Microsoft MN-700 Wireless 802.11g Base Station Router
by Microsoft
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Customer Review: Great product
Summary: 5 Stars
the router i got came with instrution about the possible flaw - possible inconsistent connection and the solution to it. that is to disable the 802.1 verification check box... once that is done.. the connection works fine. i had the same problem with a linksys wireless router... so returned that and got this instead. same prob at first the only difference is that the linksys didn't not document the issue. microsoft did.
microsoft released a fix couple of days ago... via windows update... but since it was already working fine... i won't know the difference.
in comparison with the linksys... it seems to work better with stronger signal within my place. the signal is stronger... and the connection stayed on for longer even with the problem mentioned above...
so far... have not had any prob since
on top the setup was much easier with the microsoft router... much more user friendly.
i think the price was reasonable..... in comparison
Customer Review: Worked great first time, every time
Summary: 5 Stars
I am using this router and running 2 laptops and a desktop with it. Set-up was fairly easy (I did some manual configurations)and, since I am not using Microsoft wireless adapters, I had to manually configure the computers. I am running an 4 yr old IBM Thinkpad with a Netgear MA111 adapter and also a Dell 3800 laptop (about 2 or 3 yrs old) with the same adapter (802.11b). No problems at all once I configured the WEP security keys,etc. The desktop is an H-P running Windows 98SE, also no problems. When my daughter was here with her new Dell with a 802.11G card, she seemed to have even faster connections.The farthest I have taken the laptops is out on my deck which is 2 or 3 walls and maybe 50 feet from the router. I have the router conncected to my Comcast cable modem and am surfing the net usually at 1.2-1.7 meg per sec. I would recommend this as a simple, effective way to set up wi-fi at home.
Customer Review: Superb Product
Summary: 5 Stars
Microsoft delivers another great wireless networking product! Installation was amazingly easy and performance is great. I've used their earlier MN-500 wireless-B router for the past year and recently upgraded to this G version. Even with my 802.11b Dell laptop with the latest Intel Centrino technology, speed and distance are improved over the earlier router.I can't say enough good things about this product. The radio signal is very strong (more than 6Mbps) throughout my 5000sqft+ home with no dead spots. I don't know how the Microsoft engineers did it. The Linksys WRT54G that I tried for a week was a poor performer compared to this Microsoft unit.
Microsoft may be known for their software products, but this unit should give them solid recognition in the hardware category. Highly recommended!
Customer Review: Excellent wireless router!
Summary: 5 Stars
Great product AND an affordale price!I use the 265kbps MSN-Qwest DSL at home.
I previously struggled endlessly with Linksys and D-Link Wireless G routers to get the network parameters right. I had to shutdown and restart my DSL modem, my router and my computer more than 2-3 times to even get the router to serve 1 computer. The moment I hooked on a second machine, the connection would die.
I must say that the software that comes with this router does an excellent job of configuring TCP/IP parameters. All I had to do was to insert the CD, install the software and follow the instructions. AND THEY ACTUALLY WORKED! To hook up my laptop, I had to copy the encryption key to my network adapter settings and it worked immediately. Full credit to Microsoft for a great and affordable product!
Customer Review: Very solid wireless router - problem free
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased the Microsoft MN-700 wireless router and a Microsoft 802.11g WiFi card for my laptop back in April. I've had it running since then, and I have absolutely no complaints. The installation and setup were incredibly simple. I had never set up a wireless network before, but it took me only about 5 minutes (seriously) to set up a wireless network with this product. And both the router and the WiFi card have worked flawlessly since installation. I have never had one single dropped connection. And in my two bedroom apartment, I always get full 54mbps throughput. Both the Microsoft router and the Microsoft WiFi card are very solid, reasonably priced items. I highly recommend them.