On Thu, Jul 22, 2004 at 08:47:19AM +0100, bjsamuels@beenthere-donethat.org.uk wrote:
On 21-Jul-2004 adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
Funny thing is that I used to use an Alcatel Frog on my Linux box and it was great, I recently replaced it with what was regarded as a good router (Netgear DG834G) and had lots of problems, and at one point the router was almost sent back for a refund. So usb adsl modems are not all bad :)
Your experiences with a Netgear DG834 are the opposite of mine. I plugged mine in, set it up, and it's been running ever since without trouble.
I'm not sure about the 'G' on the end and I'm not inclined to crawl around on the floor at the moment to find out but it's not a wireless one.
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, and if you have problems then these routers can be a pain to get working nicely,although since I got mine working it has been rock solid (although I just tried to use the web interface to check the uptime and that page won't load) it just took a while to get it working stably which was annoying at the time as the router was almost totally useless while I was having these problems.
Adam