The NETGEAR RO318 Security Router provides eight integrated 10/100 ports and shares single ADSL or Cable modem among network users. This router delivers advanced firewall security features such as Denial of Services, Stateful Packet Inspection, Content Filtering, and supports DHCP, PPTP, PPPoE protocols.
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Netgear RO318 DSL/Cable Internet Security Router
Manufacturer: Netgear ProductGroup: CE Binding: Electronics  Routers
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Product Description
NETGEAR's sturdy metal RO318 Cable/DSL Security Router with 8-port switch fully protects your small office network against intrusion. Equipped with Stateful Packet Inspection to prevent Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, and Network Address Translation (NAT) to maintain network security against hackers, it ensures prolonged "up" time and maximized productivity for your network. Web content filtering options let network administrators establish restricted access policies - based on the time of day, day of week, Web address, and Web address keyword - and receive regular reports and instant alerts via e-mail on hacker attempts and browsing activities. Web-based installation instructions make setup easy. Your network can be up and running, and sharing high-speed Internet access with up to 253 users, in less than an hour.Customer Reviews:
Good product, missing some features.......2003-05-04
Problems if running a DNS/DHCP server.......2002-05-10
If you disable the RO318's DHCP you can no longer plug in the WAN's (ISP) pri/sec DNS servers. You have no control over the external DNS servers being used, and the DNS entries are not past to the clients (ipconfig/all just brings up the router's IP for DNS, whereas if the RO318's DHCP is used ipconfig/all shows the ISP DNS servers). In my opinion that is serious bug/oversight...I pointed this out as an issue to support. In addition to limiting your control to your ISP configuration, it interfers with Active Directory's communication to the clients (W2K-SP2):
"Event ID 1000; Source: Userenv; Windows cannot determine the user or computer name. Return value (1722)." You can still ping boxes on the domain, and use UNC path to them, but run into problems when adding users into groups (policy problems/domain can't be reached). Issue is that certain elements of the LAN traffic are not being routed to the internal DNS server through the router. Work around is to hard code into the clients the IP for the internal DNS server...which of course means you can no longer access the internet, so you're faced with modifying the clients in order to accomplish certain tasks.
In my opinion if your not running a server on your LAN this is a very fine piece of hardware, but if you are, or your planning to, you might look to other hardware. I have on order the Linksys BEFSR81 now in hopes that it will do a better job in a server/client config. Hope that helps somebody out there. >:~) Peace.
Netgear RO318 DSL/Cable Internet Security Router.......2002-04-27
Since I was getting home broadband for the first time, I researched both DSL and Cable before deciding on cable. Higher speeds were a draw, the arguments about being a shared media are lame - all networks are eventually a shared media, and the security issues workable. Finally, the grief and agony of DSL installs are things of legend, as is their (lack of) reliability.
Installing the router was a breeze, although it wouldn't fit the space available in my enclosure, so I mounted it to a plywood backpanel along with filtered power for the 'wall wart' power supply.
A quick visit to the local RJ-45 store for a bag of premade 1M cables, to do cross connects to my cable plant, and we're ready to power up. All green. Even the crossover requirement for the modem is accomodated by using the "Internet" connector on the R0-318.
Next, run the Cable modem software provided by AT&T broadband. Totally uneventful. Although I did have to reboot my system 4 times, my interaction was pretty much limited to operating the Enter key, and the IP config was done on my trusty Thinkpad.
Finally, run the RO318 software. Since the AT&T software had already detected the router, all the basic settings were either done or DHCP'd and I was up and running. To date my slowest downloads have been ~75K (600KBPS) and I have seen almost 200K (that's T-1+!) on several occaisions. No crashes.
Since I'm not a gamer, I can't comment on what in a game could possibly cause a router to crash (Layer 3 vs Layer 7 on the OSI model and all that), but having downloads at home that are faster than our very industrial, load balanced, Checkpointed, redundant T-3 internet access at work has certainly put a grin on my face. And, having experienced zero downtime in the two week I've been operating is pretty happening as well.
HTTPing into the advance firewall setup is a pleasant surprise, although if you don't understand the impact of blocking or opening specific IP ports, be happy to look, and don't touch.
Overall, this is a great device. I'm thinking about running one through our lab to really load it down and see how it handle s major stress, then having a CISSP review what the firewall and VPN passthrough (necessary for LargeCo teleworkers). Considering that it's commercial equivalent could easily cost $30 to $40 thousand, the Netgear RO318 is a screaming deal.
Very nice product..........2002-04-09
For the money, you can't go wrong with the functionality and the quality of this device.
Very nice product..........2002-04-09
For the money, you can't go wrong with the functionality and the quality of this device.
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