Netgear DG834G - Wireless

The wireless part occasionally stops working and I have to power cycle the
router to get it going again.Anyone else had this problem?

"M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> The wireless part occasionally stops working and I have to power cycle the
> router to get it going again.Anyone else had this problem?
>
>

You are not alone! Since upgrading (?) to v1.04.01 firmware, my router has
been having the same problem - WLAN fails, typically after a few hours of no
active wireless use, sometimes even the WLAN light goes out. Power cycle or
reboot usually cures it. I have known the router to fail to respond on the
web interface, too and needs a power cycle
to re-start. (Neither of these problems occurred on v1.03.xx)

There is at least one other bug - if I add an inbound rule to log all
traffic, ftp fails to connect.

I have emailed NetGear with detailed configuration settings but have not
received any feedback. Let's hope v1.04.02 is out soon.

Andy

"M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4091652e$0$31679$(E-Mail Removed).. .
> The wireless part occasionally stops working and I have to power cycle the
> router to get it going again.Anyone else had this problem?
>
>

You are not alone! Since upgrading (?) to v1.04.01 firmware, my router has
been having the same problem - WLAN fails, typically after a few hours of no
active wireless use, sometimes even the WLAN light goes out. Power cycle or
reboot usually cures it. I have known the router to fail to respond on the
web interface, too and needs a power cycle
to re-start. (Neither of these problems occurred on v1.03.xx)

There is at least one other bug - if I add an inbound rule to log all
traffic, ftp fails to connect.

I have emailed NetGear with detailed configuration settings but have not
received any feedback. Let's hope v1.04.02 is out soon.

Andy

>Let's hope v1.04.02 is out soon.

Only an eternal optimist would expect YET ANOTHER Netgear firmware version
to work perfectly...
Regards,
Martin

"Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> >Let's hope v1.04.02 is out soon.
>
> Only an eternal optimist would expect YET ANOTHER Netgear firmware version
> to work perfectly...
> Regards,
> Martin
>

True but it's an interesting challenge to find the bugs (actually, it would
be more interesting if it was more of a challenge. (I know, I really should
get out more.)

Regards,
Andy

Andrew Jackson wrote:
> "M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:4091652e$0$31679$(E-Mail Removed).. .
>> The wireless part occasionally stops working and I have to power
>> cycle the router to get it going again.Anyone else had this problem?
>>
>>
>
> You are not alone! Since upgrading (?) to v1.04.01 firmware, my
> router has been having the same problem - WLAN fails, typically after
> a few hours of no active wireless use, sometimes even the WLAN light
> goes out. Power cycle or reboot usually cures it. I have known the
> router to fail to respond on the web interface, too and needs a power
> cycle
> to re-start. (Neither of these problems occurred on v1.03.xx)
>
> There is at least one other bug - if I add an inbound rule to log all
> traffic, ftp fails to connect.
>
> I have emailed NetGear with detailed configuration settings but have
> not received any feedback. Let's hope v1.04.02 is out soon.
>
> Andy

If you are broadcasting SSID then try disabling the broadcast. It worked for
me and at least one other person following the 1.04.01 upgrade..

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"Tiny Tim" <_(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Andrew Jackson wrote:
> > "M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:4091652e$0$31679$(E-Mail Removed).. .
> >> The wireless part occasionally stops working and I have to power
> >> cycle the router to get it going again.Anyone else had this problem?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > You are not alone! Since upgrading (?) to v1.04.01 firmware, my
> > router has been having the same problem - WLAN fails, typically after
> > a few hours of no active wireless use, sometimes even the WLAN light
> > goes out. Power cycle or reboot usually cures it. I have known the
> > router to fail to respond on the web interface, too and needs a power
> > cycle
> > to re-start. (Neither of these problems occurred on v1.03.xx)
> >
> > There is at least one other bug - if I add an inbound rule to log all
> > traffic, ftp fails to connect.
> >
> > I have emailed NetGear with detailed configuration settings but have
> > not received any feedback. Let's hope v1.04.02 is out soon.
> >
> > Andy
>
> If you are broadcasting SSID then try disabling the broadcast. It worked
for
> me and at least one other person following the 1.04.01 upgrade..
>
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>

Thanks, I'll give that a try...

"Tiny Tim" <_(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Andrew Jackson wrote:
> > "M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:4091652e$0$31679$(E-Mail Removed).. .
> >> The wireless part occasionally stops working and I have to power
> >> cycle the router to get it going again.Anyone else had this problem?
> >>
> >>
> >
> > You are not alone! Since upgrading (?) to v1.04.01 firmware, my
> > router has been having the same problem - WLAN fails, typically after
> > a few hours of no active wireless use, sometimes even the WLAN light
> > goes out. Power cycle or reboot usually cures it. I have known the
> > router to fail to respond on the web interface, too and needs a power
> > cycle
> > to re-start. (Neither of these problems occurred on v1.03.xx)
> >
> > There is at least one other bug - if I add an inbound rule to log all
> > traffic, ftp fails to connect.
> >
> > I have emailed NetGear with detailed configuration settings but have
> > not received any feedback. Let's hope v1.04.02 is out soon.
> >
> > Andy
>
> If you are broadcasting SSID then try disabling the broadcast. It worked
for
> me and at least one other person following the 1.04.01 upgrade..

I'd heard that elsewhere - unfortunately, I've not been broadcasting SSID
from day one. I'm using 128 bit WEP with shared key - dunno whether that
makes a difference.

Cheers,
Andy

Andrew Jackson wrote:
> "Tiny Tim" <_(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> If you are broadcasting SSID then try disabling the broadcast. It
>> worked for me and at least one other person following the 1.04.01
>> upgrade..
>
> I'd heard that elsewhere - unfortunately, I've not been broadcasting
> SSID from day one. I'm using 128 bit WEP with shared key - dunno
> whether that makes a difference.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy

FWIW I'm using 128bit WEP and OPEN KEY.

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In message <c6rtkb$9hp$1$(E-Mail Removed)>, Andrew Jackson
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>"M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:4091652e$0$31679$(E-Mail Removed). ..
>> The wireless part occasionally stops working and I have to power cycle the
>> router to get it going again.Anyone else had this problem?

I found things to be better since I loaded firmware 1.04.01 - before it
was failing about once an hour, now only once every few hours. I'm
still not sure whether there's a hardware fault or not, to try to get a
replacement, but it looks like a widespread fault.

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