I had 2 834B routers before. It just died on me after 2-3 months of use. That maybe the reasons why they're selling at this price.

SmashNGrab said:PhDeez said:SmashNGrab said:i have this router. is anyone having trouble with a pc trying forever to acquire an ip address from this router?

If you try unencrypted [no WEP/WPA/etc] does it work?

yes it does, but i need encryption for my downloading needs (if you know what i mean).

U need to set fixed IP address on your pC.

Went to pickup the 834B this morning and they said they "couldnt 'find' it". Then
they said they "never had it" (inventory showed 2 in stock) and the system must
be in error. Finally they showed me the 614NAR's in brown cardboard boxes. After
about 1/2 hour I went around and FOUND ONE without their help! I paid my way out
and smiled all the way home!

Now gotta set it up this week. Thanks OP!

Picked up two. Flashed them with dd-wrt. Set up one as main router, the other in client bridge mode for my htpc. Tested downloading over 700mb data with bittorrent. No problem so far. Thanks OP.

lovegooddeal said:I had 2 834B routers before. It just died on me after 2-3 months of use. That maybe the reasons why they're selling at this price.

Note the 30-day warranty. Those who buy this might want to run it on the stock firmware for 30 days just to see if they can get any problems to arise, or the router to die. I'm assuming once you put dd-wrt on it you void the warranty.

kentchristopher said:lovegooddeal said:I had 2 834B routers before. It just died on me after 2-3 months of use. That maybe the reasons why they're selling at this price.

Note the 30-day warranty. Those who buy this might want to run it on the stock firmware for 30 days just to see if they can get any problems to arise, or the router to die. I'm assuming once you put dd-wrt on it you void the warranty.

Why would you void your warranty by putting different firmware on it? You could just flash "official" netgear firmware back on it if you have problems.

PhDeez said:kentchristopher said:lovegooddeal said:I had 2 834B routers before. It just died on me after 2-3 months of use. That maybe the reasons why they're selling at this price.

Note the 30-day warranty. Those who buy this might want to run it on the stock firmware for 30 days just to see if they can get any problems to arise, or the router to die. I'm assuming once you put dd-wrt on it you void the warranty.

Why would you void your warranty by putting different firmware on it? You could just flash "official" netgear firmware back on it if you have problems.

Your statement makes the assumption that when the router "fails" you will still be able to access and use the load firmware section.

I have the WNR834B version 1 and it's been running smoothly for over 2 years now using the stock firmware. I tried to flash it with DD-WRT using the tftp method in Vista but the cmd prompted me that "tftp" is not a valid command? Anyone knows of another way of flashing it using a different method? It's so much easier using the GUI method when upgrading Netgear's own firmwares or restoring back to previous settings. Overall, I love this router for it's stability and long range. I would get another one without hesitation.

I just got the two WNR834B routers that I ordered

Bridged the two routers wirelessly to connect my PS3 and it works great. The connection is so much faster then the 54g bridge I was using before.

famewolf said:inspiron8xxx said:it is a dd-wrt compatible N-router, but wont be a good one. it seems current dd-wrt version is kinda buggy for this router.

as to running dd-wrt, I would recommend Linksys and buffalo since dd-wrt has been developed and improved for these 2 brands for longs, especially, linksys.


I wonder if any of yall actually read the dd-wrt page posted in the first couple of posts for this router.....

"The Netgear WNR834Bv2 is now fully supported as of 3rd July 2008. Thanks to Eko, Brainslayer, etc. for their superb work in getting this router supported.

These (slightly modified) instructions were first posted by sparkie HERE. Read that complete thread for the hairy details on getting this device fully supported, if you are so interested or suffer from insomnia.

Step 1: Download the mini version of DD-WRT version 24, build 9856, new driver in the dot CHK format HERE."

" * DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FLASH ANY BUILDS EARLIER THAN 9856 DATED 3RD JULY 2008, or you risk bricking your router. Some of the v24 release candidate 7s worked with minor bugs. But the first final v24 bricked the router for some users as a result of a problem with JFFS.

* NEWD = New Drivers; VINT = Vintage"


Summary: Fully supported with latest firmware.

Just received mine about an hour ago. Uploaded DD-WRT build 9856 then 10431. Works great so far as a wireless bridge! Tough to beat at $25.