<astanko@gwdg.de> wrote in message
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>I don't say Linksys is better than Netgear or D-Link. They just build
> routers which allow open source firmware to be installed and make you
> independent of Linksys that way. I also had a non-open-source Linksys
> VPN router which did not even support static DHCP. I gave it back
> immediately. But the WRT54G/GS are my favorites at the moment.
> Regarding the Netgear WG511v2: I use the older German software from the
> CD because the 2.3.x has a faulty installer and won't install on my
> German WinXP (It wants to set some properties for a group "Guests"
> which does not exist on my windows and the install is being canceled).
> So my driver version is 3.1.0.19. The config utility also shows it. The
> config ultility version is 3.1.16.300. BTW, do you know if the Firmware
> version becomes updated by the software?
Not sure. Usually people talk about firmware, they are talking about what is
on the WiFi card and not so much about the driver. To get the version
information of the driver used is very simple. You can get it from the
Network Connection.

> Which driver version does your device manager show for the Netgear
> driver? The bundled software version is not that important I think if
I was using the 2.3.20 beta which contains the driver 3.1.1.7 firmware
version 302.51.40.3113

You see NetGear's versioning and naming convention really sucks. On their
support web site, they were calling their Firmware 2.3.0 while their v2
wizard is showing 302.51.40.3113.

A bunch of amateur!! I guess when they round up software from Tom, Dick &
Harry and then sell it to poor customers like us, they have no control of
their versioning.

> you know the versions of the single components.
Yes I do not care much about their software, I only want a decent driver
that works.

One thing that intrigue me with you assertion that the problem was caused by
the router. Now if it were the router, why would it cause the 511v2 card's
driver to prevent even the IPConfig /release *con* in some instance.

If the router is not reponding, it should not affect the driver on computer
side. At times it is so stubborn that affects my reboot - the only way to
resurrect the junk. In this day and age, having to reboot an XP to solve a
problem usually indicating driver problem. The most unfortunate thing is
they did not write anything into the event log to help to diagnose the
problem.

If NetGear is monitoring this and if you want someone to find your trouble,
please let me know where to get the diagnostic tool.

While responding to this message on a different computer, I set the fping
going on the 511v2 card with the above driver and after 185 second, the
connection is lost. IpConfig /all shows all addresses are intact.

Windows' Wireless configuration recognise that the media appears to have
been disconnected and then attempted to repair the connection, on my
command. But it went on and on and could not even be cancelled.

NetGear is getting worse I guess.
>
> Anguel
>