DG834G - XP and Vista

Hi group,

A friend has a single desktop PC running on XP & connected to a Netgear
DG834G router via the Ethernet port.

He is looking at also buying a laptop which runs on Vista & connecting
wirelessly to the router.

Q. Will the router work with two different operating systems ?

Thanks.

--
Joe Lee

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:29:17 +0100, "Joe Lee" <invalid@noaddress>
mused:

>Hi group,
>
>A friend has a single desktop PC running on XP & connected to a Netgear
>DG834G router via the Ethernet port.
>
>He is looking at also buying a laptop which runs on Vista & connecting
>wirelessly to the router.
>
>Q. Will the router work with two different operating systems ?
>
Yep, it will work with many more than 2.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

"Lurch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:29:17 +0100, "Joe Lee" <invalid@noaddress>
> mused:
>
>>Hi group,
>>
>>A friend has a single desktop PC running on XP & connected to a Netgear
>>DG834G router via the Ethernet port.
>>
>>He is looking at also buying a laptop which runs on Vista & connecting
>>wirelessly to the router.
>>
>>Q. Will the router work with two different operating systems ?
>>
> Yep, it will work with many more than 2.

Yes, the router should not care what OS the PCs are.

However you may have a few issues with sharing folders/printers between XP
and Vista. On a simple peer-to-peer network, where the PCs are not members
of a domain with a server, you may need to allow Everyone full or read-only
access to the shared folders on the Vista PC in order that XP PCs can see
and access those resources. So far I've only had to look at XP-Vista sharing
for one customer - so far all my other customers with Vista have just had
the one PC so local networking hasn't been an issue.

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:29:17 +0100, "Joe Lee" <invalid@noaddress> wrote:

> Hi group,
>
> A friend has a single desktop PC running on XP & connected to a Netgear
> DG834G router via the Ethernet port.
>
> He is looking at also buying a laptop which runs on Vista & connecting
> wirelessly to the router.
>
> Q. Will the router work with two different operating systems ?

The local connections to that router are via LAN (Ethernet) or Wireless
which are standard interfaces and totally OS indifferent and independent.

Tony

Joe Lee wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> A friend has a single desktop PC running on XP & connected to a Netgear
> DG834G router via the Ethernet port.
>
> He is looking at also buying a laptop which runs on Vista & connecting
> wirelessly to the router.
>
> Q. Will the router work with two different operating systems ?
>
> Thanks.

Will work no problem. Remind him to *not* put in the cd that came with the
router however. All he needs are the security key wep/wpa.

Gaz

Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:29:17 +0100, "Joe Lee" <invalid@noaddress> wrote:
>
>> Hi group,
>>
>> A friend has a single desktop PC running on XP & connected to a Netgear
>> DG834G router via the Ethernet port.
>>
>> He is looking at also buying a laptop which runs on Vista & connecting
>> wirelessly to the router.
>>
>> Q. Will the router work with two different operating systems ?
>
> The local connections to that router are via LAN (Ethernet) or Wireless
> which are standard interfaces and totally OS indifferent and independent.
>
> Tony

That is certainly true for this router, however I have come across a router
that would *not* work under vista, for some reason the vista machine was
entirely unable to read the dhcp server and recieve the correct information
(manual IPs sorted it), this router had worked faultlessly with XP. It was
some kind of BT badged voyager router...

Gaz

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:47:57 +0100, "Gaz" <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>Remind him to *not* put in the cd that came with the
>router however. All he needs are the security key wep/wpa.
>
Erm, what CD? The only CD that comes with the DG834G that I can think
of is the one with the manuals on it. I think you're getting confused
with ISP supplied equipment.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:50:17 +0100, "Gaz" <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:

>Anthony R. Gold wrote:
>> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:29:17 +0100, "Joe Lee" <invalid@noaddress> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi group,
>>>
>>> A friend has a single desktop PC running on XP & connected to a Netgear
>>> DG834G router via the Ethernet port.
>>>
>>> He is looking at also buying a laptop which runs on Vista & connecting
>>> wirelessly to the router.
>>>
>>> Q. Will the router work with two different operating systems ?
>>
>> The local connections to that router are via LAN (Ethernet) or Wireless
>> which are standard interfaces and totally OS indifferent and independent.
>>
>> Tony
>
>That is certainly true for this router, however I have come across a router
>that would *not* work under vista, for some reason the vista machine was
>entirely unable to read the dhcp server and recieve the correct information
>(manual IPs sorted it), this router had worked faultlessly with XP. It was
>some kind of BT badged voyager router...
>
AFAIAA this is a documented Windows Vista issue, not the router.
--
Regards,
Stuart.

On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:50:17 +0100, "Gaz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Anthony R. Gold wrote:
>> The local connections to that router are via LAN (Ethernet) or Wireless
>> which are standard interfaces and totally OS indifferent and independent.
>>
>> Tony
>
> That is certainly true for this router,

It was also a good question to ask about any router which uses a USB
interface.

Tony

"Lurch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2007 23:47:57 +0100, "Gaz" <(E-Mail Removed)> mused:
>
>>Remind him to *not* put in the cd that came with the
>>router however. All he needs are the security key wep/wpa.
>>
> Erm, what CD? The only CD that comes with the DG834G that I can think
> of is the one with the manuals on it. I think you're getting confused
> with ISP supplied equipment.
> --
> Regards,
> Stuart.
WRONG - it also has a driver and utility program that can run you through
setting the router up.
it also has a manual on a CD.