Easy to set up and reliable (Netgear WG602 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point)

Member Name: sublimatica

Product:	Netgear WG602 54 Mbps Wireless Access Point
Date:	04/09/03 (968 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy set-up, Good value

Disadvantages: Haven't found any

The packaging for this 54g wireless router boasts that it's a doddle to set up, and they're not wrong. The instructions are excellent. From opening the box to using my new wireless network (including setting up my laptop with a Netgear WG511 54g PCMCIA card) took about 15 minutes and was right first time. Even the instructions for protecting the wireless network with high-level WEP encryption were logical and clear.

In use the WG602 has been perfect, and looks smart too. It's much smaller than I thought it would be. It doesn't generate much heat and there are no cooling fans, so it's silent. The aerial is easily positioned in any direction and the whole thing can be wall-mounted.

I have no way of comparing the WG602's wireless performance with other 54g products, so I have no idea whether signal quality, transmission speed or reliability are exceptional or poor. It's been fine for me and I can now surf the web, and sometimes work, in the garden with no trailing wires.

I bought the router in a bundle with the matching Netgear WG511 54g PCMCIA card for £117 from a mail order Internet retailer in June 2003.

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