![]() ![]() I hope this thread helps anyone looking to buy this router, if you have questions I'd be glad to Answer.īarfly711: I have the Beta firmware loaded, and although it says nothing about the bandwidth monitoring I can't say I am having the same issues as you. This is in part why I wanted to post my findings here, so others could actually get answers.īasically, I took a leap and lucked out as I am 100% happy with this router, its speed, the VPN function on Macs and PCs, even though the first one I got died only 2 weeks in. Furthermore the Pre-Sales folks via the 1800# had No clue what this router could or could not do. So as a pre-sales option it is really bad. Which is where others in the main Netgear forum said I needed to post. You have to actually own a Prosafe product to post question in the NETGEAR ProSecure Community. If I were to request the beta firmware from Netgear, does anyone know if that will upgrade/fix some of the bandwidth monitoring features? Wow, I sound like such a complainer.sorry about unloading that here, but I've had that bottled up for a while. For now, I'm stuck using this freeware app that runs in my task tray that actually does a better job than the SRXN3205 at bandwidth monitoring. Might as well just keep the router and hope Netgear releases a firmware update sometime this century. Which means if I was to unload my SRXN3205 on eBay, the most I could get for it would be $200 probably, essentially taking a $150 loss. Even worse, I bought the SRXN3205 for $350+, now it can be had for $250 new on numerous websites. I should've just bought another WRT54G for $30 off eBay and loaded DD-WRT because I feel like I would be getting more of money's worth than with the SRXN3205. I bought this router as a replacement for a WRT54G that had DD-WRT loaded on it which died on me. ![]() Which gives a false readout, rendering the bandwidth monitoring even more useless. Not only does it not support up to 250GB of monthly monitoring, if I watch in real-time, it doesn't appear to capture all packets coming through. I must say, this feature reeks of being tacked on at the last minute. Such as frame size and signal strength options.Īlso, as a Comcast user worried about my monthly 250GB bandwidth limit, one of the main reasons I bought this router was for the bandwidth monitoring capabilities. I feel like it's missing basic features for configuring Wifi that even alot of sub-$100 consumer class routers offer. First of all, this thing is a beast of a router, but once you start to dig deeper, the many features start to feel poorly implemented. ![]() I've had the SRXN3205 for about 6-8 months now and can't find anyone discussing the features or woes with this router anywhere on the internet. Hope you guys don't mind if I hop on this thread. Netgear ProSafe Support = In my case Excellent (Use your 90 free support while you can) Logging = As thorough as you'd like it to be (by default most of it is off) LAN to WAN throughput = Very Fast (for me out performs the D-Link4500)įirewall = Very secure and very customizable IPsec VPN = SUPER FAST (Mac OS X users need IPsecuritas) For all you telnet or terminal users- via the LAN you can send commands to the router and even edit settings. The Logging and Firewall are Extremely customizable and work great. Windows user get a client sent with the router but I bet there is a third party client out there that will work just as well. The LAN to WAN throughput is fast, it's reliable, and the VPN is a breeze with this third party client for the MAC. Now that I have this client and it's super fast I am recommending this router to all who are thinking about getting it. Netgear tech support has been rock solid with their support on this router I give them an A+. ![]() This client has an awesome doc for setting up your routers IPsec VPN and a wizard for the client with the router setting already preset. ![]()
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