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Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall
Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall

Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall

Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall
3.0 stars
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  • Item: 814627
  • Model: FVS318G-100NAS
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The NETGEAR ProSafe 8-port Gigabit VPN Firewall provides both secure IPsec site-to-site tunnels and IPsec secure access for remote clients. Employing a true firewall with customizable firewall rules, this VPN router is a high-performance, SNMP-manageable, network solution that furnishes multidimensional security including denial-of-service (DoS) protection, stateful packet inspection (SPI), URL keyword filtering, logging, reporting, and real-time alerts. Eight Gigabit LAN ports keep your data moving at top speed. With Network Address Translation (NAT) routing and classical routing, all the users in your small office can access your broadband connection at the same time.

  • VPN Wizard to simplify configuration of IPsec VPNs
  • Auto Detect to automatically detect ISP address type (static, dynamic, PPPoE)
  • Port range forwarding
  • Port triggering
  • Enable/disable WAN ping
  • DNS proxy
  • MAC address cloning/spoofing
  • L3 Quality of Service (QoS) LAN-to-WAN and WAN-to-LAN (ToS)

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Data Rate Speed 10/100Mbps
Security Type SPI Firewall, DES, 3DES, URL Filtering
LAN Ports 8
Special Features Initiates up to 8 IPSec VPN tunnels simultaneously, Easy to use Web browser-based set up, configuration and remote management.
Weight 2.06 lbs.
Warranty Lifetime warranty
Throughput per Port 100Mbps
DMZ Ports 0
Protocols TCI/IP
WAN Ports 1
Standards IEEE 802.3/3u, IEEE 802.11b/g
Product Dims. 1.4"H x 7.1"W x 9.95"D
VPN Support Yes

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Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall
 
3.2

(based on 20 reviews)

Ratings Distribution

  • 5 Stars

     

    (7)

  • 4 Stars

     

    (5)

  • 3 Stars

     

    (0)

  • 2 Stars

     

    (0)

  • 1 Stars

     

    (8)

58%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

  • Easy to use (10)
  • Stable (9)
  • Easy to set up (8)
  • Highly compatible (6)
  • Comprehensive (4)

Cons

  • Unreliable (5)

Best Uses

  • Home (9)
  • Smaller networks (8)
  • Large networks (3)
    • Reviewer Profile:
    • High bandwidth user (17)
    • Computer Platform:
    • PC (3)

Most Liked Positive Review

 

"Great Security Product for the Buck"

This is a fantastic security product for the price. If you want a highly secure, inexpensive solution to connect two small offices with a LAN to LAN IPSec tunnel, or a remote access VPN...Read complete review

This is a fantastic security product for the price. If you want a highly secure, inexpensive solution to connect two small offices with a LAN to LAN IPSec tunnel, or a remote access VPN solution so business data sources such as email, intranet, shared folders can be securely access from anywhere, this fits the bill. This type of solution generally costs hundreds of dollars more.
Being an IT networking professional, setup took a matter of minutes and I was soon accessing files from the remote office servers and using the business email with Outlook. However, to a less skilled user setup even with the wizards can be daunting, especially configuring the firewall rules. Fortunately, Netgear has excellent support for their products,.giving a user the confidence to get the product working right. I called them with a few questions around midnight so I could evaluate their support, and a friendly tech came on the phone line in a minute, eager to solve the issue. ( of which I had none). So all in all, this is a five-star product given the money it can save a business from monthly site to site data line costs and the client vpn solution. I have used many netgear products over the years, and their excellent warranty and support makes this a win-win solution.

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Most Liked Negative Review

 

Great idea, good interface, horrible exp

I *really* want to like this product, and I think what it sets out to accomplish is great, but unfortunately for me it is simply too unstable to use or recommend.
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I *really* want to like this product, and I think what it sets out to accomplish is great, but unfortunately for me it is simply too unstable to use or recommend.

In a nutshell, this thing will simply stop working 1-2 times a day, sometimes more. My only recourse is to power it off/on and wait for 5 mins for it to power back up and eventually reacquire an IP address from my ISP.

Since I gave up on this and put my old router back into service I haven't had a single issue in the last 15 days.

I'm sorry, but no matter how many features this thing has, it's of no use if I have to restart it on a daily basis.

Finally, this is from my experience par for the course for netgear. I had an older netgear wifi-router that had many similar problems, though not as severe and while netgear came out with a few firmware updates, after about 6 months it seems like they just released a newer product and forgot about the one I had.

I think the problem here is the company, now that I've had a 2nd product of theirs. I am sure the problems with this router are software and thus fixable, but their software engineers are either too lazy or too incompetent to fix the problems.

Oh, and I am not the only one, do a google search, its littered with people having similar problems to mine.

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1.0

Great idea, good interface, horrible exp

By Dlangh

from Ohio

About Me High bandwidth user

Pros

  • Easy To Manage

Cons

  • Unreliable

Best Uses

    Comments about Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall:

    I *really* want to like this product, and I think what it sets out to accomplish is great, but unfortunately for me it is simply too unstable to use or recommend.

    In a nutshell, this thing will simply stop working 1-2 times a day, sometimes more. My only recourse is to power it off/on and wait for 5 mins for it to power back up and eventually reacquire an IP address from my ISP.

    Since I gave up on this and put my old router back into service I haven't had a single issue in the last 15 days.

    I'm sorry, but no matter how many features this thing has, it's of no use if I have to restart it on a daily basis.

    Finally, this is from my experience par for the course for netgear. I had an older netgear wifi-router that had many similar problems, though not as severe and while netgear came out with a few firmware updates, after about 6 months it seems like they just released a newer product and forgot about the one I had.

    I think the problem here is the company, now that I've had a 2nd product of theirs. I am sure the problems with this router are software and thus fixable, but their software engineers are either too lazy or too incompetent to fix the problems.

    Oh, and I am not the only one, do a google search, its littered with people having similar problems to mine.

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    (2 of 2 customers found this review helpful)

     
    4.0

    Fast, easy installation

    By Jenn W

    from Phoenix

    About Me High bandwidth user

    Verified Buyer

    Pros

    • Easy To Set Up
    • Highly Compatible
    • Secure

    Cons

      Best Uses

      • Home
      • Small Office

      Comments about Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall:

      Works great, easy to install.

      • Primary use:
      • Personal

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      (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

       
      5.0

      Best off-the-shelf firewall available

      By Kyle

      from Manhattan, KS

      About Me High bandwidth user

      Verified Buyer

      Pros

      • Easy To Manage
      • Easy To Setup
      • Easy VPN solution

      Cons

      • Limited to one WAN IP

      Best Uses

      • Small Business Networks
      • Small VPN Networks

      Comments about Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall:

      I'm a small business networking consultant, and we use a ton of these. Like most appliances, they consume little power, yet provide most functionality small businesses and homes need. IPSEC VPNs are a breeze with the VPN Wizard, to connect your home to your office or several small offices together.

      Previous models in this series had a port-forwarding limitation, but the FVS318G has added this in.

      The only time I do not recommend this model is when either:
      a) You have multiple IP addresses from your ISP
      b) You have multiple ISPs
      c) You need more than 8 VPN connections

      • Primary use:
      • Business
      • Computer Platform:
      • PC

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      (1 of 1 customers found this review helpful)

       
      1.0

      D.O.A.

      By ed

      from Boston, MA

      About Me High bandwidth user

      Verified Reviewer

      Pros

        Cons

        • Complicated To Set Up
        • POOR DOCUMENTATION
        • Unreliable

        Best Uses

          Comments about Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall:

          Dead out of the box. Netgear cust svc no help. Returned same day.

          Couldn't configure with Fios. WAN port apparently bad. Detailed doc's for setup and manual online!!!! If you can't get online, what good are docs online???

          This after trying to replace a FVS318 v3 that died. No more netgear for this tech buyer.

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          5.0

          GREAT ROUTER

          By DAVE

          from ELK GROVE, CA.

          About Me High bandwidth user

          Verified Buyer

          Pros

          • Easy To Manage
          • Easy To Setup

          Cons

            Best Uses

            • Home
            • Smaller Networks

            Comments about Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall:

            i HAVE SETUP MANY ROUTERS AND THIS WAS VERY EASY, BOTH TO SETUP AND USE.

            • Primary use:
            • Personal
            • Computer Platform:
            • PC

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            1.0

            Don't buy this router

            By Chris

            from Gilbert, AZ

            About Me High bandwidth user

            Verified Buyer

            Pros

              Cons

              • Unreliable

              Best Uses

                Comments about Netgear ProSafe 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall:

                I bought this router to use because my house is wired for Ethernet. It seemed like a good idea to use an 8 port router rather that a 4 port router and 8 port switch. One major problem though. It locks up every few hours and requires a power cycle to restore it to service. The LEDs on the LAN and WAN port suggest that everything is functioning normally but that is not the case. The router managent console is not available to view the status of the router when there is a problem. After much effort and a firmware update from netgear, I finally gave up and installed my D-link dir 655 in place of it.

                • Primary use:
                • Business
                • Computer Platform:
                • PC

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