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by scoenye
7/18/09 6:28:34 PM
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New Netgear doesn't like Macs (nor Vista)
We have several white Netgear SOHO "internet routers" (RP614-ish, 4 port switch + uplink, no wireless, DHCP server) at work for public access. They absolutely refuse to hand out IP addresses to MacBooks. They respond to Windows, but several newer Vista machines then don't like the answers and drop the packets.

I've been replacing them with equivalent Linksys gear. So far, everything is working again. The ones we have are compatible with the DD-WRT replacement firmware. Amazing what one of those little boxes can do once you put a decent OS on it... (I particularly like the WiViz wireless proximity monitor.)

Model numbers on these things mean very little. E.g. up to v6 you get a Broadcom chipset with plenty of Flash RAM, and tjhen v7 has a cheap knock-off set with just enough memory to turn on the power light. It pretty much is a crapshoot.

Post #311,262
by Andrew Grygus
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7/18/09 6:36:06 PM
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New Never mind Macs . . .
. . I encountered a case where a Netgear wouldn't even connect to an IBM Thinkpad. The guy I was setting up wouldn't allow me to talk to the guy he was renting the office from so I had to set him up pirating off a nearby Linksys.
Post #311,283
by static
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7/19/09 2:58:18 AM
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New That's a good point re: Vista.
There is something slightly funky in how Vista does DHCP as a client and thus it refuses to acknowledge the NetGear response. My (ex) mother-in-law had this problem with her daughter's PC. I was going to try to do a firmware upgrade, but wasn't confident of it working. The real solution was to replace the dodgy hardware, but she became an ex- before anything got done.

Wade.
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A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
     I can has megabitburgerz, now! - (Ashton) - (20) - July 16, 2009, 05:04:43 AM EDT
         congrats - (boxley) - July 16, 2009, 05:52:15 AM EDT
         Woot! Welcome aboard! -NT - (Another Scott) - July 16, 2009, 08:03:50 AM EDT
         Finally off of that gravel backroad - (beepster) - July 16, 2009, 08:11:56 AM EDT
         Not pleased with Comcast lately - (malraux) - (2) - July 16, 2009, 08:48:21 AM EDT
             Re: Not pleased with Comcast lately (Still) - (folkert) - (1) - July 16, 2009, 10:49:52 AM EDT
                 Re: Not pleased with Comcast lately (Still) - (SpiceWare) - July 16, 2009, 03:46:01 PM EDT
         Welcome... - (static) - July 16, 2009, 09:41:17 AM EDT
         I, on the other hand, have the Verizon "air card" in the - (a6l6e6x) - (1) - July 16, 2009, 03:43:04 PM EDT
             I have one of those as well. - (folkert) - July 16, 2009, 05:47:27 PM EDT
         Router suggestions? - (Ashton) - (10) - July 16, 2009, 08:50:29 PM EDT
             Linksys, D-Link, Belkin. - (static) - July 16, 2009, 08:55:59 PM EDT
             Maybe try a different firmware version? - (Another Scott) - (1) - July 16, 2009, 09:49:25 PM EDT
                 Illuminating - (Ashton) - July 17, 2009, 03:01:36 PM EDT
             Linksys ... - (folkert) - July 17, 2009, 07:05:58 PM EDT
             My experience is limited . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - July 17, 2009, 01:51:42 AM EDT
             Thanks again; consensus seems to be Linksys - (Ashton) - (1) - July 17, 2009, 03:17:24 PM EDT
                 I've had a Linksys BEFSR41 router - (lincoln) - July 18, 2009, 12:24:16 PM EDT
             Netgear doesn't like Macs (nor Vista) - (scoenye) - (2) - July 18, 2009, 06:28:34 PM EDT
                 Never mind Macs . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - July 18, 2009, 06:36:06 PM EDT
                 That's a good point re: Vista. - (static) - July 19, 2009, 02:58:18 AM EDT

Just to be fair, there's no evidence he actually knows what happened in the 1800's.
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