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I was told by Best Buy that for the price this was a good router for gaming on. It also is advertised as that on Netgear's website as well as in reviews on websites. I'm starting to believe I was lie...
JohnDoe1111 wrote:
My only concern is now I have outdated firmware and am afraid I'm vulnerable to attacks.
It is reasonable to want to keep up with security improvements, me too, but it might be worth putting this into perspective.
Many "security fixes" are for things that are uncovered in research labs and that rarely appear "in the wild".
If it is a balance between having a router that works and one that protects me from rare security loopholes, I know which I'd opt for.
Unfortunately, Netgear rarely says what a security fix does. There is a good reason for being silent on this, revealing this information would tell hackers the holes that remain open.
I'm not into third party firmware – never had the need to go down that road – but you may find that someone has come up with a better alternative to whatever Netgear has cooked up.
By the way, if you spend any time looking at forums that support other makes of router you will find depressingly similar messages. After all, they all use the same small range of network chips. The main difference is that Netgear has a more active community than most, with many more unpaid volunteers trying to provide genuine help for fellow users.
So a little update. I HAVE been reading the forums and as a last ditch effort (I hate to say this works) but I downgraded firmware all the way to 1.0.3.24 and everything seems to be working on my pc. I can stream Twitch without stuttering and Steam's downloading like it should. My only concern is now I have outdated firmware and am afraid I'm vulnerable to attacks. Help would still be appreciated and advice is always welcome. I will rock this for now until someone replies to my post and hopefully has a better solution. I will state however while downloading streaming buffers every once in a while (not too big of a deal however before this there was no problem when doing both simultaneously). I do stand by my previous statements though. I will never own another product from Netgear and plan on filing against there companies bad policies and blatant lies in their advertising. Hopefully they shape up or close their doors as I'm seeing this trend with a lot of top name companies.
Still within the return window do it and get something from a different vendor.
Unfortunately Netgear engineers are out wandering in a wilderness in Tiawan and coming up with version after version of less then stellar firmware.
Netgear used to be my favorite and recommended routers, no more.
myersw wrote:
Still within the return window do it and get something from a different vendor.
Unfortunately Netgear engineers are out wandering in a wilderness in Tiawan and coming up with version after version of less then stellar firmware.
Netgear used to be my favorite and recommended routers, no more.
Health warning to JohnDoe1111 , this advice comes from someone who regularly states that they do not allow Netgear hardware on their network. They hang around here so that they can bang on about this.
You might like to bear that in mind when deciding how much weight to attach to their advice on how to use your own Netgear stuff.
michaelkenward wrote:
myersw wrote:
Still within the return window do it and get something from a different vendor.
Unfortunately Netgear engineers are out wandering in a wilderness in Tiawan and coming up with version after version of less then stellar firmware.
Netgear used to be my favorite and recommended routers, no more.
Health warning to JohnDoe1111 , this advice comes from someone who regularly states that they do not allow Netgear hardware on their network. They hang around here so that they can bang on about this.
You might like to bear that in mind when deciding how much weight to attach to their advice on how to use your own Netgear stuff.
He also is helpful to Netgear users based on his kudos and problems solved numbers.
He does assist folks not just blindly suggest going elsewhere, as you well know. .