[UFO Chicago] just say no to netgear

[David Horton]

Brian Sobolak wrote:
> At the past few meetings I had complained about really slow speeds on
> my DSL line.  I think I've figured out the problem:  it's not the DSL,
> it's a bum netgear router.
> 
> Here's the results from ping for about an hour's worth of pings:
> 
> --
> Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1:
> Packets: Sent = 1739, Received = 1369, Lost = 370 (21% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
> Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 2376ms, Average = 42ms
> --
> 
> Even for wireless, 21% loss seems pretty darn high.  This test was run
> when I'm sitting about 15 feet from the router with nothing blocking
> the line of sight.  And this is the *better* result of the two tests
> I've tried.
> 
> I guess I'll be buying a new router soon, and I don't think it will be
> a netgear.  This was only purchased last October.
> 
> brian
> 

Have you upgraded your firmware recently?  When I upgraded my Netgear
firewall to the latest and greatest revision and it became very flaky.
I downgraded to the previous version and everything cleared up.
Something to think about.

Dave