Netgear routers consistently bad

I'm sure someone's going to tell me they love Netgear routers and they've
always worked fine, But.....
This is the third time I've bought a Netgear wireless router, such as the
MR814, and I can't reach the setup through the 192.168.0.1 consistently. I
have tried literally for an hour and can connect one minute and then it
becomes unreachable. I even isolated it completely with just the PC and the
router connected. It's insane. I can ping it, wait 10 seconds and then it
becomes unreachable. The last one had a different IP address than in the
manual, 192.168.1.1 , which is what most of the linksys routers use. Then I
grab a Dlink and bang, first try, everything sets up perfectly.
No I didn't upgrade the firmware, as I couldn't even get the router to run.
One I got to a point where it was sending a wireless signal and I thought I
was done and then it stopped working.
Save the sarcasm, and give me some feedback here. Did we get a bad batch
here in Portland OR??
Thanks

Without having anything truly productive to say, I would suggest finding the
recessed "reset" button (hopefully there is one) and trying again.

Good luck,
Steve

"02befree" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bZ-dnY_uGqs-EObfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm sure someone's going to tell me they love Netgear routers and they've
> always worked fine, But.....
> This is the third time I've bought a Netgear wireless router, such as the
> MR814, and I can't reach the setup through the 192.168.0.1 consistently.
I
> have tried literally for an hour and can connect one minute and then it
> becomes unreachable. I even isolated it completely with just the PC and
the
> router connected. It's insane. I can ping it, wait 10 seconds and then
it
> becomes unreachable. The last one had a different IP address than in the
> manual, 192.168.1.1 , which is what most of the linksys routers use. Then
I
> grab a Dlink and bang, first try, everything sets up perfectly.
> No I didn't upgrade the firmware, as I couldn't even get the router to
run.
> One I got to a point where it was sending a wireless signal and I thought
I
> was done and then it stopped working.
> Save the sarcasm, and give me some feedback here. Did we get a bad batch
> here in Portland OR??
> Thanks
>
>

Yes. Reset, reset, reset, reset........every 10th time a sign of
life....but no paydirt.
"Steve" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:C7Uee.28390$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Without having anything truly productive to say, I would suggest finding
the
> recessed "reset" button (hopefully there is one) and trying again.
>
> Good luck,
> Steve
>
> "02befree" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:bZ-dnY_uGqs-EObfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm sure someone's going to tell me they love Netgear routers and
they've
> > always worked fine, But.....
> > This is the third time I've bought a Netgear wireless router, such as
the
> > MR814, and I can't reach the setup through the 192.168.0.1 consistently.
> I
> > have tried literally for an hour and can connect one minute and then it
> > becomes unreachable. I even isolated it completely with just the PC and
> the
> > router connected. It's insane. I can ping it, wait 10 seconds and then
> it
> > becomes unreachable. The last one had a different IP address than in
the
> > manual, 192.168.1.1 , which is what most of the linksys routers use.
Then
> I
> > grab a Dlink and bang, first try, everything sets up perfectly.
> > No I didn't upgrade the firmware, as I couldn't even get the router to
> run.
> > One I got to a point where it was sending a wireless signal and I
thought
> I
> > was done and then it stopped working.
> > Save the sarcasm, and give me some feedback here. Did we get a bad
batch
> > here in Portland OR??
> > Thanks
> >
> >
>
>

I know there are people that swear by Netgear, but I've had nothing but
trouble with them. Their routing table is pathetically small, and my MR814
reboots itself on a regular basis. The really are not meant for more then
the casual home AOL user and internet browser. You could not give me a
Netgear router. My advice - throw it in the trash and get a Linksys WRT54G.


"02befree" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bZ-dnY_uGqs-EObfRVn-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm sure someone's going to tell me they love Netgear routers and they've
> always worked fine, But.....
> This is the third time I've bought a Netgear wireless router, such as the
> MR814, and I can't reach the setup through the 192.168.0.1 consistently.
> I
> have tried literally for an hour and can connect one minute and then it
> becomes unreachable. I even isolated it completely with just the PC and
> the
> router connected. It's insane. I can ping it, wait 10 seconds and then
> it
> becomes unreachable. The last one had a different IP address than in the
> manual, 192.168.1.1 , which is what most of the linksys routers use. Then
> I
> grab a Dlink and bang, first try, everything sets up perfectly.
> No I didn't upgrade the firmware, as I couldn't even get the router to
> run.
> One I got to a point where it was sending a wireless signal and I thought
> I
> was done and then it stopped working.
> Save the sarcasm, and give me some feedback here. Did we get a bad batch
> here in Portland OR??
> Thanks
>
>