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2 TopicsA6210 Poor experience
Hi Everyone, Going to be honest here I am really dissapointed in this product and seems a lot of other people are based on the forums results of the A6210. Firstly on the previous version of the drivers with Windows 10 x64 the drivers would never detect from NetGear and Windows would install its own drivers. No matter how many times I did the reinstall, remove, delete, add. When they were working on the Windows drivers large downloads would fail randomly. Classic example "Origin" game client trying to update coudn't so it was stuck in off line mode. Downloading ISO would "always fail". Then only recently NetGear released a new updated version of their driver that now works with Windows 10. I was excited to give this shot and the drivers work straight away from W10 w/ Build 1703. Sadly the downoads will keep dropping out. I have been trying to download a ISO from Vmware for the last 4 hours and having to keep "re-trying" after every failure. I had to take my PC up stairs and connect the ethernet cable to get this to actually work. I have tried enabling Max USB Speed 3.0 (I have a intel chipest with C220 controller series 8)), PMF is off. The odd thing is the average response time to my router is under 1ms with a max od 3ms and 0% packet loss. The only other thing I can think of trying now is switching to the Mediatek drivers as NetGear are only OEMing their dongles from these guys. Any other tips people have come accross that might work would be appreciated. + Current Driver Version: 5.1.29.0 (15/09/2016) NetGear. + USB Root and USB 3.0 and USB Wireless Adapters all have power management set to disable. + Latest chipset drivers from intel installed Thanks,6.2KViews1like7CommentsWNDR4500v2: Wireless isolation doesn't work on guest network
Hi, I have used this Router now for about 9 months and have been very happy with its performance. We have a home business and students regularly visit our home. We have recently had requests for them to get on our WiFi (because cell reception is bad), and I wanted to use the "Guest Network" feature to accomplish this. Goals: --Guest network is for student needing to access the internet only. --Guest network will broadcast SSID and will be guarded with password, given to student at their request. --Multiple clients on guest network should not be able to see each other. Just client and the internet.....that's it. --Guests must be absolutely isolated from our regular WIRED network (plugged into the physical ports on the WNDR4500v2) and the regular WIRELESS network (via the WiFi on the WNDR4500v2). Assets on these internal networks (WIRED & WIRELESS) are lightly guarded and thus outside individuals must not be allowed to traverse these networks. CONFIGURATION: Router Model: WNDR4500v2 Firmware: V1.0.0.60_1.0.38 SETUP: -Regular Wifi "WIRELESS" is ON: "Enable Wireless Isolation" checkbox is OFF. -Guest WiFi "GUEST" is ON: "Enable Wireless Isolation" checkbox is ON. "Allow guest to access My Local Network" checkbox is OFF. -DHCP is ON -"Enable AP Mode" checkbox is OFF. Everything above seemed quite straightforward for easy configuration. However, it was a different story when I actually tested it. I used my iPad to get on the guest network. I used the application called "Fing" that does an IP address scan on the entire network. Once identifying an asset, you can then run a more detailed scan by attempting to access various services on various ports of the device. Immeidately, the guest network showed every device on my GUEST, WIRED, and WIRELESS networks (combination of fixed and DHCP addresses). Not good! I then ran a more detailed analysis of the devices found all standard open ports (smb shares, webserver, terminal services) cound indeed be accessed from the guest network. Is this a firmware bug? How do I deny guests access to everything but their connection to the internet? By the way, the "Help" on the router configuration screen appears to describe the checkbox functionality BACKWARDS of the description. (I tried it both ways, just in case, but to no avail.) Probably a previous version or person-who-did-interface didn't talk to person-who-did-help? "Allow guests to see each other and access my local network When unchecked, users connecting to this guest network can only access the Internet and cannot access any other devices in the same network or in other networks, including the main network and the wired network. In addition, all the clients in this guest network cannot access router's management GUI or any other services provided by the router (for example, ReadySHARE Storage, ReadySHARE Printer... if the router supports these functions). When checked, users connecting to this guest network can access not only the Internet but also all devices on all local networks, including the main network and the wired network." Thanks!Solved9.8KViews0likes14Comments