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Enjoying real-time multimedia couldn't be easier. The high-performance NBG4615 quickly delivers video streams, data transfer and gaming with whole-home coverage. Simply connect Gigabit Ethernet capable devices such as network storage appliances, PCs, or wireless devices like laptop or mobile phones to the NBG4615, and you can easily enjoy optimized multimedia delivery. With Net USB support, the NBG4615 allows users to share up to two USB-equipped devices over the home network. With two built-in USB ports, the NBG4615 can share printers or USB storage devices as if the devices were connected directly to each other's local PC. Simply plug the USB devices into the NBG4615 to share them among family members anywhere in the house. This saves money that would have been spent on redundant peripherals. The Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) technology employed by the NBG4615 automatically prioritizes different network traffic types to optimize performance for enhanced audio, video and voice experience over wireless networks. In addition, as the configurable QoS technology ensures smooth delivery of gaming, video streaming, VoIP and downloading, your most important requests receive the best priority given.
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Doesn't work with U-verse TV (no IGMPv3 support) and no telnet management . I'm a big fan of ZyXEL stuff, from their 56K modems back in the day, to the Prestige line of ADSL modems that I used to have with my Sprint / Embarq a few years ago. So I was pretty excited about this router.
I now live in San Jose, California in a new apartment building, and have AT&T U-verse delivered by fibre that is terminated in my bedroom's walk-in closet. I got this ZyXEL router with the intention of entirely replacing the huge RG that AT&T supplies all of its customers with (2Wire 3800HGV-B), including customers that have a fibre-terminated Fast Ethernet, which is connected to the BROADBAND port on that huge multipurpose RG (instead of the PHONE LINE, as would be the case with xDSL customers). (Note for novice users: This router cannot replace the RG if you have regular AT&T U-verse powered by xDSL, which is what more than 90% of U-verse customers currently have.)
I connected this router to my fibre-box, cloned my RG's MAC address (you won't get a DHCP lease without cloning the MAC address of your 2Wire RG for some reason), setup my Static IP allocation under Configuration: Network: LAN: IP, and it all worked after that. With the exception of U-verse TV.
To get the TV working, I tried enabling IGMPv1/v2, and after that, TV seemingly started to work, too; yet each channel could only be watched for like 15 seconds, and then the TV box would report that the signal is lost. Supposedly, AT&T U-verse TV requires IGMPv3, as is evidenced by some statistics on the 2Wire RG, but this router only supports v1 and v2, so, I guess I'm out of luck. I then tried to actually disable IGMP all together, as I've figured I only have one TV box, so IGMP on my own network doesn't really make that much sense. The TV box actually still seemed to work for a while even after IGMP was disabled (it didn't seem to work at all prior to IGMP being enabled in the first place), and my dumb GS108 was only reporting activity on two ports (e.g. IGMP must have been indeed off). However, each TV channel would still only work for like 15 seconds, before the TV box claiming that the signal is lost. Disabling the firewall on the router didn't seem to alleviate any of these problems. I tried disabling NAT (I have a bunch of public IPs, so NAT is not needed), however, TV now didn't work at all. (I have to say I'm not very familiar with IGMP yet.)
The power consumption is significantly lower than that of 2Wire RG: 2Wire gets around 10W idle, yet this thing gets only 5W. E.g. you get both: considerably lower power consumption, yet considerably higher wired and wireless networks -- impressive. Size-wise, this router is also considerable smaller.
Overall, however, I am somewhat disappointed in this router, for the following reasons:
* There is no telnet configuration, which I've grown to love with my old Sprint/Embarq Prestige modems.
* The LAN setting only has one IP Alias option, I recall even my Prestige modems had 2 aliases.
* DHCP Server: Advanced tab wouldn't let you use addresses from the "LAN: IP Alias" tab, saying that they are invalid as they are outside of the "LAN: IP" subnet.
* As per above, it looks like DHCP server only supports a single IP subnet. That's just stupid, even the 2Wire RG that was to be replaced allows you to specify either a private or a public IP address for each machine.
* No prefilled MAC-address values anywhere whatsoever in the interface; you have to find all the info by hand and manually place it into the tables provided.
* No IGMPv3 support, which supposedly seems to be required in order for the U-verse TV to work at all.
* Firmware update from the first version (late 2010) to the second version (summer 2011) removes the ability to specify IPv6 on the IPv6 settings page. WTF?
* Bandwidth Management for Guest WLAN is a lie -- you provide a single kbps setting, yet your given value only limits downstream, thus your guests can easily saturate your upstream if they wish to, against your instruction, knowledge or desire, and make your connection unusable (saturated upstream would make the fastest connection unusable). I tried the limit of 384 kbps on my 18/1.5 U-verse, and benchmarked 0.34Mbps downstream and 1.4Mbps upstream, e.g. upstream got saturated. There's also no setting of what external IP-address should be used for Guest WLAN (remember, I have a bunch of Static IP addresses).
* Other annoying bugs in the cumbersome interface.
I'm thinking that I might be returning this unit, or simply not end up using it myself as the primary device I expected it to be. Power consumption, Gigabit Ethernet and 300 Mbps Wireless N are all nice, but the shortcomings are a bit disappointing. I was expecting more from ZyXEL.
I cannot say that I'd recommend this ZyXEL NBG4615 router, unless you really are looking for a quite simple network.
Doesn't work with U-verse TV (no IGMPv3 support) and no telnet management . I'm a big fan of ZyXEL stuff, from their 56K modems back in the day, to the Prestige line of ADSL modems that I used to have with my Sprint / Embarq a few years ago. So I was pretty excited about this router.
I now live in San Jose, California in a new apartment building, and have AT&T U-verse delivered by fibre that is terminated in my bedroom's walk-in closet. I got this ZyXEL router with the intention of entirely replacing the huge RG that AT&T supplies all of its customers with (2Wire 3800HGV-B), including customers that have a fibre-terminated Fast Ethernet, which is connected to the BROADBAND port on that huge multipurpose RG (instead of the PHONE LINE, as would be the case with xDSL customers). (Note for novice users: This router cannot replace the RG if you have regular AT&T U-verse powered by xDSL, which is what more than 90% of U-verse customers currently have.)
I connected this router to my fibre-box, cloned my RG's MAC address (you won't get a DHCP lease without cloning the MAC address of your 2Wire RG for some reason), setup my Static IP allocation under Configuration: Network: LAN: IP, and it all worked after that. With the exception of U-verse TV.
To get the TV working, I tried enabling IGMPv1/v2, and after that, TV seemingly started to work, too; yet each channel could only be watched for like 15 seconds, and then the TV box would report that the signal is lost. Supposedly, AT&T U-verse TV requires IGMPv3, as is evidenced by some statistics on the 2Wire RG, but this router only supports v1 and v2, so, I guess I'm out of luck. I then tried to actually disable IGMP all together, as I've figured I only have one TV box, so IGMP on my own network doesn't really make that much sense. The TV box actually still seemed to work for a while even after IGMP was disabled (it didn't seem to work at all prior to IGMP being enabled in the first place), and my dumb GS108 was only reporting activity on two ports (e.g. IGMP must have been indeed off). However, each TV channel would still only work for like 15 seconds, before the TV box claiming that the signal is lost. Disabling the firewall on the router didn't seem to alleviate any of these problems. I tried disabling NAT (I have a bunch of public IPs, so NAT is not needed), however, TV now didn't work at all. (I have to say I'm not very familiar with IGMP yet.)
The power consumption is significantly lower than that of 2Wire RG: 2Wire gets around 10W idle, yet this thing gets only 5W. E.g. you get both: considerably lower power consumption, yet considerably higher wired and wireless networks -- impressive. Size-wise, this router is also considerable smaller.
Overall, however, I am somewhat disappointed in this router, for the following reasons:
* There is no telnet configuration, which I've grown to love with my old Sprint/Embarq Prestige modems.
* The LAN setting only has one IP Alias option, I recall even my Prestige modems had 2 aliases.
* DHCP Server: Advanced tab wouldn't let you use addresses from the "LAN: IP Alias" tab, saying that they are invalid as they are outside of the "LAN: IP" subnet.
* As per above, it looks like DHCP server only supports a single IP subnet. That's just stupid, even the 2Wire RG that was to be replaced allows you to specify either a private or a public IP address for each machine.
* No prefilled MAC-address values anywhere whatsoever in the interface; you have to find all the info by hand and manually place it into the tables provided.
* No IGMPv3 support, which supposedly seems to be required in order for the U-verse TV to work at all.
* Firmware update from the first version (late 2010) to the second version (summer 2011) removes the ability to specify IPv6 on the IPv6 settings page. WTF?
* Bandwidth Management for Guest WLAN is a lie -- you provide a single kbps setting, yet your given value only limits downstream, thus your guests can easily saturate your upstream if they wish to, against your instruction, knowledge or desire, and make your connection unusable (saturated upstream would make the fastest connection unusable). I tried the limit of 384 kbps on my 18/1.5 U-verse, and benchmarked 0.34Mbps downstream and 1.4Mbps upstream, e.g. upstream got saturated. There's also no setting of what external IP-address should be used for Guest WLAN (remember, I have a bunch of Static IP addresses).
* Other annoying bugs in the cumbersome interface.
I'm thinking that I might be returning this unit, or simply not end up using it myself as the primary device I expected it to be. Power consumption, Gigabit Ethernet and 300 Mbps Wireless N are all nice, but the shortcomings are a bit disappointing. I was expecting more from ZyXEL.
I cannot say that I'd recommend this ZyXEL NBG4615 router, unless you really are looking for a quite simple network.
ZyXEL NBG4615 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Reviews
Meets all my needs . This router replaced an aging D-link 615(?) wireless G router. The router arrived the same day as a house full of guests. It was up and running on DSL with my WPA2 devices in 10 minutes. Another 5 minutes, easily added a guest SSID for the house guests. One feature that attracted me was the USB ports for printers and external hard drive. Printer and external drive sharing never worked with the D-link. Simply installed the USB share utility on the laptops, plugged the USB hub in to the NBG4615, both HP printers, scanner and the external drive were recognized. So far, no issues with printing. The external drive must be attached and released by each laptop for sharing. The best feature is the laptops quickly reconnect with the network when coming out of Standby mode. So far its been successful every time. With the D-link, it missed about 60% of the time.
Meets all my needs . This router replaced an aging D-link 615(?) wireless G router. The router arrived the same day as a house full of guests. It was up and running on DSL with my WPA2 devices in 10 minutes. Another 5 minutes, easily added a guest SSID for the house guests. One feature that attracted me was the USB ports for printers and external hard drive. Printer and external drive sharing never worked with the D-link. Simply installed the USB share utility on the laptops, plugged the USB hub in to the NBG4615, both HP printers, scanner and the external drive were recognized. So far, no issues with printing. The external drive must be attached and released by each laptop for sharing. The best feature is the laptops quickly reconnect with the network when coming out of Standby mode. So far its been successful every time. With the D-link, it missed about 60% of the time.
ZyXEL NBG4615 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router Opinions
ZyXEL NBG4615: Nice features... If they work for you. . I really wanted to rate this router 5 stars, but found that it had some troublesome shortcomings. I'll try to keep this short and to the point...I was looking for a "Green" router, not for the power savings (come on, how much difference does it actually make?), but for the ability to shut off the wireless and reduce EMFs in my house when not needed. This one has a wireless scheduler as well as a Wireless "On/Off" switch. THE PROBLEM: the radio doesn't actually shut off! I know this because I tested it with an RF meter. There is no change in radio emissions when you switch off the wireless either in the scheduler or with the manual switch. I guess it just disables the SSID broadcast. Now I have to wonder: how can it be saving power if it's still transmitting at full power? I put in an email request to Tech Support and got a response a few days later asking me what meter I used to measure it. Then they said they would look into it. That was about a week ago, and I haven't heard anything yet.With the wireless transmitter maxed out, it doesn't get any better range than my old Buffalo G54, but has a much stronger RF signal. I didn't try the USB ports, but the setup for them seemed pretty straightforward. My only other complaint is that the unit is so small that they don't have much room between the switches and plugs on the back. I have bigger fingers, so it is definitely a challenge to get those switches on or off. Since I was looking for a router that I could conveniently turn on and off, it kind of defeats the purpose of having them in the first place. In general, this is still a nice router for the money. It has a lot of features packed into a small footprint -- something you'll have to pay over $100 for with other brands. Yes, it's a little dorky looking, but that's no biggie. Dual USB ports is a big plus if you want to share a USB printer AND an external storage device. Easy to use software interface, but if you get into the "Expert" mode, it takes a bit more knowledge, as the manual isn't always clear or descriptive. That's pretty much par for the course on wireless routers though.Overall, I'd say this is a good router for moderate techies (major tech heads need not bother). I couldn't bring myself to give it fewer than 4 stars, especially given that I haven't found a router that works much better than this one out of the box. I had pretty specific requirements, but I couldn't find in any other off-the-shelf router for under $100 that didn't have deal-breaking flaws. I did try the Netgear N600, with frustrating results -- ended up using an older Netgear with opensource dd-wrt firmware to enable the features I wanted. If you want Gigabit Ethernet, fast wireless speeds, dual USB sharing and you don't care about dual-band wireless, this router may just work nicely for you. Just don't expect a range improvement, and don't plan on using the switches on the back.
ZyXEL NBG4615: Nice features... If they work for you. . I really wanted to rate this router 5 stars, but found that it had some troublesome shortcomings. I'll try to keep this short and to the point...I was looking for a "Green" router, not for the power savings (come on, how much difference does it actually make?), but for the ability to shut off the wireless and reduce EMFs in my house when not needed. This one has a wireless scheduler as well as a Wireless "On/Off" switch. THE PROBLEM: the radio doesn't actually shut off! I know this because I tested it with an RF meter. There is no change in radio emissions when you switch off the wireless either in the scheduler or with the manual switch. I guess it just disables the SSID broadcast. Now I have to wonder: how can it be saving power if it's still transmitting at full power? I put in an email request to Tech Support and got a response a few days later asking me what meter I used to measure it. Then they said they would look into it. That was about a week ago, and I haven't heard anything yet.With the wireless transmitter maxed out, it doesn't get any better range than my old Buffalo G54, but has a much stronger RF signal. I didn't try the USB ports, but the setup for them seemed pretty straightforward. My only other complaint is that the unit is so small that they don't have much room between the switches and plugs on the back. I have bigger fingers, so it is definitely a challenge to get those switches on or off. Since I was looking for a router that I could conveniently turn on and off, it kind of defeats the purpose of having them in the first place. In general, this is still a nice router for the money. It has a lot of features packed into a small footprint -- something you'll have to pay over $100 for with other brands. Yes, it's a little dorky looking, but that's no biggie. Dual USB ports is a big plus if you want to share a USB printer AND an external storage device. Easy to use software interface, but if you get into the "Expert" mode, it takes a bit more knowledge, as the manual isn't always clear or descriptive. That's pretty much par for the course on wireless routers though.Overall, I'd say this is a good router for moderate techies (major tech heads need not bother). I couldn't bring myself to give it fewer than 4 stars, especially given that I haven't found a router that works much better than this one out of the box. I had pretty specific requirements, but I couldn't find in any other off-the-shelf router for under $100 that didn't have deal-breaking flaws. I did try the Netgear N600, with frustrating results -- ended up using an older Netgear with opensource dd-wrt firmware to enable the features I wanted. If you want Gigabit Ethernet, fast wireless speeds, dual USB sharing and you don't care about dual-band wireless, this router may just work nicely for you. Just don't expect a range improvement, and don't plan on using the switches on the back.
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Feature ZyXEL NBG4615 300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router
- High performance wireless N Gigabit router optimizes multimedia streaming
- NetUSB shares USB mass storages and printers wirelessly
- Configurable QoS ensures optimal bandwidth for preferred network applications
- Friendly user interface for fast function navigation and setup
- Online auto-upgrade firmware service for convenient feature enhancements- WPS button for quick and easy wireless security setup
- Easy-to-extend wireless network coverage with any existing AP
- Net USB shares USB mass storages and printers wirelessly
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Product Details
EAN : 0760559119225UPC : 760559119225
MPN : NBG4615
Brand : ZyXEL
Color : White
Weight : 2 pounds
Height : 3 inches
Length : 11 inches
Width : 9 inches
Binding : Personal Computers
Manufacturer : ZYXEL
Model : NBG4615
Publisher : ZYXEL
SKU : Zyx-NBG4615
Studio : ZYXEL
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