NETGEAR FVS318 ProSafe VPN Firewall 8 with 8-Port 10/100 Switch

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NETGEAR FVS318 ProSafe VPN Firewall 8 with 8-Port 10/100 Switch

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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Netgear products are very stable and are physically durable. It has a sturdy metal case. The body is good at keeping the unit cool, is easy to mount, and has a pretty small footprint.

The performance is fantastic and it is the configuration i recommend for people connecting to the office from home. Port forwarding is in use and working fine. You have to have each network on a different subnet in order to route traffic successfully.... Read More

I figure, after a few more firmware revisions, this will be a really good unit. Firmware v2. Is the latest revision.

Cons

It's not fast enough to handle even our 8 meg cable modem. If you take the fvs out of the mix, you get 100 mb down/10 up just like you paid comcast to give you. Now i have to have a network guru come in and see if there is any hope of salvaging my inv... Read More

Netgear fvs318 has problems with its power adapter box and the netgear tape across the flap had been broken. Site keyword blocking and forwarding ports to non-existent computers can also be a problem. The processor is only 10/100 that may be the probl... Read More

I have version 3 of this router, it is horrendously slow. Many ssl logins fail, many jhtml pages fail to load. I was hit by lightening and blew out one router on my vpn.

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Quality

I currently access about 6 of these devices using softeremotelt on a daily basis and i am very pleased with the performance

I am very impressed with the netgear fvs318

I am happy with the netgear one

Because of their support i gave them another opportunity and was happy with the result

Price

The price is fantastic and they are rocksolid

Performance and speed will cost you more

The price is competitive its performance meets what i want to do perfectly protects internet connectionsits easy internal functions thanks

The precedent vpn box cost about 5 times the price of this one

Packaging/appearance

Inner packaging was missing and there was product registration materials that did not belong to this unit or any other unit sold by netgear

I decided i needed a firewall and the fvs318 worked right out of the box

After racking my brain for days on how to use a vpn between two private networks with a windows 2000 server i stumbled across the fvs318na

Competitiveness

I needed 8 ports because my house is hardwired with cat5 cable in each room and i like to use a wired connection when possible ... Read More

This one ran full speed no issues quick setup and as good as the 1000 sonicwall that was there before

I was able to create a vpn connection to a sonicwall with this thing on the first attempt in less than 2 minute

I bought a cheaper version of netgears router and loved it

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This product had a total of 102 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 26 2022.