shitty router alert?

Post by **feedback** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:30 am

So I have this Netgear router, the WGT624. All works fine usually for about 2-3 days, and then I start getting problems with my laptop's wireless connection. It will either continuously disconnect me, lower the connection speed (from 11 mbps to 5.5 to 2 to 1), or simply not let me connect to the internet at all. Power cycling both the modem and the router will fix the problem for 5 minutes, but I've found what I have to do is re-establish the wireless network with slightly different settings than before. Then it goes back to "working" temporarily. Any ideas?

Post by **feedback** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 7:19 am

I checked the netgear forums about information on the latest firmware, apparently there's a firmware upgrade that irreversibly destroys your router, which netgear keeps available. And also, apparently even using wireless with this piece of shit router causes it to restart, moreso if you use WAP, but still if you use WEP. So I guess I answered my own question, that NETGEAR produces fucking garbage and releases firmware upgrades that knowingly destroys their hardware. :icon14:

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:17 pm

some DLink routers from my experience have the same ill mannered behavior. the only decent brand router, imo, is the Linksys line. WRT54G in particular

Post by **Underpants?** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 5:31 pm

yes, linksys is definately worth the extra ducats.

Post by **Bdw3** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:54 pm

Our Netgear WGTB511 has been functionling flawlessly for months.....

It also helps to make sure the drivers for your card are the latest.

Post by **raw** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:34 am

I love my WRT54GC but I recently deployed a SRX400 to a client and that thing is bad-ass with the MIMO technology.

At work, we only use Cisco WAP's.