Chris, Al On the phone, so a short reply.
Yes, I am considering the wrt54 model as a replacement unit. The net gear unit worked but was unreliable. For the money they want to talk to me, I can get a new unit and a year of support as well! Thanks. I'll try a reset first, then probably go for a new one regardless. Did consider pinging Alex too :-) JC Eschew obfuscation On Nov 27, 2012 8:49 PM, "Chris Knadle" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, Jack. > > On Tuesday, November 27, 2012 13:47:03, Jack Chastain wrote: > > I have a Netgear WGR614v10 I purchased about 2 years ago. It is connected > > as an extension of my main network with the main router being my FiOS > WiFi > > unit in my office. Two years ago, I had Tech Support assistance to set it > > up as an extension and it seemed to work well. > > > > Today (and probably for at least a year or so now), the unit indicates it > > has a WiFi section active (on front panel) but I do not have a signal > > present. I used WiFi Analyzer on my phone to check. My main office signal > > is present at -90+ db but other than a few other neighborhood signals, > > nothing is there. > > > > I apparently cannot access the router either. I removed all other network > > cables leaving only the Linux system it is normally supporting via wired > > conenction. I rebooted everything - I cannot access the router. I used > both > > 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.100. Without the supporting FiOS router though, > > the Linux system does not see any network at all and obtains no address > > itself. (I pretty much expected this as the Netgear was set up to be > > an extension, so it can only get an address from the FiOS system). > > This makes it sound like this is a hardware issue that's more than simply a > transmitter not working -- sounds like the router just plain crapped. > > > Now the FUN part - I called Netgear - I am PRETTY sure the guy was simply > > mis-speaking, but his words were "The reason your WiFi does not work is > > that your Tech Support contract has expired". I have no real issue paying > > for a tech support call, but I can't believe that the function of the > WiFi > > signal is TIED to the contract - can this be at all real? > > That's a very interesting bold claim, and I really doubt it. Sounds more > like > a sales pitch, and one that I doubt is legal. > > > A 6 month contract was twice the amount I paid for the silly thing too. > > Screw that - I will buy a new device for that. > > A standard recommendation would be a Linksys WRT54GL which goes for $50 and > can be loaded with DD-WRT if you want. You might want to ping Alex Swehla > about this too, being that he gave the "Pimp My Network" talk on this exact > subject back in August. ;-) > > http://mhvlug.org/meetings/2012/pimp-my-network > > > So - I thought I would pop it out to the folks who know the most about > > these things. Anyone ever played with one of these? I am about to do a > full > > factory reset on it and try to start over, at least trying to get into > the > > router itself, but I recall having a pretty tough time initially, so I > > figured I would ask first. > > Not familiar with the particular device; resetting to factory defaults > sounds > like a reasonable thing to try. > > > -- Chris > > -- > Chris Knadle > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College > Dec 5 - SysAdmin Panel > Jan 9 - High Performance Computing > Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi >
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