NO, it is not locked down out of the box - change the default
passwords assuming if you have not done that already:) All I have
done to mine was to change the passwords and user name, and no
broadcasting the name of the network. That seems sufficient for now.
By the way, just to let people know, I use an ISP for its ADSL2+
service, and have upgraded the firmware on the DG834G to do ADSL2+
and have no issues whatsoever.
On 4 Jan 2006, at 10:01, Dave Coker wrote:
Hey there
Just thought I'd post a follow-up. Following a tip off this list I
purchased a Netgear DG384G from MicroAvinka last Saturday. Messed
about with it a little last week, and determined that it would be
just fine sitting where by Apple (White) Base Station was.
Woke this AM and, noted that I couldn't dial out any longer, so I
swapped out the Apple ABS for the Netgear. Entered the user name
and password Virgin supplied me with and it was a simple as that -
I was online!
Five Mac's in the house (Two G4 PowerBooks, two Clamshell G3 iBooks
and an iMac DV+) are all happily on-line, taking to the Netgear
router without issue and using a shared printer that hangs off one
of the G3 iBooks.
To be honest, I'm having issues getting my two iPaqs to talk to the
Netgear wireless router, but they run Windows Mobile and therefore
you have to enter Hex strings for the password. I haven't figured
out how to coerce that gobblty goop from the router yet as I'm
having so much fun surfing!!
I'm assuming that the Netgear router is locked down out of the
box. At least from briefly reviewing the settings, it seems that
way. Anything I should be aware of, as all these machines will now
be online 24/7.
In any case, thanks for all the tips - it was totally painless and
something I should have done years ago.
Take care
Dave Coker
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