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Electronics : Netgear DG834G 54Mbps Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Firewall Router with 4-port 10/100 switchRating: - Works like a dream for the PS3I've only had this router a day but so far so good. I cannot comment on reliability but no dropped connections as yet. I bought the Netgear router because my old Zyxel P660HWt1v2 router wouldn't allow any ports to be forwarded (even though it should) to my PS3 - which meant some of my multiplayer games wouldn't work online. Apparently, uPnP (universal plug and play standard, for port forwarding) is not the most robust or reliable of standards therefore for some games/applications ports must be forwarded manually (or your PS3 put in the DMZ of your router, although DMZ is not recommended as it exposes your PS3 to hackers). With the Netgear Router I still have the same problems with certain games not working online using uPnP - it's not the fault of the router - but at least now I can resolve these problems by doing the port forwarding myself manually. So far all of my PS3 games work online with the Netgear Router (with a few port forwarding tweaks) - only about half of my games worked with my old Zyxel router, regardless of the port forward/firewall rule settings. One niggle is that I had to download a firmware update before the Router would work properly - not a good thing when you're going through a manual set-up. Took me around 1 hour to connect a PC and PS3 - to work correctly. I cannot comment on the wizard set-up - I didn't bother with this as I'm reasonably familiar with router configuration and knew I'd have to make lots of manual settings changes anyway for my particular network. All in all I'd highly recommend this router for the PS3 - and N0 problems working with my PC either! Rating:  - Beware the Set-Up Wizard Loop !If you choose to use the set-up wizard rather than manually configuring this box be absolutely sure you have correct ISP details and a working internet connection. I made a mistake on the initial entry of my ISP password, after which the thing went into an endless loop, constantly redirecting the browser from any attached PC into its own set-up wizard, but never completing. Even though I then got connected, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera were all unusable in this state. The solution to this is to press the hard reset button on the Netgear, go back into the wizard from the start and then take the "No thanks - I'll do it manually" option (or however they word it). Otherwise - it works fine ! Coverage seems no worse in my house (brick built 20s semi) than the supposedly more advanced 834PN (rangemax model) which it replaced. Let's hope it doesn't die after 2 years as that one did... Rating: - Simple Setup! When my friend asked me to help set up a wireless router to use with his BT broadband account, he first of all tried to obtain one direct from BT. Unfortunately BT had no stock of the Netgear 834 model so I got him one from Amazon (via Pixmania) for a lot less money! Then I suddenly realised that this would not be supplied with the BT installation disc and neither would BT offer telephone support if we needed help installing it as they had not supplied it. So I was dreading last Monday evening thinking I would end up wishing I hadn't offered my services! Anyway, I need not have worried. All I had to do was connect the thing up, enter his BT email address and password and that was it. Almost instant connection to the internet. Next job was installing the Netgear wireless adaptor (slip the CD in and follow directions). After a couple of minutes the laptop had communicated with the router and we were online - wirelessly! I need not have worried (as I had been!) about configuring the router as it all seemed to happen automatically. Setting the wireless security was a little more tricky but otherwise the whole process was a piece of cake. Just a word of caution - as this item was supplied by Pixmania from France (via Amazon) you need to buy UK filter/splitters if you need them. However, Pixmania did include a two-pin to 13 amp plug adaptor for the mains transformer. Rating: - Easy to install and useAfter reading a number of different reviews for wireless routers I was a little concerned that I might run into difficulties installing and setting this up. But, I couldn't believe how easy it was. Apart from crawling around under my desk to disconnect my old ADSL modem it couldn't have been easier. Simply followed the instructions on the setup disk, everything went together very easily and was up and running in about 20 minutes. New laptop connected wirelessly with no fuss (almost as easy as logging on via my neighbours unsecured network) and now everything appears to be working perfectly. I just hope I'm not tempting fate and that it continues that way! Rating: - good kitDG834G purchased it not to long ago, installed real easy with the netgear software on the disk, warning I am on AOL, computer running XP AOL software version 4 did not set this modem router up, it messed the thing up good, use the netgear disk or manually install it. So far very pleased with it works well not tried the wireless part yet no need for it at this time but will later. It takes a standard bt land line rj11 and a rj45 cable which both are included in the box. Very easy to install and set up. |
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