Router Kaput

[Howard]

Hi all ,

I have ( had ) a Netgear router , DG834G V2 , it has just stopped working

Currently i have the laptop plugged into the ports on the back of it so that part of it works , but i don't think it is transmitting wirelessly ....

I have been into the settings page ( with the help of Mrs Toads bro who is an IT boffin ) and fiddled with it , changed the channels and whatnot but it still isn't being detected by either of the two laptops we have.

So , it's going in the bin .... but before it is consigned to the great internet in the sky , i wonder if anyone has any recommendations for a new one ...

Don't need one that will do the can can , buy me a drink , make me tea and tuck me in at night , just one with the same basic spec as this one , cheap ( if possible ) and reliable . Oh yes , and easy to set up as I will have to and am not particularly IT savvy ....

Seen a few refurbs on Ebay ( worth it ? ) or can anyone point me in the right direction of a company that supplies them at a reasonable price.

Many thanks in advance

H

 

[robert.saunders]

Assume you have reset it H, before u bin it....

 

[Howard]

Yep , tried that ... I think ....

Do you mean unplugging it and leaving it for 2 minutes then plugging it back in ? If so ...... yes ...

 

[recycled]

have you used the pin hole reset mate

 

[robert.saunders]

yes, there maybe a way to reboot it from the control panel (via a PC) or the unit itself may have a small hole where you can poke it with a fine point to manually reset the unit

 

[recycled]

the reset hole beside the pin in jack

 

[C240Sport97]

I have an old wireless router D link that you can have FOC .. it does not work with the super mega fast broadband.

I have the 8MB orange BB, and it doesn't work with that.

 

[Howard]

Hi Sean and thanks for the offer , i have the 8mbit Orange BB too

Dave wasn't in the best mood as he had been sent from Gt Yarmouth where he works and lives to a job in Bracknell and then had to go back as well .... he didn't mention the pin thing

So this pin thing .... if i jab a pen it in what will happen ( bearing in mind that Dave set it up originally and i have no clue how to do everything again )

 

[robert.saunders]

a bit of jabbing never hurt anyone - you may have to reset any security such as WEP or is it WAP, I forget

 

[Howard]

You might have forgotten , but I never knew in the first place

 

[robert.saunders]

I see where you're coming from; try it - what have you got to lose? Apart from wireless access, which you haven't got anyway

 

[Howard]

But if it resets the whole router and i'm plugged into it with a wire ( like i am now ) will it kill my internet access totally ?

 

[robert.saunders]

yes, but only for a few minutes. probably

 

[Howard]

Probably

 

[robert.saunders]

It should just come back on, and if you leave lappie plugged in it will connect itself.....

I say should.

But I don't want you being grumpy with me if it doesn't

 

[Howard]

Hmmmm will try it tomorrow ....

 

[robert.saunders]

Be strong - do it now. You can fix it tomorrow

 

[Howard]

No. I'm scared ....

 

[robert.saunders]

Nooo, do it. If I was there, I'd hold your hand

 

[Howard]

I'm going to have a bath now ....