WN802T is it dead???

I've RMA'd my dead unit on March 13, 2008.
Today, March 27, I received a retailbox containing a brandnew WN802T serial# 1UA281LPxxxxx.

I'm curious how much time it will take before this one dies as well.

Mine died tonight. I bought it November 1, 2007. Serial is 1KV574L90008B.

I opened a case online. Hopefully, I'll get better service than the last time I tried to return something to Netgear (It took over 30 days).

My dead unit had serial# 1KW16CL30017E.

Hopefully any unit with a serial# later than 1KWetc, such as my current one 1UAetc are not any longer faulty. I'll wait and see!

If you post about a brick, inform us about the serial# of the brick and the replacement.

Hey DutchBBQ, and fredk:

I would contact NETGEAR Support for a RMA

when you receive a RMA your replacement should have a serial number starting with: 1UA


NETGEAR SUPPORT USA: 1-888-638-4327

For other countries click: Contacting NETGEAR

Orbital wrote:
when you receive a RMA your replacement should have a serial number starting with: 1UA

Interesting! Do you mean that all WN802T productionseries prior to 1UA etc were faulty? Please explain!

BTW, the RMA replacement I've received has a serial# starting with 1UA. Does it mean that I've received a unit which last as intended.......many, many years?

I just recieved my replacement unit. The serial starts with 1UB... The whole process or returning and receiving was fairly quick this time around.

I hate to sound like a Netgear basher but I stopped buying Netgear equipment at work. As a matter of fact, I banned my staff from purchasing the company's products. Harsh, right? Well, consider this: 5 Netgears dead within 12 months. Not a single 3Com or Cisco didn't died on me. Before you blame power or the administrator here's all the information:

Hardware:

4 Netgear WN802T dead
1 Netgear router dead (I don't remember the model, but it was a recent one)

Installation sites:

3 x Work (WAP)
1 x Home (WAP)
1 x Customer site (router)

I think I have one more Netgear WN802T around in the building but I'm pretty sure I'll find it soon when my users complain that wireless isn't working. It's going to die for sure. I mean with such a bad quality record I can't believe that Netgear equipment is worth investing in.

I just remembered: my Gigabit Netgear switch died at home not that long ago. Sure, it got replaced but I expect my equipment to work. Is that too much?

Here's another link about this: http://www.m3rlin.org/wordpress/netgear-quality-gone/

Hi Everybody !
The router and access points are green light of death after 18 months, open the case and full the wireless card out, they come back alive without wireless, put it back on all of them brick again. Where I can find the Marvel wireless card part # PY306200049 inside of WNR854T router and WN802T access point .
Thanks.

Hi Everybody !
I don't know where I can get the replacement for mini PCI wireless card inside of the WNR854T router and WN802T access point, if anybody know where, Please tell me .
I appreciated.Thanks.