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Netgear WPN824 RangeMax

By Xiao Ming Wu, CNET.com on 20 April 2005

The Netgear RangeMax router is among the best-performing routers we've seen.

User rating:8.1

Comments (27)

  • Siddy gave a review on 08/11/2009 12:23 Report abuse

    Good wireless router, very fast and it really does have long range, BUT it drops out quite a bit.

    • Good: Fast, good range
    • Bad: Dropouts

  • El Nino gave a review on 17/10/2009 14:53 Report abuse

    After all these reviews i dunno what to think if i should get it or not

  • TAT gave 10/10 on 19/08/2009 23:41 Report abuse

    I've used this router with three different computers running two OS's, and I'm yet to have any issues. Coverage is excellent, as is the wired performance. There was a button to turn off the LEDs, which is a positive.

    • Good: Everything
    • Bad: Nothing

  • johndoe gave 8/10 on 24/07/2009 23:04 Report abuse

    I just purchased this a week ago and loving it. Its range is twice that of the D-link DI-624 I had before.
    The signal reaches my laptop across double brick walls from one corner of the house to the backyard without any effort.
    best part is it has 7 antenna all hidden inside the box.

    • Good: Great performance and range
    • Bad: non found yet

  • MaxVideo gave a review on 03/06/2009 05:59 Report abuse

    Range is worse than my old MR814 which is an ancient 802.11b router.
    Try video conferencing through this thing. 5 seconds of two-way UDP traffic at any speed completely locks up the router until you reset it.

    • Good: None
    • Bad: Crummy range, awful video support

  • sworded_lion26 gave 3/10 on 03/02/2008 20:00 Report abuse

    works for a little bit then just loses ability to use internet. the technical support is net to useless

    • Good: works well when it actually works
    • Bad: fails all the time.
      technical support is useless

  • tanya gave 8/10 on 01/01/2008 02:28 Report abuse

    overall good although when i take laptop to sitting room only get 2 bars poor strenth

    • Good: good system
    • Bad: blue light can be turned of at back of router

  • Jblue gave 3/10 on 10/11/2007 19:23 Report abuse

    No way to connect to my corporate VPN.

    • Good: Cool lights.
    • Bad: Does not function. Will not allow me to connect with my companies vpn. Not port forwarding, or anything works.

  • matt231 gave 8/10 on 15/09/2007 11:49 Report abuse

    Good Router, but definately does not live up to he "10X" more coverage without correct USB adaptors BUT still works well on my Portege M500

    • Good: Reasonably good range throughout my large two story home, reasonable speed.
    • Bad: tends to be a bit unstable sometimes

  • dolphin203 gave 9/10 on 14/08/2007 07:19 Report abuse

    Excellent range improvement over my netgear 54mbps "G" router. My Accoustics Internet Radio now works across the house to the farthest room.

    • Good: Great speed increase using my Qosmio Laptop. And setup was picture perfect.
    • Bad: Cannot get the WPN824 and the Ma521 in my Thinkpad 385 to work. Goes through the scanning motions after recognizing the network, but no connection. Netgear says no compatibility problem. Have not had a response from IBM. I'm thinking the 233mhz Thinkpad may be the problem.

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