Netgear's DG834G v5 Wireless ADSL Router

[cyprio42]

Netgear's DG834G v5 Wireless ADSL Router


hi
will this be OK for me on ADSL2+. I need a new router and this is a decent price at PC world at £34.99.

thanks for any advice

[Glenn]

Should be fine, it's advertised as a 2+ router. http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/Reviews.asp?ProductID=1407

[Steve]

Is it not the same as IDNet supply?

[Rik]

It is, Steve.

[Ted]

Is it not the same as IDNet supply?

It is, only £26.11 less expensive.

[sobranie]

V5 seems OK but the V4 appears to be more stable. router stats would appear to bear this out.

[cyprio42]

Hi
tried to add a picture but I think its an attachment. It shows my wireless signal. I'm red, the green is my neighbour. I am sitting in the back room but its not that far away. One thing is that I am having to reset the router every day now to get internet access. I have changed the filter but makes no difference. Thats whats making me think I need a new router.
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[Steve]

It may be that there's something odd going on with DHCP server. Latest firmware installed?

[Rik]

What happens to make you need to reset the router, Cyprio?

[Rik]

To save people downloading, here's the image from Cyprio's doc file...

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[cyprio42]

It may be that there's something odd going on with DHCP server. Latest firmware installed?

Whats this Steve. Sorry but I'm not that clued up on this sort of thing.

Rik

When I try and go on the net it says  "IPv4 Connectivity - No Network Access". I restart the router and it then says "IPv4 Connectivity - Internet"

I am going to get the new router I mentioned earlier but PC World are out of stock untill the weekend. Just wondered if it was something else.

thanks for taking the time to help

[Rik]

It does sound a bit like a dying router. Whereabouts are you?

[cyprio42]

hi
I have my new router in place and so far so good. I'll give it a few days and hopefully it will be sorted. My speed is down to 1931kbps when its been around 3871kbps. Is this because I have a new router and it needs to settle down again?
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[Rik]

It's more likely that your profile has been depressed as the result of the other router. Can you do a BT speed test, please, and cut'n'paste the results?

[cyprio42]

hi mate
do you think the speed will come back. This new router and wirelsss adaptor I have just got are no where near as stable as my previous router and in built wirelss card. I am thinking of taking it all back to PC world. Takes ages to connect to the net when I first switch the pc on.

Just talking to my neighbour and he said that he had BT out the other week because he'd had a few problems and they said there was a fault on the line and that they had rectified his problem. That just about ties in for when my problems started! I dont think its a hardware fault now with my setup, I reckon its something they have done.

I had a look at the BT speedtest but wasn't sure on stage 3. I'll have another go.

cheers

[Simon]

Sorry, Rik is away today, but hopefully someone will be able to help you soon.  I can tell you that continued instability will cause your profile to drop, as the BT software will step in to try to stabilise the connection.  Can you move the router to be nearer the wireless adapter?  My cousin had a connection issue with a wireless adapter, and all she did was move the router a few inches and it worked fine.  Might be worth a try.  If you can keep a stable connection, I believe your profile will recover over a few days.

[Steve]

As Simon says it would be good if you could connect to your router with an ethernet cable instead of wifi and then we know whether you've got a broadband issue  a local wifi issue or both.

[cyprio42]

hi
this is the result om my BT test. Plugged directly into the  BT faceplate test socket. I have my wireless issues sorted now, just need to get my ADSL2 speeds back to what they were last week.
Thanks for looking into this


Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test:  -provides background information.

   Download Speed
   1456 Kbps
   
0 Kbps   1500 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed

Download speed achieved during the test was - 1456 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 400-1500 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Assured Rate IP profile on your line is - 1500 Kbps


If you wish to discuss these results please contact your ISP.

If you are experiencing problems with specific applications, servers or websites please contact your ISP for assistance.

Your test has completed please close this window to exit the performance tester.

[Rik]

What's your current sync speed? The 'assured profile' seems to be seen when there's an issue on the line, your current profile suggests a sync of 1728-2015k.

[cyprio42]

hi mate
this is from my router. The other data is from Speedtest and shows 2 dates, the recent date is with my new router.


System Up Time 08:45:01
Port    Status    TxPkts    RxPkts    Collisions    Tx B/s    Rx B/s    Up Time
WAN    PPPoA    72119    105856    0    509    5282    05:55:40
LAN    100M/Full    9457    6887    0    275    24    08:44:40
WLAN    54M    227710    157380    0    64563    6030    01:01:52

ADSL Link                     Downstream    Upstream
Connection Speed     2267 kbps           776 kbps
Line Attenuation             59.0 db            34.5 db
Noise Margin             9.15 db             6.5 db




Speedtest Data.

6/13/2010 9:02 AM GMT          1.47 Mb/s     0.61 Mb/s     59 ms     London     < 50 mi     Close


5/23/2010 10:29 AM GMT        2.90 Mb/s    0.64 Mb/s    178 ms    London    < 50 mi    Open

cheers

[Rik]

That will get you a 1.75M profile, if the line holds steady, but it will take up to five days to adjust as it's a small change.

[cyprio42]

cheers Rik
now gone back to square 1. Put back the old v3 router and got rid of the new v5 Router and wireless Netgear dongle, both on there way back to PC world. They were rubbish, taking ages to connect and losing sync all the time. I think my problem is to do with the cordless phone, because if I lose internet connection and then unplug the phone it comes back. Also if the phone rings it sometimes loses connection. I am going to get a cheap phone and try that. If this fails its onto BT.

[Rik]

Try double filtering the phone, two filters in series, see if that helps.

[Den]

Two filters, one plugged into the other would be in parallel Rik 

[Rik]

Oh no they wouldn't.