521 of 530 people found the following review helpful  The new standard in high performance routers, September 23, 2011 This review is from: NETGEAR Wireless Router - N900 Dual Band Gigabit (WNDR4500) (Personal Computers) Let me start off with this, the WNDR4500 is probably The best router you can buy that offers this kind of speed and usability. Cheap wireless N routers do 150mbps Good ones do 300mbps on both 2.4 and 5ghz range Expensive ones get 300mbps on 2.4 and 450mbps on the 5ghz range This router does 450mbps on BOTH 2.4 and 5ghz Only 1 other router currently has this capability, a trendnet router, but it offers none of the user friendly capabilities as this one does. Its so fast, There are a very small number of wifi adapters that will even be able to utilize all 450mbps (most of them intel), so this router should remain top of the line for a good while. If you are a router junkie, you might know that this router is a true upgrade to the renown WNDR3700 , rather then the WNDR4000. This router packs efficient high power amps on both the 2.4 and 5ghz antennas, meaning better throughput throughout the house and better signal and... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?  
201 of 213 people found the following review helpful Fast wireless connections, easy install A GREAT product!, October 3, 2011 This review is from: NETGEAR Wireless Router - N900 Dual Band Gigabit (WNDR4500) (Personal Computers) This is a review of the Netgear N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router (WNDR4500) I am an IT professional, author of many technical books, and I work from home and needed a performance upgrade from my older Linksys wireless router (Linksys WRT54G2 Wireless-G Router). So I purchased the Linksys E2500 Advanced Simultaneous Dual-Band Wireless-N Router (from amazon.com) and it was a disaster, see my 1 star review there for details. I packed it up and returned it. Amazon handled the return smoothly as always. I decided never again for Linksys. As a replacement, I first thought about getting the NETGEAR N750 (WNDR4000) which had great reviews, but I decided that for the small difference in price I'd go for this top model. I unpacked the Netgear N900 (WNDR4500) and had it installed in about 5 minutes on my home network (with 11 computers and many wireless devices) What I did: 1) I made the cable and power connections, and directly connected a PC to... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you?
158 of 176 people found the following review helpful  Netgear WNDR4500 is completely unreliable, December 29, 2011 This review is from: NETGEAR Wireless Router - N900 Dual Band Gigabit (WNDR4500) (Personal Computers) I've owned the WNDR4500 for about 80 days now, and have found it completely unreliable. I have had to remove the device from my network, and re-install my old router because the WNDR4500 N900 will not maintain a reliable connection to the Internet for more the 30 - 60 minutes. The router is fast when it works, but I work from home as a networking consultant, and a reliable connection is more important than speed. Additionally, using this device for any type of media streaming is completely useless. I am unable to maintain a connection to Netflix or online music service for more than 30 minutes before it is disconnected. I have had a case open with Netgear practically since I purchased the router, my support is about to expire, and I've had no useful feedback from them. I've supplied all of the debug information requested, which was supposed to be passed to Netgear "3rd level support", and I have heard nothing back from them in weeks. I have been constantly assured... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews Was this review helpful to you? | 
