• Reviews around setup (4.50 of 5)

    NETGEAR Wireless Router - N300 (WNR2000)

    • Setup is easy, and I downloaded the Netgear Genie from their site
    • Manual setup rather then easy setup works far better in most cases but many people choose to do it the easy way, thus poor results
    • Manual setup rather then easy setup works far better in most cases but many people choose to do it the easy way, thus poor results
    • I have no idea: The setup was too easy for me to need them
    • The idea of very easy setup was appealing
    • Easy setup and laptop connected just fine
    • Setup was very easy and straight forward, even for people who aren't IT pros
    • setup was very easy, it worked great for
    • Setup was easy, but then the modem started dropping the connection.
    • The setup through the browser is very responsive and changes are made very quickly.
    • Works perfect, setup a small wireless network at home, and setup was fast and straight forward
    • Awesome," I thought to myself, "I will receive tons of accolades when everyone sees the new router and experiences a more pleasurable online experience."Setup was easy and I liked the "Netgear Genie" at first since it gave me easier control of router settings than my 5 year old linksys
    • Setup was very easy...basically just connected my cable modem line into the router, powered it up, waited for all the lights to turn the right colors and then set up all my devices (iPod, iPhone, PS3, Laptop being the main ones) to log onto the network.
    • Easy setup and good range.
    • Super fast, strong signal, good reach, simple setup
    • Setup was a little tricky, they don't tell you to log into it with the wifi PW on the computer before you attempt to run the setup on the browser which is what I had to do before it successfully worked
    • Unlike the Belkin, setup is a real breeze... hook up the connections, start the Setup Wizard on the included CD, and it configures itself (at least it did so with my cable modem connection... a pretty standard connection)
    • Easy setup and works great
    • The setup is a breeze, and the speed and range are exactly what I expected
    • Given that the reason I got this was for the key features of easy setup and faster speed I was heartily disappointed by the difficult setup that offered very little in return over my 4 year old linksys router
    • Setup and configuration was better than expected
    • However the speeds are at least enough for streaming on multiple devices and the setup was pretty easy
    • Easy setup, simple, great deal.
    • The setup was great; it was SO much easier than my first router (4-5 years old)
    • Easy setup.
    • so I held my breath as I went through the prompts waiting for the Netgear setup to fail and dreading dialing a 1-800 number to India or wherever
    • Easy setup, and worked beautifully
    • The web interface was approximately the same as the router I was replacing so setup was pretty easy, I was up and running in less than an hour
    • great range, easy setup, reliable.
    • Setup was easy except for a wireless printer that would not accept the network passwork.
    • Super easy setup
    • Intallation very easy and even an old guy, like myself, completed the setup in a few minutes
    • Small box, very straightforward and was easy to install, works great, and the easy genie setup did all the work.
    • .. setup was easy and started using it
    • I tested the Netgear WNR 2000 router on this setup:iMac G4, system 10.4.11 (wired)Safari 3.1.2 web browserDSL broadband---iPod Touch, first generation (wireless)PlayStation 3 (wired & wireless)Sony Vaio laptop (wired)Apple iBook laptop (wireless)Setup:*Setup and configuration on my iMac was fairly easy, even though the Netgear setup Wizard is not available for Macs
    • Super easy setup, compact size, works great in my small condo
    • I tested the Netgear WNR 2000 router on this setup:iMac G4, system 10.4.11 (wired)Safari 3.1.2 web browserDSL broadband---iPod Touch, first generation (wireless)PlayStation 3 (wired & wireless)Sony Vaio laptop (wired)Apple iBook laptop (wireless)Setup:*Setup and configuration on my iMac was fairly easy, even though the Netgear setup Wizard is not available for Macs
    • Easy setup with Netgear Wizard
    • Given that the reason I got this was for the key features of easy setup and faster speed I was heartily disappointed by the difficult setup that offered very little in return over my 4 year old linksys router
    • Easy setup.
    • what can i say this has to be the easiest router setup I have ever done.
    • I've never had an easier setup of a computer component in my life
    • Setup was a breeze
    • The initial setup was a breeze and it worked flawlessly until I couldn't get the thing to be consistent anymore
    • The initial setup was a breeze and it worked flawlessly until I couldn't get the thing to be consistent anymore
    • I bought this router for a fairly complex networking setup with 3 layers of subnets.
    • Works great - great price - free delivery- easy setup - what more could you ask for
    • I bought this router and was very pleased with the easy setup and slick appearance.
    • The setup is essentially impossible without dialing on-line or telephone support
    • Good price and easy setup.
    • The setup was so easy on the TP-Link.
    • Plus two stars for the successful setup, ability to handle Netflix HD streaming, and staying up for the first three days of operation.
    • Great product, easy setup
    • I've always been an avid D-Link user in the past, but opted out due to buggy firmware updates and the inability to assign MAC Addresses thru WPA/WPA2.I bought the Netgear WNR2000 because of it's cheap price and easy setup features, and I wasn't too concerned with the features of a dual-band router (WNDR3700) because 5 Ghz has a very short bandwidth (approximately 20 feet), and I reside in a two story house and thought that would be a complete waste of money
    • And indeed, not everyone seems to have the same initial setup trouble, though most everyone does have to do a manual, rather than easy setup
    • Setup was very easy and the wireless coverage is very good.
    • Well if everyone uses the default settings with easy setup you have many neighbors running on the same wireless channel
    • Easy setup, steady signal, great range -- we've had several routers and this is by far the best in all three of those categories
    • Did you do the easy setup method
    • The setup was incredibly easy to do and the sleek look was very appealing
    • great setup range very good
    • The setup was easy and seamless, I even got the router on a different
    • Hookup as far as plugins is easy , but I ended up talking with internet server forover an hour trying different ways and setups so the router would work
    • Setup could not have been easier.
    • Setup is surprisingly easy, but this feature doesn't mean much when it still doesn't work very well and lacks versatility
    • Easy setup!
    • Very good bang for the buck, easy setup and low maintenance
    • The first, very noticable difference between the two is the Netgear's lack of external antenna(s)
    • My first Netgear WNR-854T worked fine for a month and just quit.