Netgear DG834G MK2 latest firmware?

I would appreciate comments from users of the latest non-beta firmware for
the DG834G MkII. I want to upgrade a unit from 1.05.00 but don't want to
introduce problems. Two questions for anyone with experience of this
firmware:

1. Does the latest firmware support WPA-PSK reliably as I tried with this
unit and it failed on 1.05.00
2. Does the latest firmware support VPN?

Oh and where do I get the latest firmware from and are there many dangers in
doing an upgrade?

Thanks in advance for any advice / info.

Tony




Tony

Tony wrote:
> I would appreciate comments from users of the latest non-beta firmware for
> the DG834G MkII. I want to upgrade a unit from 1.05.00 but don't want to
> introduce problems. Two questions for anyone with experience of this
> firmware:
>
> 1. Does the latest firmware support WPA-PSK reliably as I tried with this
> unit and it failed on 1.05.00
> 2. Does the latest firmware support VPN?
>
> Oh and where do I get the latest firmware from and are there many dangers in
> doing an upgrade?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice / info.
>

Well, the Netgear support site is always a good start!

http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/dg834gv2.asp

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Tony wrote:
> I would appreciate comments from users of the latest non-beta firmware for
> the DG834G MkII. I want to upgrade a unit from 1.05.00 but don't want to
> introduce problems. Two questions for anyone with experience of this
> firmware:
>
> 1. Does the latest firmware support WPA-PSK reliably as I tried with this
> unit and it failed on 1.05.00
> 2. Does the latest firmware support VPN?

I find 2.0.22 very stable. WPA-PSK works very reliably as do the other
features. The only problem I have is that GRE passthrough doesn't work,
which breaks PPTP-based VPNs. I've got a call open with Netgear, but
their support ain't great.

- Ian

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On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:58:47 +0100, Ian Chard <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> I find 2.0.22 very stable.

Maybe you mean 2.10.22

Tony

Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:58:47 +0100, Ian Chard <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I find 2.0.22 very stable.
>
>
> Maybe you mean 2.10.22

You know what I mean :-P

- Ian

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"Ian Chard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> > On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:58:47 +0100, Ian Chard <(E-Mail Removed)>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I find 2.0.22 very stable.
> >
> >
> > Maybe you mean 2.10.22
>
> You know what I mean :-P
>

I have 1.05.00 on my DG834, working fine other some occasioanl drops of the
sync signal but I think thats more to do with BT than the router.

Does anyone actually bother to have the latest firmware on their router-
should I bother, or is it a case of it its not broke, dont fix it???

Tim..

"Tim.." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> "Ian Chard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:dild8h$a3u$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> > > On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:58:47 +0100, Ian Chard
<(E-Mail Removed)>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>I find 2.0.22 very stable.
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe you mean 2.10.22
> >
> > You know what I mean :-P
> >
>
> I have 1.05.00 on my DG834, working fine other some occasioanl drops of
the
> sync signal but I think thats more to do with BT than the router.
>
> Does anyone actually bother to have the latest firmware on their router-
> should I bother, or is it a case of it its not broke, dont fix it???
>
> Tim..


Tim, Ive just upgraded my Netgear from 1.05.00 to 2.10.22 and its working
great. I wanted to try the VPN stuff and see what else is new in there. I
also needed to get WPA-PSK working, and the 1.05.00 firmware didn't work
very well with WPA. It seems this new firmware is working a treat with
WPA-PSK. Upgrade took only a couple of minutes. Unless you want to upgrade
for a reason, then no, I guess you don't need to upgrade. But I needed the
extra features that they have added, plus 1.05.00 is now quite old.

Tony

Tim.. wrote:
> I have 1.05.00 on my DG834, working fine other some occasioanl drops of the
> sync signal but I think thats more to do with BT than the router.
>
> Does anyone actually bother to have the latest firmware on their router-
> should I bother, or is it a case of it its not broke, dont fix it???

There have been reports of better/more stable ADSL performance with the
new firmware, and for me personally, it fixed a problem where I'd make
a change to its configuration and the wireless interface would stop
working. I think 2.10.22 is mature enough to trust, it's been around
for a while now (but then so has XP :-)

- Ian

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"Ian Chard" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Tim.. wrote:
> > I have 1.05.00 on my DG834, working fine other some occasioanl drops of
the
> > sync signal but I think thats more to do with BT than the router.
> >
> > Does anyone actually bother to have the latest firmware on their router-
> > should I bother, or is it a case of it its not broke, dont fix it???
>
> There have been reports of better/more stable ADSL performance with the
> new firmware, and for me personally, it fixed a problem where I'd make
> a change to its configuration and the wireless interface would stop
> working. I think 2.10.22 is mature enough to trust, it's been around
> for a while now (but then so has XP :-)
>

I've never flashed / updated firmware on anything before, but i'll give it a
go in this case I think. It seems pretty foolproof according to the Netgear
website...

If you never see anymore posts from me, it failed!

Tim..

Tim.. wrote:
>
>
> I've never flashed / updated firmware on anything before, but i'll give it a
> go in this case I think. It seems pretty foolproof according to the Netgear
> website...
>
> If you never see anymore posts from me, it failed!
>

When you've finished you will get a worrying "404 Page Not Found" error
message on the administration pages help window. Just reboot the DG834
and it will right itself.


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