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Replacing an FVS338 with FVS318Gv2 doesn't work - FVS318G not responsive
Here's the scoop. I had been using an FVS338 which was not letting me get the full bandwidth (100mb down) from my ISP. I wanted to keep everything Netgear (have 2 GS116s) so replaced it with a FVS318...
I had tried changing the MAC address of the new router to the one of the older, working router and it didn't help with connectivity. I changed it back to the factory default. makes no difference. I've since tried a TP-Link router and it works perfectly. Just plug and play. The old FVS338 works fine. Right now I'm using the D-Link DIR-655 with no issues. I've run it by techs at my ISP and they say the issue is definitely in the router. I've had a "network guy" I use look at both 318s and he thinks it's the firmware. I'd really like to use the 318G since it fits perfectly in the Leviton media panel. The D-Link is sort of cobbled in and the door won't close. That's more secondary. I've had good experiences over the years with Netgear in terms of stability and security and don't want to "break rank". Honestly at this point I fell like it's a lost cause. Ironically, I'm an IT Manager for a big law firm in NYC. We just took over another floor in the builiding and were going to use Netgear products for wifi like we've done on the other 2 floors. At this point I cant take a chance on rolling out a solution that may or may not just suddently cease functioning.
As you know, these products can be quite nice when they work correctly.
But that being said, sometimes it is a royal pain to get them to that state. Most of the times when I've run into issues with these units (I have 3 318Ns), I will downgrade/upgrade firmware until I find a 'feature set' (that's what I like to call the firmwares) that fits my application. This has worked pretty well for me. I'd give it a shot.
The other thing that I've experience with my 318s is that they top out at about 63 wan to lan. Now, mine may be an older hardware revision so that might be the case, but even when smallnetbuilder reviewed them, they performed the same. In other words, even if you get the 318 stable, you may still not get all your bandwidth.
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