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(More customer reviews)UPDATE - 2010-MAR-20:
I bought yet another Netgear WGT624 Wireless Router but this time for my parents. And yet again, it was this particular refurbished (recertified) wireless router. But this time, I ordered here on Amazon from CompUSA who is a third-party seller here on Amazon instead of from Tigerdirect who is also a third-party seller here on Amazon. CompUSA is actually owned by the same company that runs Tigerdirect. Tigerdirect still sold this wi-fi router here on Amazon, but the CompUSA price was lower. I figured it had to be coming out of the same warehouse and they were just doing separate accounting for what products sold under their CompUSA store brand versus their Tigerdirect store brand. When I received the wi-fi router, the shipping box from CompUSA and everything inside the box including the invoice were just like if it was coming to me from the Tigerdirect branded store except it said CompUSA. Also, the separate emails (apart from the amazon emails) from "CompUSA" looked like what I remember getting from "Tigerdirect". Anyways, my parents dumped AT&T DSL and switched to cable internet. And they needed a wi-fi router to work with the cable modem. As expected, this was an easy setup. The cable modem was to be connected to a wall connection behind the TV set which was sitting on a shelf built into the wall in the living room. As a result, the cable modem and this Netgear wifi router would be sitting behind and to the right of the TV on that same shelf in the wall. When my parents would watch the TV, they could lean a little bit to right to see the lights on both the cable modem and the Netgear wi-fi router. There was no interference with the TV reception (over-the-air antenna tv) and there were no problems with the wi-fi throughout the house. So, it is all wi-fi for all of the computers at my parents' house with excellent five-bars wi-fi connection to the internet.
UPDATE - 2009-DEC-29:
I bought another Netgear WGT624 Wireless Router but this time for my sister. Again, it was another refurbished (recertified) wireless router that I bought again from Tigerdirect that they had for sale here on Amazon. It is simply a good product that is easy to set up. Something that I should note, if you have a desktop computer sitting next to your cable modem or your DSL modem and this Netgear wi-fi router, if you don't have an ethernet connection on that computer, try either using an ethernet USB adapter on that computer to directly connect to the Netgear wi-fi router with an ethernet cable -- or use a wi-fi USB adapter. Or, better yet, install a wi-fi PCI card into the motherboard on that desktop computer. My sister's desktop computer had no ethernet connection and I found it to be better to turn that computer into a wi-fi capable computer. Of course, having this Netgear WGT624 Wireless Router is to have other wi-fi capable computers elsewhere in their two-story house to able to have a wi-fi internet connection.
ORIGINAL REVIEW: I got this Netgear WGT624 Wireless Router last year and it's been working great. It's turned on all the time sitting next to a Motorola cable modem on top of a bookcase cabinet with their lights blinking. I got this Netgear router for $19 plus S&H. It was recertified and for me that means it works. And at $19 that's a great deal and worth the risk. I want to get another one (since they're not ridiculously expensive) for when if this may possibly go kaput. I don't expect that to happen, but you have to prepare for such a possible eventuality since I don't want to be without a wi-fi internet connection - just be prepared to swap out the old and put in the new. Swapping out things is an old habit I've had from when I did backup systems analyst work having to prepare for things not working and breaking down - I try to have eventual backups (always on the lookout for cheap prices for same equipment that I have) for everything not just software backups but hardware backups also. Anyways, it's simple to set up. Just plug the ethernet cable to connect the router to the cable modem and then plug it all in. You can connect four computers to the router via ethernet cables. I have one ethernet cable going from the router to an eMac and another cable going out but not connected to anything - that's a spare for if I want to have a direct ethernet cable connection for a laptop. Otherwise, it's wireless for my macbook downstairs for me, wireless for my sister upstairs, and wireless to a desktop PC. It all works. When you first set it up, you have to go into the Netgear smartwizard (local) webpage to set things up - I did this via a computer connected to the router via the ethernet cable. Be sure to set the security options (for the encryption) settings with whatever name (SSID) you want for your local network as well as input whatever password/passphrase you want to use. Then go to each of your computers to set up the wi-fi connection by inputting the password/passphrase. Easy to do. Oh, there are two plastic stand-feet thingies that you put on the corners of the router to make it stand up on its side and you can have the antenna point up in the same direction. I rather have it standing up that way which I think gives it better reception and not sitting flat. I don't understand the complaints by others, except that for me if I see that the device is recertified then I expect it to work. I'm happy with this router and you have to be a braindead gruntbrain to not be able to set up this Netgear WGT624 Wireless Router - meaning this is an easy router to have.
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