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From: SM on 10 Oct 2009 07:23
Jon B <black.hole(a)jonbradbury.com> wrote:

> > I have an O2 Wireless Box III, which is an O2-branded Thomson (it actually
> > says both O2 and Thomson on it). It's okay, but has a tendency to reset
> > itself from time to time -- sometimes under heavy load (eg. downloading
> > an ISO using BitTorrent whilst wirelessly streaming a video from my Mac
> > to my PlayStation 3), sometimes not.
> >
> > I can't say I'm all that happy with it.
> >
> They are probably fine if you've used nothing better, but if you've had
> a Draytek before it you'd be disapointed. I know my dad is as he had a
> Draytek 2600G but moving to Be meant having a Thomson box, he's not so
> impressed with it. Wireless range isn't so good (3 story house), and it
> random disconnects a few more times than the Draytek ever did.

I swapped to Be earlier this year and have their branded Thompson box
and a Time Capsule. The Bebox, or rather the overall wireless setup, has
been somewhat temperamental but some of this might be down to a flaky
ethernet connection between the two. Most of the time it's been fine
with around 16Gb down, and had to deliver our last film to London via
ftp upload which was 3GB. Took a while but it managed OK.

Some kind of exploit of Thomson routers was discovered a few months ago
and Be remotely reset the modem's login information.

Stuart
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From: J. J. Lodder on 11 Oct 2009 09:31
Gared Haus <gared(a)haus.com> wrote:

> So I have been using my Netgear DG834G for the last 5 years and I think
> it's starting to give up on me so I have decided to get something new.
> I am unsure what works well so I am here asking for advice. I need it
> to be:
>
> Easy to set up
> PC compatible
> Stable connection
> Wireless
> Have a modem built in.
>
>
> I had been looking at the Netgear DGN2000 but there seems to be a
> number of reports regarding how unreliable it is and how it overheats.
>
>
> What are most of you guys using? Is there anything out there that
> would suit me?

Another Netgear DG834 here, and working fine.
What do you think is wrong with it?

Jan
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