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 rock-solid.

Performance and speed will cost you more.

The price is competitive, its performance meets what i want to do, perfectly protects internet connections,it's easy internal f... Read More

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 sol... Read More

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 ... Read More

Competitiveness

I needed 8 ports because my house is hard-wired 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 netgear's 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.

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Most positive review

Installed & worked just as stated in only a few minutes..... Just follow the start-up directions and all was well....

Most authentic review

As a security consultant, I consult people everyday on the need for a solid defense-in-depth strategy to protecting their netwo... Read More

As a security consultant, I consult people everyday on the need for a solid defense-in-depth strategy to protecting their network resources from potential attacks. The same applies to your home networks! Most broadband/HSI providers do not provide much in terms of securing your assets, but rather, are interested in protecting their own. Often times, the perimeter equipment that is recommended (such as a typical wireless AP/router) does not really provide much in terms of security, and does nothing in terms of providing remote connectivity to resources on your home network when away.In comes the FVS318 Firewall with built-in IP Security (IPSec) Virtual Private Networking (VPN) capabilities. The appearances of this appliance seemed to meet almost all of my basic requirements ... with one key exception: NetGear does NOT provide support for remote Mac OS X clients in any of their VPN solutions and corresponding documentation. Most client OS's support VPN's (Windows XP/7, Mac OS X, Linux/Ubuntu, Android, iOS, etc.) that require a login mechanism for user authentication, and they utilize a secure tunnel to maintain communications. The FVS318 is really meant for a site-to-site typeo of VPN which utilizes the IPSec tunnel without any user authentication. This would be the case when two branch offices are connected together.Enough of the heavy technical details ... the problem is how can I connect my Mac OS X computer to the FVS318 remotely?.After researching this for some time, I found two products that both work exceptionally well for the Mac environment. The first is freeware called IPSecuritas from Lobotomo Software. This comes with a preconfigured template for the FVS318. The other, which is available for a free, is called VPN Tracker. Like IPSecuritas, it also has preconfigured templates for the FVS318.So, if you are considering a security appliance to use at your home, and are concerned about the lack of Mac client software, do not worry any longer ... a solution is available to make your FVS318 work seaminglessly in your local and remote network. Read Less

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This is a pretty good unit. Our company uses these units to maintain a VPN connection between offices, and to our clients. Th... Read More