Netopia Router Reviews

"Performance, Stability Dial backup I've been using these routers for about 2 years now...The feature set is excellent, but some features such as PAT can be difficult to configure...The dial backup can't be used concurrently with the primary connection, making it's use as an automatic short term backup nearly impossible..." read more »

"The 3386-ENT combines robust routing, firewall and VPN features for business-class applications...The Netopia 3386-ENT is a business-class Cable/DSL router designed for branch office and distributed enterprise applications...The 3386-ENT combines robust routing, firewall and VPN features for business-class applications...The Netopia 3300-ENT Series is a family of business- class routers designed for mass deployment in distributed enterprise and TeleSOHO applications..." read more »

"Products like BlackICE Defender, Zone Alarm or Norton's Personal Firewall are good choices...Netopia'a new R910 Broadband Security Router is a cost effective Ethernet Router that integrates IPSec, VPN and Firewall capabilities in a device that sells for under $300...The R910 contains a 10BaseT Ethernet input interface to connect to either a DSL or Cable modem...The R910's VPN functions include the convenience of a PPTP client and server for interoperability with Microsoft NT servers and Dial Up Networking, as well as the sophistication of IPSec and 56-bit DES encryption..." read more »

"The full non-hobbled version of the 4652 appears to support all flavors of SDSL/2B1Q and IDSL that were supported by the earlier R-series routers...The 4652-T units installed by Covad are hobbled in that the SDSL/HDLC (CM SDSL) and CM-flavored IDSL modes are disabled...The 4652's SDSL ASM is even more lousy when it comes to handling the link going bad after successful startup...On top of this the 4652 seems to have a suboptimal echo-cancelling hybrid and when the other end shuts its transmitter off, the 4652 keeps receiving its own echo thinking that it's the far end signal..." read more »

"I purchased a 3346N-ENT directly from Netopia because ATT supports Netopia 3346 series (although not the -ENT) and we have a PacBell, oops, SBC, oops, ATT DSL circuit...I had ATT come out and they found no problem with the line, but the tech did say when he disconnected the Netgear wireless access point, the sync loss stopped...Today I purchased a regulated 12Vdc power adapter and replaced the Netopia power adapter with it..." read more »

"Anyway I was messing around a bit with a different firewall and wanted to give it a try on the outside...I may have discovered the answer, namely the Ethernet Bridge options in the advanced configuration...The latest firmware for your Netopia 2240N-VGx is 7.7.0 R2 so I have attached the Netopia Software User Guide Ver...Link to support site for Netopia Model 2240N-VGx ADSL 2+ Gateway..." read more »

"I tried connecting troughs a telnet session to see if I could find an option but failed...It's not that bad but some function i want to use are not there even after updating it with the latest firmware from Netopia...I also want to change it because some of the default setup are not good for me..." read more »