On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 11:46:00AM +0100, bjsamuels@beenthere-donethat.org.uk wrote:
On 22-Jul-2004 adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
The G means it is wireless, which is what seems to have caused the most problems. Either way, there are plenty of people who have problems with these routers which are reported in many online forums,
Yes I have seen some post along those lines. I must admit I don't understand it. A router surely is not affected by outside infuences such as operating systems so why, if some work without problems, do others give trouble?
Uh, I don't know if you know this but the Netgear DG834(G) does have problems such as operating system, it actually runs Linux. Even on high end routers and switches it is fairly normal to have to upgrade firmware (which is essentialy an OS and software for the device) to fix bugs and security holes.
If you visit try visiting the url http://192.168.0.1/setup.cgi?todo=debug in a web browser you will then be able to telnet to the DG834(G) and have a poke around, it is a bit of a minimal system though, running Busybox as the shell. Indeed if you want to make your own firmware then you could visit http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n101238.asp and download the source code for the GPL bits of the router.
Adam