DLink vs Netgear

I've currently got a Dlink DSL-504, and there's a few things about it that
annoy me. The main one being that it locks up everytime I try to do a file
transfer with MSN. I've tried changing firmware to see if that fixes it,
and it just crashes. Doing google searches shows that I'm not the only one
with these problems, and looking on DLink's website, they've discontinued
support of this product. Other annoyances - having to reboot the router
every time you make a change.

Unless anyone knows of a fix for this msn problem (?), then I'm thinking
about changing the router. If I get another one, I'll probably stay well
away from DLink's products. How do netgear's stuff compare? Are they a lot
better than DLink?

Thanks for any advice/opinions,
Regards,
Dan.

Dan wrote:
|| I've currently got a Dlink DSL-504, and there's a few things about
|| it that annoy me. The main one being that it locks up everytime I
|| try to do a file transfer with MSN. I've tried changing firmware to
|| see if that fixes it, and it just crashes. Doing google searches
|| shows that I'm not the only one with these problems, and looking on
|| DLink's website, they've discontinued support of this product.
|| Other annoyances - having to reboot the router every time you make a
|| change.
||
|| Unless anyone knows of a fix for this msn problem (?), then I'm
|| thinking about changing the router. If I get another one, I'll
|| probably stay well away from DLink's products. How do netgear's
|| stuff compare? Are they a lot better than DLink?
||
|| Thanks for any advice/opinions,
|| Regards,
|| Dan.

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"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've currently got a Dlink DSL-504, and there's a few things about it that
> annoy me. The main one being that it locks up everytime I try to do a
> file
> transfer with MSN. I've tried changing firmware to see if that fixes it,
> and it just crashes. Doing google searches shows that I'm not the only
> one
> with these problems, and looking on DLink's website, they've discontinued
> support of this product. Other annoyances - having to reboot the router
> every time you make a change.
>
> Unless anyone knows of a fix for this msn problem (?), then I'm thinking
> about changing the router. If I get another one, I'll probably stay well
> away from DLink's products. How do netgear's stuff compare? Are they a
> lot
> better than DLink?
>
> Thanks for any advice/opinions,
> Regards,
> Dan.
>
Don't D-Link offer long guarantees on their HW? Might be worth while getting
in touch with them...

"Lalit Dhiri" <|||antispam|||> wrote in message
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> "Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:cj248j$heb$1$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I've currently got a Dlink DSL-504, and there's a few things about it
that
> > annoy me. The main one being that it locks up everytime I try to do a
> > file
> > transfer with MSN. I've tried changing firmware to see if that fixes
it,
> > and it just crashes. Doing google searches shows that I'm not the only
> > one
> > with these problems, and looking on DLink's website, they've
discontinued
> > support of this product. Other annoyances - having to reboot the router
> > every time you make a change.
> >
> > Unless anyone knows of a fix for this msn problem (?), then I'm thinking
> > about changing the router. If I get another one, I'll probably stay
well
> > away from DLink's products. How do netgear's stuff compare? Are they a
> > lot
> > better than DLink?
> >
> > Thanks for any advice/opinions,
> > Regards,
> > Dan.
> >
> Don't D-Link offer long guarantees on their HW? Might be worth while
getting
> in touch with them...

Maybe, but I bought it second hand from Ebay about a year ago, so no
receipts ( This msn thing has been annoying me ever since then - I just
thought it's about time to do something about it.