User from buy says: I was very pleased with the installation process...i would recommend this product for any small networks or home users Before, I had a D-Link router that would give us in and out signals...Works GREAT! Good for browsing some times even for wathing movies but wathing movies i got discconection problems some times...see more

User from buy says: Now for the good news...Spend a little more and get the FVS338...I read several good things about the big brother FVS338...I recently bought this router, and was looking forward to having 8 ports, IPSec/VPN pass-through, and an overall good experience, like I had with my RP614v1 (which did not have IPSec...see more

User from dslreports says: Hi, for the last 2 weeks our Netgear FVX538 has randomly locked up and rebooted itself...First (and most obvious) thing to try was swapping out the router for an exact same model...Also used an FVX538 for a couple months with nothing like you've described...see more

User from shopper.cnet says: Ok for home users with a low traffic volume Does not work well with IPSEC or traffic normal volume I purchased this router because of the Netgear reputation and I needed IPSEC pass through...Cheap unit - but does not work as advertised Unit is not very good I have 2 fvs 114; a little heavy traffic locks up the unit...I thought it was a good idea so that i could setup some vpn's between......see more

User from dslreports says: The Netgear FVS338 has a problem working with ViaTalk service...I recently replace a Netgear FVS318 router with a new FVS338 and could no longer receive incomming calls...After several hours with Netgear support, they sent me a pre-release version of firmware (fvs338_v2.0.b2.69...If anyone else is struggling with the Netgear FVS338 router and VoIP service you may need to replace with a different router until Netgear has a new F/W release...Anyone trying to get the Netgear FVS338 router to work with ViaTalk (or any other VoIP service I'd imagine) is going to have to call Netgear to get the "special" firmware...see more