I would not hesitate to recommend this router. The setup was easy, tech support was instantly available, and the price for the router and 3 additional adapters was a very reasonable $142.00 after rebates.

I have it running for 2 days with excellent range (my laptop is 30 feet away with 2 concrete walls in Seoul, Korea apartment. I get a very strong signal by using SMC USB adapter. (unfortunately Netgear does not have a stylish USB adapter as the main router).

Excellent and easy to setup.

gychang

aside from the fact that its 'old' 802.11b standard, its a great product once you get to tweak it for your system.

I'll recommend it to WiFi enthusiasts beginners with a very limited budget. If you got some more to spend, move on to the 802.11g where current-future resides.

Roth-Net

The router's fine, but the firewall is not as configurable as SMC and Belkin products I've used. It's also the largest home gateway I've used, though standing on end it doesn't use too much room.

It comes with a personal firewall which seems OK, but a bit rough around the edges.

They throw in a patch cable! I love it when companies don't skimp on little things like that.

It was an extremely easy setup. Within 20 minutes I had my connection set up, encrypted, SSID hidden, the MAC address of the card registered and running around checking signal strength all over the house and on the patio. It did however take me a couple of tries to figure out how to properly set up the WEP keys so I could simply swap my single wireless card from one laptop to another; it works great now.

It's a wonderfully easy user interface with a host of features. You have tremendous control over the IP addresses, logs and access.
For example, if you had a kid with a computer in their room and didn't want them to be online after midnight, you could set the router to block that particular connection from 12 - 5 AM. You can even block specific ports, not just IPs. Or you could block sites by domain or keyword.
Also, there is an access log with ability to automatically send it out via e-mail when it is full or at predefined time intervals.

But the greatest advantage that I found over my old wired Linksys is that you can mix DHCP and static IPs. Previously, when I was running a Linux box for my web sever I had to create a virtual server so it would have a static IP for forwarding port 80 to. With this Netgear router I can just specify a static IP based on the MAC address of the server.

The wireless connection has only given me trouble once so far. It started intermittently fading out. I had to switch over to a wired connection rather than try to troubleshoot it because I was in the middle of doing something for work. Too bad VPN kicks out when you switch NICs.

UPDATE: My Netgear router died after 3 days. There are just too many reviews with DOA. I think the manufacturer should do a much better job at screening infant mortality. I still gave it a couple of stars as the product design is OK and customer service was acceptable.

SUGGESTION: I strongly recommend you stay away from Netgear until they get their act together and get the LINKSYS from CISCO.
I purchased the LINKSYS B router. It is so much sturdier, physically and operational. Just as user friendly as the Netgear and already comes pre-certified for CENTRINO.

It was very easy to set up - worked right out of the box. Getting the security feature to work was also pretty easy. I am using it with the Netgear MA521 notebook card, and I am getting about 75-85% signal strength. My router is stationed on the 2nd floor and I usually use the notebook on the first floor. No problems with dropped packets or interference from other devices so far.

It has been about a month using it, and I am absolutely loving the freedom of accessing the internet from anywhere in the house.