Originally Posted by
Keef
I had one of those Netgear DG834 wifi/modem/routers, and after six months of constant problems (and zero customer support from the Indian call centre), I gave up and bought a Draytek instead. It cost over twice as much, but it worked flawlessly out of the box and has done ever since (apart from a brief interlude when the BT connection went down).
I have had no issues with mine and have several friends who are equally satisfied. I guess you were just unlucky.