Well, i thought it was too good to be true ..


Netgears all singing / dancing Cable/ ADSL modem router has died on me ...

6 months old, and it started to disconnect constantly and required rebooting 2-3 times a night ...

Now it ill connect but refuses to sync and does sod all...

Swapped my old belkin back in , and its solid as a rock.... Netgear in, and nothing ....

£180 down and its going back tommorow.... seriously not impressed


Mart

 

I had a wndr4500 dual band , it was ****e, same problem as you, just kept dropping Wan. Bought a billion router, superb range, never loses internet and rapid fast login for connection.. I have also a netgearcwn2000rpt extender to further increase range and this also drops connection. Don't buy Netgear

 

And yet i've always had netgear and only one (a basic model) failed after 8yrs

 

You after a cable or adsl router?

I would be looking at the Asus range, they are truly excellent routers. N55 dsl or N66 cable are superb.

 

That's what I was led to believe but I now need to take my N66 back to the shop (PCWorld ). It was fine for a couple of months but then all of a sudden it would not keep a stable wireless connection to anything (2 x laptops, 2 x phones, TV, Blu-Ray, etc.). It gets pretty warm and I'd heard about them overheating so I turned it off for a bit but it was still the same after cooling down. I therefore conclude it is knackered. Swapped back to the Netgear N150 I got free from PlusNet and it's fine albeit not as fast and no 5GHz.

I may have just been unlucky though

 

Took it back tonight ...

No questions asked ... it was replaced ....

But looking at the recipit, i can get a refund up to the 10th oct...

Should i just get a refund and stick with the one that works now


mart

 

Get refund

 

I had to manually change some settings at my old gaff as the Asus wasn't dealing well with somebody on the same frequency as me, usual cause of instability. Then I updated to the latest firmware and all was fine after that. I still rate it as the best router I have owned, just gutted I cannot use it with Sky or BT Infinity (we have 2 broadbands).

 

Was wondering about interference when it started to get flaky, used Wi-Fi analyser on the phone, found a clear channel and set the router to that rather than auto but was still not good. Latest firmware as far as I know, at least when I ask it to update from the web interface that's what it says.

Why do you say you can't use it on BT Infinity? That's what I've got albeit sold to me by PlusNet but it's still the same service - FTTC.

 

I have the 55 dsl I need to upgrade to 66 for cable so sticking with HH4 for now