that it has been running flawlessly over a week now, has a better range than my old router, my devices seem to be a bit faster, and I now have a storage drive accessible at all times on my network. Shortcomings include a rough setup and a noisy fan.
The long version (sorry for the length, but it may save someone from having to call tech support):
One of the things that attracted me to the Netgear Centria was the ability to add a hard drive of my choosing and have it as a network drive, accessible at all times. Like a lot of families today, the number of devices in my house have been expanding, and I was looking for a router with good range and fast speeds (my old router was N300 speed).
I took the router out of the box and followed the handy setup guide that is provided. Even the ends of the Ethernet network cable are marked to let you know which end goes to the router and which end goes to the modem (I have a cable modem). I installed a Western Digital Red 2 TB hard drive into the slot with no problems (I formatted it NTFS in my desktop before installing it in the router). I followed the instructions to the letter in regards to unplugging the modem, plugging it back in, turning on the router, etc... The instructions then said to fire up a browser and go to routerlogin.net to complete the setup. When I went to routerlogin.net in Internet Explorer 9, however, the setup screen came up, but it looked like a web page from the 1990s (no graphics, just text). The setup then tries to download Netgear Genie automatically, which started, but then it was cut off and Win 7 said that I had no internet connection.
OK, I thought, this sometimes happens when installing something new. So I shut down the PC, unplug the modem, turn off the router, and go through the same routine. Routerlogin.net still looked like an archaic web page, but it appeared that I had the internet back.
One of the first things you are supposed to do is update the firmware on the router. So I go through the setup page and finally find the "Update Firmware" section. The page asked me if I wanted to update the firmware, which I do, but I don't see any button to click to proceed with the update. And then the internet went off again. So I go through the Win 7 troubleshooter and it appears to fix a problem it found, so I go through the setup, again. And again, still the same problem. This goes on for about an hour, and I'm about at my wit's end. Getting desperate, I restart everything again, only this time I fire up Google Chrome, and this time the routerlogin.net interface looks nice and modern! All the buttons are intact and I am able to update the firmware, finally. "All right", I think, "I'm in business now!"
I go through all of the setup menus, changing the SSID, passwords, and generally nosing around at the settings, but I didn't change anything else because I wanted to read the manual and understand what the other settings were for.
Everything worked fine for a few hours and then the internet went out. I reset the router and everything seemed to be fine again. Unfortunately, this pattern started to repeat itself. It might be a few hours or overnight, but the internet connection would drop and wouldn't come back. Curiously, I noticed that the wireless connections were still showing up on various devices (iPhone, Kindle), so it seemed to be a problem between the router and the cable modem.
At wit's end, I reluctantly called Netgear Tech Support. Expecting a hassle and long wait time, I was surprised when my call was taken in under 5 minutes. Yes, the tech support person had an accent, but it was perfectly understandable and I had no issue talking with her. The first thing she wanted was the device serial number (she didn't even ask me what the device was first). After a quick check (less than 30 sec), she came back on the line and told me she was sending me to a supervisor. In less than a minute I was talking with a friendly tech support supervisor (yes, he had an accent, too, but he was also very understandable). When I described the problem, he asked me what model of cable modem I had and then he confidently said he could fix my problem. He first confirmed the firmware version, and then he had me make three major changes to the settings.
The first change was to the MTU (maximum transmission unit). The default is 1500, and he had me change it to 1392. Then he had me change the DNS servers to ones that he recommended. The third change was to the NAT Filtering. He had me check the "Disable SIP ALG" and the "Open". That was it. I reset the router, and he said that should do it. I was on the phone with Netgear Tech Support for less than 15 minutes from the time I dialed to the time I hung up.
After 3 days the router had been running nonstop with no problems, so, being the curious sort, I started to change some of the settings. After reading the description of the NAT filtering, I wasn't all that comfortable leaving the "Open" checked, so I changed it back to "Secured". During the course of my own troubleshooting, I had come across a Google utility to benchmark DNS speeds (Namebench). I ran the utility and it recommended some other DNS servers that would be faster than the ones that the Netgear Tech Support guy gave me. I tried one of those as my primary DNS and kept the secondary and tertiary as they were (the secondary was one the Netgear tech gave me, and the tertiary one was supposedly for my ISP that I had found online).
I did not change the MTU from 1392 as recommended by the tech. I reset my router, and it has now been running nonstop with no problems for over 6 days. I think that the MTU setting was the most critical and would recommend that change first if anyone is having internet connection problems with this router.
To perform a very unofficial check, I had the family fire up all the devices at the same time to try and stress test the router, network, and internet. The devices included 2 desktop PCs (both wired), 1 iPhone, 1 iPad, 1 iPod Touch, 1 Kindle Fire HD, and 1 Samsung Galaxy Tab. One of the desktop PCs was streaming a Youtube video as were the iPad and iPod Touch. The Samsung was used to surf the internet, and the Kindle was streaming a movie from Amazon Instant Video. The devices were spread out around the house. All worked flawlessly, and the movie on the Kindle Fire did not hiccup at all. All of the wireless devices were using the 2.4 GHz band.
As I stated earlier, the setup was a bit rough, but now that everything is up and running, I am very satisfied with the router overall. I do wish that the fan was quieter (it's noticeable in a room, but not too objectionable), and, at least for me, the Genie Backup software is not as flexible as I had hoped, and I am currently seeking a different backup plan. If the router was quieter I would give it 5 stars. As for range, it is better than what I had (house is about 1600 SF). I have it in the basement around some furnace ductwork, large stereo speakers, and surrounded by walls, and I am now able to get a good connection in a corner of the house where I couldn't get any connection before.
The router isn't cheap, but it is cheaper than the dedicated NAS that I was looking at. I guess I did compromise a bit since there is only one hard drive (no RAID), and you don't get a lot of the goodies that you might get with a dedicated NAS. However, my main goal was to get something that I could afford that would still get a network drive accessible at all times for backups and streaming. Getting that along with a faster router with better range was also a plus. The Netgear Centria appears to fit that goal quite nicely.
Tip: There is a more in-depth manual on Netgear's website that you can download. It goes over all of the settings fairly well (although I wish it would have been a bit more descriptive about what each setting does, especially the MTU setting).
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Product Description
Designed to simply home networking, NETGEAR CENTRIA is three powerful products, all-in-one. It provides automatic back-up for both PCs and Macs, acts as a Media Server and is a high speed WiFi Router. It’s easy to set up and manage, and includes NETGEAR genie, a dashboard to manage, monitor and repair your home network.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #23 in Personal Computers
- Brand: Netgear
- Model: WNDR4700-100NAS
- Original language:English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 10.50" h x6.60" w x12.30" l,1.92 pounds
Features
- All-in-One - Automatic Back-up, Media Server, WiFi Router
- Back-up for PCs and Macs
- Upgradeable internal storage
- Two (2) SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports - up to 10X faster than USB 2.0
- NETGEAR genie app for simplified network management
- Supports Windows 8
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