Netgear DG834G or DG824M ?

Our exchange should be ADSL tomorrow (29th) and I've had Pipex 1MB
service on order for the last month.

Haven't bought any hardware yet just in case.....

Now I have a dilemma. I've decided to go for Netgear but should I wait
for the DG834G (eta mid November) or get the DG824M?

As they are currently priced about the same (£133 and £138), I'd
rather get the new model but if the price of the old model drops
significantly perhaps that is a better option.

Is it worth waiting a couple or 3 weeks at £28 per month Pipex rental
or should I buy the DG824M now?

Also, will the new model have better wireless signal strength
capability?

What does the panel advise?


Filthy Rich
Music House

Filthy Rich <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: Now I have a dilemma. I've decided to go for Netgear but should I wait
: for the DG834G (eta mid November) or get the DG824M?

: What does the panel advise?

The DG834G is 802.11g which is 54Mb while the DG824M is 802.11b (11Mbs)

I would personally not buy the 824 NEW - but I might cheap on ebay or the
like. The 834 looks much better on paper.

On 28 Oct 2003 17:03 GMT, Brian McIlwrath <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I would personally not buy the 824 NEW - but I might cheap on ebay

.... a few are around the 100-105 mark at present. I'd get a 30 quid
Ebuyer 1-port unit to use (and check the ADSL service was OK) and then
in mid November, see what deals exist for the more costly Netgear units.
I'd probably be in the market to buy the cheap Ebuyer router as a spare
as I don't have any plans for delving into wireless (and my neighbours
are already on ADSL, except for the BT networks guy next door who has
an office laptop, but makes no use of the internet from home).

Why get a 30 quid Ebuyer unit ? Well, if nothing is bought, then the
poster would be paying for service but unable to even check it was on,
and paying for internet access from someone else, too... Peter M.

Netgear is known to release their stuff before it's fully tested. Most
complaints here and in other places
are about the failed firmware updates that follow.
I returned mine and bought Draytek Vigor 2600We, more features, highly
recommended, but not cheap.
11g version is due shortly - November, but it may not be worth paying extra
unless you want to transfer gigabyte files between your computers in a
hurry.
Regards,
Martin

"Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: Netgear is known to release their stuff before it's fully tested. Most
: complaints here and in other places are about the failed firmware
: updates that follow.

It's very variable! My DG814 has been 100% rock solid in the way that I
have been using it.

In fact the 824M gets pretty solid reviews - a few people have said to
update the firmware to the latest
but you will prob get that if u buy it now

sounds like a good purchase to me



"Brian McIlwrath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bnnt5s$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> : Netgear is known to release their stuff before it's fully tested. Most
> : complaints here and in other places are about the failed firmware
> : updates that follow.
>
> It's very variable! My DG814 has been 100% rock solid in the way that I
> have been using it.

Filthy Rich wrote:

> Our exchange should be ADSL tomorrow (29th) and I've had Pipex 1MB
> service on order for the last month.
>
> Haven't bought any hardware yet just in case.....
>
> Now I have a dilemma. I've decided to go for Netgear but should I wait
> for the DG834G (eta mid November) or get the DG824M?
>
> As they are currently priced about the same (£133 and £138), I'd
> rather get the new model but if the price of the old model drops
> significantly perhaps that is a better option.
>
> Is it worth waiting a couple or 3 weeks at £28 per month Pipex rental
> or should I buy the DG824M now?
>
> Also, will the new model have better wireless signal strength
> capability?
>
> What does the panel advise?
>
>
> Filthy Rich
> Music House

Heard a few stories that 802.11G units have poorer coverage than the
802.11b conterparts. If this is true, then unless you acutally need the
extra speed, then 802.11b may be a better bet...

Anyone know anything for sure about 802.11g coverage compared to 802.11b?

"zero" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> In fact the 824M gets pretty solid reviews - a few people have said to
> update the firmware to the latest
> but you will prob get that if u buy it now
>
> sounds like a good purchase to me
>
>
>
> "Brian McIlwrath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bnnt5s$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > : Netgear is known to release their stuff before it's fully tested. Most
> > : complaints here and in other places are about the failed firmware
> > : updates that follow.
> >
> > It's very variable! My DG814 has been 100% rock solid in the way that I
> > have been using it.
>

My 824M drops the line every hour or so. It started out ok, then dropped
every few days, now it's at least every hour.

If I had the spare cash I'd ditch the 824 and get something reliable

"Phil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bnqtmn$f4u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "zero" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >
> > In fact the 824M gets pretty solid reviews - a few people have said to
> > update the firmware to the latest
> > but you will prob get that if u buy it now
> >
> > sounds like a good purchase to me
> >
> >
> >
> > "Brian McIlwrath" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:bnnt5s$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > "Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > > : Netgear is known to release their stuff before it's fully tested.
Most
> > > : complaints here and in other places are about the failed firmware
> > > : updates that follow.
> > >
> > > It's very variable! My DG814 has been 100% rock solid in the way that
I
> > > have been using it.
> >
>
> My 824M drops the line every hour or so. It started out ok, then dropped
> every few days, now it's at least every hour.
>
> If I had the spare cash I'd ditch the 824 and get something reliable
>
>

You can download the latest firmware of DG824M from the following website:

http://www.netgear.com/support/products/DG824M.asp

>My 824M drops the line every hour or so. It started out ok, then dropped
>every few days, now it's at least every hour.

>If I had the spare cash I'd ditch the 824 and get something reliable

I was lucky, returned the Netgear 'cos it just didn't work,
got Draytek Vigor 2600We, never missed a bit since May install,
it's more expensive but much less hassle.
Regards,
Martin