Net gear 814 & new 834

Anyone know what extra's have been added to the
Netgear DG834 when it becomes available.
I have been told it will be around £95-100.
Will it be worth waiting for ?
Or shall I get the 814

"Merlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Anyone know what extra's have been added to the
> Netgear DG834 when it becomes available.
> I have been told it will be around £95-100.
> Will it be worth waiting for ?
> Or shall I get the 814

814 is end of life from now. the 834 is the same shape and colour etc, but
has a proper SPI firewall and "better" software. Basically i sell the
things.

..S.

"Merlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Anyone know what extra's have been added to the
> Netgear DG834 when it becomes available.
> I have been told it will be around £95-100.
> Will it be worth waiting for ?
> Or shall I get the 814
>

Maybe the 834 is a working 814 ? There is still SO much wrong with the 814
is near unusable.

If the 834 is a replacement for the 814 and netgear stop support it doesnt
bode well, we're on the 9th firmware release and it STILL doesnt reconnect
properly.

maybe netgear should recall all 814 and send us nice shiny 834. hmmmm we can
only dream.


"Richard Whitcombe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Merlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bkq2jl$kec$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Anyone know what extra's have been added to the
> > Netgear DG834 when it becomes available.
> > I have been told it will be around £95-100.
> > Will it be worth waiting for ?
> > Or shall I get the 814
> >
>
> Maybe the 834 is a working 814 ? There is still SO much wrong with the
814
> is near unusable.
>
> If the 834 is a replacement for the 814 and netgear stop support it doesnt
> bode well, we're on the 9th firmware release and it STILL doesnt reconnect
> properly.
>
>

I've had my 814 for less than a year, and it works ok for me at the moment.
What advertised features of the 814 don't work? It'll be required to support
VPN in the next few months, will it do this? If it's going to have problems
then I'll be sending it back.


"Peter taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> maybe netgear should recall all 814 and send us nice shiny 834. hmmmm we
can
> only dream.
>
>
> "Richard Whitcombe" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bkqt8v$4s6up$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > "Merlin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:bkq2jl$kec$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Anyone know what extra's have been added to the
> > > Netgear DG834 when it becomes available.
> > > I have been told it will be around £95-100.
> > > Will it be worth waiting for ?
> > > Or shall I get the 814
> > >
> >
> > Maybe the 834 is a working 814 ? There is still SO much wrong with the
> 814
> > is near unusable.
> >
> > If the 834 is a replacement for the 814 and netgear stop support it
doesnt
> > bode well, we're on the 9th firmware release and it STILL doesnt
reconnect
> > properly.
> >
> >
>
>

Richard Whitcombe <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

: Maybe the 834 is a working 814 ? There is still SO much wrong with the 814
: is near unusable.

Absolutely don't agree with this at all! I have had a DG814 for 6 months
now and it has been mostly flawless - it just WORKS!

: If the 834 is a replacement for the 814 and netgear stop support it doesnt
: bode well, we're on the 9th firmware release and it STILL doesnt reconnect
: properly.

Perhaps for you - it reconnects just fine for me (Firmware 4.9RC3)

"Peter taylor" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> maybe netgear should recall all 814 and send us nice shiny 834. hmmmm we
can
> only dream.
>

Id sonner they recalled the 814 and replaced it with a nice shiny Vigor

I've had no problems at all with my DG814, certainly not unusable...mine is
in use 24/7...and has been for about a year, nuffink wrong with it...

"Brian McIlwrath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Richard Whitcombe <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> : Maybe the 834 is a working 814 ? There is still SO much wrong with the
814
> : is near unusable.
>
> Absolutely don't agree with this at all! I have had a DG814 for 6 months
> now and it has been mostly flawless - it just WORKS!
>
> : If the 834 is a replacement for the 814 and netgear stop support it
doesnt
> : bode well, we're on the 9th firmware release and it STILL doesnt
reconnect
> : properly.
>
> Perhaps for you - it reconnects just fine for me (Firmware 4.9RC3)
>

"Graeme" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I've had my 814 for less than a year, and it works ok for me at the
moment.
> What advertised features of the 814 don't work? It'll be required to
support
> VPN in the next few months, will it do this? If it's going to have
problems
> then I'll be sending it back.

What doesnt work depends on what firmware release you had.

To summarise the common points:

It totally crashes requiring a power off reset with lots of UDP traffic
(like P2P). Seems like its a memory allocation problem or limit in its NAT
table.
It conflicts with certain CISCO equipment used by providers and doesnt send
standard PPP information. The result is lockups and refusal to connect.
Pre 4.9 any line synch or disconnection remote end the router would just sit
there and refuse to even look like connecting without a power off reset
Pre 4.9 the NTP didnt work and was actually running a DoS attack on a
university server!
The HTML gets corrupted in webmin
It drops PPP connection for ANY changes including things like email logging,
password changing or NAT changing
Email logging doesnt work.
The router crashes randomly for no reason requiring a power off reset
It disconnects PPP but wont reconnect without being reset.

On my router, a power off reset needs a power off of 20 minutes - any less
than that on powering back up it wont bother looking for line synch.

Im sure ive missed some of its more annoying features. Next time it crashes
i'll remember then. Its been up 2 days so im due one.

> : If the 834 is a replacement for the 814 and netgear stop support it
doesnt
> : bode well, we're on the 9th firmware release and it STILL doesnt
reconnect
> : properly.
>
> Perhaps for you - it reconnects just fine for me (Firmware 4.9RC3)

Depends on the disconnect type, if its a local end line synch loss or remote
end since RC1 it'll reconnect. If the remote end drops PPP it wont
reconnect.
It may depend if your isp is using cisco equipment which the non standard
PPP command set in the 814 conflicts with too.