[chienmort]

Originally Posted by RB2004

I think it depends on price,, what ya pay for is what you get, I've got their business grade products which usually cost upwards of £150 each mostly and it's pretty reliable and good quality kit, especially their wireless access points which are wall mounted and the smart switches.. All have lifetime prosafe warranties

People here are quick to assume netgear is completely at fault here,

But it could be entirely possible the original netgear base firmware in fact didn't have many bugs and was tested properly... But that it is vm stripping bits out, adding bits in, tweaking it here and there to suit their requirements that has made it unstable in some ways.. Ok the wireless range isn't great, and it's a cheap bit of hardware... But again it was not cha choice of vanity that brought about the shape... Netgears stock product looks completely different.. And without an original to compare aide by side, it could well be vm grinding down the price which has also led to cheaper components being used, and rubbish cheapie internal aerials etc

I have to says I have bought Netgear stuff fo home and work and the firmware is always flaky. the business stuff is better but mainly because it does not change so often and therefore eventually gets fixed.