Netgear is horrible.

Every router I have ever owned has simple and basic functions that work without issue . Yet every single time I use a Netgear device whether it is a router or one of there network adapters or modems the software that they use is soooooo outdated and incomprehensibly without even the simplest common functions of there conpetitors. there software has never worked as intended. There is always something wrong and as always it gets ignored by them year after year... A good example of this is there very well known attached devices bug that comes with every router for the past 15 years. Yes... I said 15 years and yet still no fix..no attempt and no remorse. You see, every non netgear router can see EVERY device on its network without issue (For some reason netgear relies completely on netbios to see attached devices however even that fails so often there is no reason to even have a option for it). Every other non Netgear router can have more than 20 port forward or trigger rules (some only with non-official firmware but at least it is doable) Every other non (recent) Netgear router is smart enough to recognize new devices without issue instead of the usual 30% chance that you will have to reboot the router it can even connect (I still dont understand why that happens when EVERY OTHER non netgear router has no issues...EVER doing this. You may say 30% is low but when its supposed to be 0% it matters)

I've written better software on my TRS80 when I was a teenager. I guess your wondering why I take the plunge off the deep end of sanity to even take the chance with a netgear device but you have to understand that I dont have a choice most times with the tech I use however I try to recommend alternatives and if the warnings are heeded then its great...if not well, another forum rant? ...