Customer reviews for Netgear FWG114P

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Category: Personal Computers
Brand: Netgear
Model: FWG114P
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Netgear FWG114P Review by Chase (Chester County, PA)

I've been using this router for a couple of weeks now with no hitches. The wireless connection signal is very strong.

Setup was fairly easy and painless, but you should know this.....

I connected my Canon multi-functional printer, scanner, copier, fax unit into the router's USB port and all I can do is print. You also won't get any feedback from the printer, so when you hit "Print" the popup printing progress window tells you the printer isn't responding, but it's actually printing just fine. This is not a huge problem for me, as that's all I do from my laptop is print. Most of the time that's all I do with my printer from my desktop computer too. When I want to do something else from my desktop, I just swap the USB plug to the computer's USB port and back into the router when I'm done, nothing needs resetting. I consider it a minor inconvenience, but your mileage may vary.

Netgear FWG114P Review by Dr Wander

I chose this combination wireless router and USB print server because I needed both those functions and wanted to keep the equipment/wiring quantity down. However, the print server failed with our Dymo LabelWriter 400. This was unfortunate but not entirely unexpected. Printer compatibility is hit-or-miss with most of these.

I solved this problem with a separate Netgear USB Mini Print Server (Model PS121), which was reported to work by Dymo. Now we can print wirelessly to our laser and the LabelWriter.

Overall the functionality is fine. I think it compares favorably to my home network's Linksys WRT54G, though I would have simply bought another Linksys if I'd known up front that the integrated print server isn't compatible.

Netgear FWG114P Review by D. Earley

I got one of the early versions of this Router/access point/switch/firewall/print server. That is a lot of function for the money. It has NEVER given me problems. Mine has been on the entire 4+ years. I can remember rebooting it once in that time. Also, it has great range.

However, this is an office product not a home product, so you should know a little about firewalls, routing, DHCP, IP, etc., or you should be ready to spend a few hours educating yourself. So, this is a very versatile device.

I used support when I first set it up and they did a good job for me.

There is a very good reason why this is one of the oldest product still in production by Netgear.

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