Netgear DG834 DSL modem/router/firewall

nageov3t

Lifer
Feb 18, 2004
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I'm moving into a new apartment in a few weeks, and since I heard from a friend that cable internet is slow in that area, I'm going to be switching over to DSL (Verizon).

Just looking for some inbiased opinions about this product: http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=33-122-024&depa=0

I'm going to have 3 computers sharing the internet connection, but since they're all going to be in the same room, I don't want to go wireless (too many problems trying to get wireless nics to work with Linux has kinda soured me on the whole thing). Space and availible outlets are key, though, which is why I want an all-in-one type of box.

If you've had bad experiences or know of better products, feel free to recomend away :) move-in day isn't until July 1st, and it will probably be at least a week or so after that before we get Verizon to setup the phone lines and everything, so I still have some time to decide.
 

Cheetah8799

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Apr 12, 2001
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I use the Netgear MR814v2 router, and have been very happy with it. It's only 802.11b wireless, but it sound like you won't use the wireless part much anyway. I think I saw a deal for $20 in the Hot Deals forum for this model. Check it out.

I've since moved my Netgear to wireless only for my laptop and replaced it with a standalone firewall box which is running Smoothwall. Much more complete firewall tool, and has decent bandwidth usage graphs, and an active community of users to get help from.