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    Sky Broadband’s Netgear Router Problems?

    September 25th, 2006 byPhilip Nicosia

    I’m starting to get really wound up now with the Sky Broadband provided Netgear DG834GT. I don’t know whether the one I’ve got is faulty or this is the norm but the wireless range on it is rubbish.

    I’m struggling to get a connection less than 5 meters away from the router. Anyone else having the same problem?


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    • Posted in Internet, Rants & Raves

    7 Comments Add your own

    • 1. John  |  September 28th, 2006 at 9:11 am

      Im getting EXACTLY the same problem!!

      I can take my laptop out of the same room in my house with a loss of connection.

      I called ‘tech services’ whos best advice was ‘try moving the box to a better location?’

      RUBBISH…. I never had such issues with Telewest Broadband, who I wish I was still with.

    • 2. Philip Nicosia  |  September 28th, 2006 at 4:54 pm

      I don’t have a problem with Sky Broadband as such, just the router they have supplied although someone has cracked how you can use your own now.

    • 3. Steve c  |  October 4th, 2006 at 4:34 pm

      The netgear router definitely does have a limted transmission distance, mine is about 8 metres in a bungalow.
      My bigger problem is the continual dnserror.htm form sky and that I can never log on, has naybody resolved this?

    • 4. john  |  December 30th, 2006 at 9:07 pm

      i cant get my laptop to register at all weather this is to do with the router i dont no anyone any ideas????????

    • 5. Lee  |  January 18th, 2007 at 6:29 pm

      I can connect to the rooter with my laptop if i sit in on the rooter.
      Actually using the net is my problem, mine keeps disconnecting :@ and they are as bad as AOL to cancel the account!!!!!

    • 6. tony  |  February 13th, 2007 at 3:07 pm

      My Sky connection keeps dropping out and stays disconnected for any amount of time ie - 5 seconds to 1 hour anyone know why?

    • 7. tim  |  April 10th, 2007 at 10:00 am

      Hi all , the sky routers are crap, wireless range is hopeless and connection drops out continually, i have to unplug and reboot every hour or so. i`ve got into the router, admin and password is sky but you can`t update the firmware on the netgear website, can anyone provide the settings for using a linksys srx router as i`ve tried but couldn`t figure it out yet. linksys is great. had many routers but only ever had to reboot my linksys once in over a year and now i cant use it!argghhh!!!!!!
      thanks

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