I recall buying a Netgear router for a my home a few years back and returning it to the store the same day and buying a Belkin. Don't remember what the deal was with the netgear but I know I said I would never buy another netgear wireless router. It was pretty though. Right now I have a Linksys WRT54G2 (I think that's the model) and its solid.
James ----- Original Message ----- From: John Aldrich To: NT System Admin Issues Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 11:05 AM Subject: RE: Wireless Routers Well, all I can do is tell you guys what *my* personal experience has been. YMMV and quite possibly does. J From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:43 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Wireless Routers I would like to confess, however, that our Netgear WAP failed to provide a connection to one of our Mac users. I have reset it via the web GUI. If he still can't connect, I'll do a hard reset (pull the power cord). If he still can't connect, well, thanks John for the "heads up" on Netgear. (It had been doing fine for a couple of years.) -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. [email protected] wrote on 05/10/2010 09:38:04 AM: > > Geek Squad should not set these things up! If they do, they have no > business leaving before confirming that the end user connects and > gets IP settings, etc from it. (I don't believe they do this stuff > for free, either.) > > Most of these things come with "default" settings wide-open, > broadcasting SSID, no encryption, etc. It is highly desirable to go > with a more secure set of security measures offered by the device. > > Now, if one chooses "n", an encryption standard not supported by the > users NIC, etc, one will either not connect or will "connect" but > get no IP settings. Hey, if you can't connect, it is secure! > > BTW, it is possible for a coconut to drift from the Caribbean to the > coast of Ireland via the Gulf Stream. Swallows need not be involved. > -- > Richard D. McClary > Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group > ASPCA® > 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 > Urbana, IL 61802 > > [email protected] > > P: 217-337-9761 > C: 217-417-1182 > F: 217-337-9761 > www.aspca.org > > The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® > (ASPCA®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named > herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential > information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, > you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, > copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments > hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently > delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. > > > "John Aldrich" <[email protected]> wrote on 05/10/2010 09:28:17 AM: > > > Nope, but I did review the settings on it, and I had the paperwork > > from Geeksquad from when they originally set it up, which included > > the wireless password. It would "connect" but it would never get an > > IP address. > > > > [image removed] [image removed] > > > > From: Cameron [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 10:20 AM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > > Subject: Re: Wireless Routers > > > > Silly question, but did you try resetting the original one back to > > factory specs? > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:17 AM, John Aldrich <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > This weekend, I spent about 4 hours working at a client's site (side > > job) trying to get their desktop to link up to their existing > > wireless router (Netgear.) I never succeeded and I was also unable > > to get my Dell laptop to talk to their wireless router. After > > fussing with it for over 2 hours, I went to Walmart and bought a > > WRT54GS2 Linksys wireless (same exact model I have at home) and > > hooked it up. Instant success. > > Long story short - if I ever have a job where I can't get the > > wireless to connect, and the user has a Netgear wireless router, I'm > > not even going to spend time on it, I'll just tell the client I'm > > going to go buy a different router that *will* work and get another Linksys. > > Just thought I'd pass this along for anyone who's looking for a new > > wireless router. J > > > > [image removed] [image removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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