2wire 2700HGV my views so far.

[Ted]

Didn't get the 2 on ebay today, i think someone's been telling people how good these are!!!
Still, Plenty more where they came from. Will keep looking and let you know

[mrapoc]

Getting mine off patioheater, brand new, SBC firmware and a respectable seller for £45 inc special delivery

[sobranie]

This site provides a fair bit of useful information, Simon.

Basically, if you have one of the older hardware models (not dual SSID) you can simply put an entry in the routers DNS settings which stops it 'phoning home'. If you have a new hardware model, you can either follow the very good guide on editing the code with Opera, or I think you can run the set-up wizard.

Was thinking of router change but having read through the mentioned site forum I'll just stick to simple old quantum physics.

[Rik]

Was thinking of router change but having read through the mentioned site forum I'll just stick to simple old quantum physics.

James Burke predicted, in a documentary series in the late 70s, that the world was moving towards a time when no one person could know about everything, we would need specialists to deal with issues in most areas. Renaissance man is dead!

[Glenn]

Was thinking of router change but having read through the mentioned site forum I'll just stick to simple old quantum physics.

It only takes about 5 mins to do following the instructions

[Rik]

One of those "it looks more complicated than it is" things, Glenn?

[Glenn]

Yep, it's a lot easier with the router screen in front of you than it looks, I managed to do it so it must be easy

[Rik]

But you can drive that 3-screen monster, Glenn.

[Glenn]

Not at the moment, It seems the original PC parts have cursed the new parts, so far I had to RMA the graphics card, memory, and now the motherboard 

[Rik]

 

What a drag. Any idea of the cause?

[Glenn]

First the graphics card would only spin up its cooling fan intermittently, before failing totally - still waiting for the replacement, no one seems to have any 8800GT 512mb cards in stock.

Second with another graphics card fitted, the windows install kept failing, I changed the HDU and that sorted the problem.

Third, the PC would randomly reboot, I ran Memtest86 for 24hrs it showed about 120 error's I RMA's that and got a replacement in 4 days

Forth, through out the above if the PC was switched off over night, the CMOS would need resetting before it would boot, so now the motherboard is going back too.

[Rik]

And I thought I was unlucky with hardware! 

[ReDGryphoN]

The 2700HGV owners club, Rik. It's POA I'm afraid!

Yeah Baby, get yer mitts on one of these drooltastic mofos

Sorry had a Austin Powers moment there.

Go get a 2700 you know you want to.

ReD

MAABOF

[Rik]

Sorry had a Austin Powers moment there.

Would you like me to make the padded call available to you, Red? 

[Glenn]

Would you like me to make the padded call available to you, Red? 

I think it's full already

[Rik]

Good point, Glenn.

[Glenn]

31 days without a retrain on the line speed. To say that I'm impressed is an understatement, my DG834G v2 would drop connections every 5 - 10 days. If anyone has a poor line I would not have any hesitation in recommending the 2700HGV.

[Den]

Welcome aboard Glen. We have been telling Mr Bean about these for months now. 

[Rik]

And what was Rowan Atkinson's response? 

[ReDGryphoN]

...SUPA

My record is 72 days  !!!



2700 vs the WORLD !!

ReD

MAABOF

[Den]

He just said "Don't tell me, tell Rik" 

[Rik]

Amazingly concise for my alter ego.

[Ann]

My good ol' netgear has been up for 31 days.. I'm now looking at that 72 day record but it seems a long way away..

[Ann]

Ack.. why did I say that.. just looked and it says 7 hours uptime.. so just about the time I was at work talking about it, it was blipping.  Maybe it thought I was taking it for granted.

[Rik]

Routers are like that, Ann. My Netgear became very well behaved when it heard I was going to get a 2700.