quoth the Grant: > I've been screwed over by Netgear for being a Linux user and I need to > spread the word. I've been having a seriously difficult time getting > my Gentoo machines reliably connected to my wireless network for > almost 6 months. The software end of things is finally rock solid and > I now realize that one of my 3 wireless cards works only sometimes. > Luckily, I have two of that card. One copy works every time in two > different machines and the other works sometimes in them. > > Very long story short, they will not replace my bad card because I > can't try it in Windows. I even explained to them that I bought 3 > Netgear wireless cards and one Netgear router through Dell 6 months > ago. Even after a lot of yelling and bad noise they would not budge. > The rep said he agreed with me but that that it is out of his hands. > He also would not put me on the phone with his supervisor. > > - Grant
Allthough I am not sure this is the best place for a personal rant against some company, I am sorry to hear of your bad luck. Apropos, my Netgear WG511 is working great for me. I have heard that they changed the chipset of this card from Prism2 to Broadcom (I think) without _any_ mention. This has bit a lot of people. Urban legend says if the box says Made in Taiwan, then it's Prism2, if it says Made in China then don't buy it. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org "...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected..." - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972
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