bardly
@ipns.com
|  reply to rdcinhou3
Re: Review of Netgear DGN2000 ADSL/Wireless-N modem/router
I've been trying to put a DGN2000 into a configuration occupied until recently by three different machines.
When the ancient router died, I decided to simplify while I modernize, and get this 3-in-1 device.
I was put on guard when several places in documents and web sites did not include the DGN2000.
I was especially disappointed that the CD which serves as a setup guide did not correspond to this hardware. The reset button has been replaced by a power switch: not a bad idea, but any old doc which refers to pushing that factory reset button where it was on older models need to be updated. When I first pushed the putative reset button, the lights went out... and I thought it was clever to go back to the state of being off, just like it was at the store. The diagrams do not exactly show the hardware as delivered.
There were both misdirections to other models and missing info.
For example, under troubleshooting, the manual addresses solid-green internet light, and blinking-green internet light, but not RED, which differs from OFF. I guessed that it meant something was wrong, which was easily verified by an apparent lack of connectivity.
After a trip to the library (to access info on the internet! 8-) and some time on the phone with my ISP's support guy,
I still have not gotten the rather common configuration of being a webserver working properly.
To be fair, once I got the ability to look out at the internet, I found a document (DGN2000_RM_04Aug08.pdf) from NetGear which addresses this configuration.
Happily, my ISP support guy was able to guess a lot, and even tell me what some of the TLAs, AWFLs, and BAs mean.
(Hint to NetGear: a glossary can give semantics to the jargon)
The library's computers can see my website's home page, but I cannot see it from here.
That's a cute-, but rather unacceptable configuration.
I want to be able to test my site. 8-)
As far as I know, I did not request this "feature".
Maybe this thing works fast, and maybe there's a way to get it to do so, but my productivity is 0 so far.
If you happen to have set up a webserver behind the DGN2000 successfully, I'd appreciate some hints. |
