Features:
| • | Memory: 32MB SDRAM and 4MB Flash, LAN Port : 4 x RJ45, 10/100 Mbps, WAN Port: 1 x RJ45, 10/100 Mbps, Status LEDs x 7, 2 dBi Wireless Antenna x 2. | | • | Firewall: Blocking ping; DoS; MAC/IP Filtering; ICMP Blocking SPI; DMZ Host; | | • | parental controls VPN: VPN pass through 64/128-bit WEP; WPA Personal; WPA Enterprise; 802.1x; SSID Hiding; Wi-Fi |
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Customer Reviews:
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 Router did not work. Spent hours trying to set up. April 9, 2010
pon (LA, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Never got to the wireless setup. Even just the wired set up did not work. Set up according to the setup wizard and quick startup guide and manual. After I failed to get the internet to come on, I had my husband look at it. He spent another 4 hours trying to get it to have internet connection. We knew we had internet since connecting PC to DSL modem directly got us the internet connection. So something was wrong with the MSI router. I tried one last effort to call customer service during their business hours on Monday. (They don't have 24/7 tech support.) It was hard to understand the tech guy, but I followed his instructions enough, and it was the same thing we already tried. When the router was plugged in to the DSL modem and PC, there was no light on the modem for internet. But if plugged modem directly to PC, the internet light comes back on. In conclusion, this MSI router is a piece of junk. I had to return it to Amazon for a refund. Amazon was great. They provided return shipping label making return a snap. I bought a trendnet wireless n router from Amazon, and it worked with the wires out of the box. I still haven't been successful at setting it up as a wireless router.
 MSI N Router April 5, 2010
Bronco245
Although its an N router it didn't have the range that my Netgear G router has so I returned it.
Avoid buying this product March 20, 2010
George Scarlatta
The router was inoperable upon arrival and be forewarned, there is NO customer service information in the packaging or the box. No toll free number to call; No web site URL to go to for customer support. When I went on-line and found their web page, I was never able to speak to someone in technical support about the router. Non-existent customer support.
I returned it to Amazon; (A hassle-free process which, as a consumer I appreciate), and bought a Belkin wireless G router. So far, so good with the Belkin.
 Get it if you can February 27, 2010
AmerAussie (Eureka, IL USA)
After researching and reading and thinking for far too long I thought I might get one of the routers recommended by CNet; but I didn't want to spend as much as the CNet rated ones cost and I wanted something more recent to the market. I kept eyeing this one, but Amazon never seemed to have it in stock. Finally I stumbled on its availablity on Thursday. I decided to go ahead and give it a shot. It arrived on Friday so when the kids finally got off my desktop I jumed on the chance to set it up.
This is my first router. I usually know enough to do more than just the basics, so I wasn't overly concerned with set-up. I followed the quick start instructions and then put the cd in the drive to configure it. The Windows hardware wizard did the basic stuff and I used the MSI website to check everything. My netbook recognized it right away, though it wasn't named anything that I would have expected; the signal strength and the fact that it was new to the area made it clear. I still haven't got my netbook configured exactly the way I want it but I expect that's because I didn't upgrade my Windows 7 starter system.
I took the netbook upstairs, which puts me about 12 feet over and 10 feet above the router. My signal strength is 4 - 5 bars consistently. I've had a few drops, usually when I stop to read something and the keyboard is inactive. I was able to watch a movie on my netbook via Netflix, while at the same time my kids were watching cartoons via Netflix on the desktop pc. Ahhh, bliss! Next step wil be to get a cable to stream video to the tv from the netbook.
So far, I am very happy with this router and impressed that I didn't have to spend twice as much to get it!
UPDATED. After 2.5 months, router has constant wireless issues.Inabilty to connect until rebooted. MSI Support Aweful. Stay Away February 14, 2010
J. Kling (Bristol, PA)
UPDATE
Unfortunately, this product developed issues after only 2 months. Now the wireless stops working EVERY DAY. The only way to fix it is to reboot. MSI Support has proven utterly useless. It's not even listed on their web site, there are NO PATCHES, and they will NOT RETURN ANY EMAILS.
FYI - the QoS feature does NOT work. Priority Queuing is very simple stuff and this router couldn't even prioritize packets between online gaming and file transfers. Quite disappointing.
At first it was great but has now proven unreliable. I could deal with it, if I was getting support, but MSI will not respond AT ALL. I'm going to see if I can't return it since I bought it via Amazon.
So STAY AWAY from this and buy a Linksys or Netgear.
ORIGINAL REVIEW
I'm a network engineer so I've known MSI from their many years producing very good motherboards. So I didn't think that I was really taking a chance that they'd also produce a pretty good wireless router. Since it was only $39, I wanted to give this a shot and upgrade to N wireless as well. The verdict - MSI does NOT disappoint, not at all!
It was a BREEZE to setup. Just connect it to your cable modem and plug it in, then connect your PC to the router via the supplied cable, and connect via browser to 192.168.0.1 and Viola! You are able to config this thing in no time flat and it worked perfectly.
And I am getting a HUGE speed improvement over my last B/G router. In fact. using speakeasy's speed test, I am now getting nearly 26 Mbps. My very best speed before replacing my older firewall was only 14.5 Mbps. So not only do I have MUCH faster wireless but my Internet itself is VASTLY faster than it was. And it has B/G and N. Fantastic!
The one thing that I wish this router had is a built-n print server. BUT ... I'm keeping my old FW to use as a pure print server since it has the old parallel port - which my printer has also. All new printers are USB anyway. So it's not a big deal for me personally that it doesn't have a print server but it might be nice for other people.
So ... in short this is a GREAT little Wireless Router and FW. Very fast and VERY reasonable at under $40. Don't hesitate - just buy it.
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