Re: [PLUG] Notgear

On 10/15/07, jeff <jeffv@op.net> wrote:

I am the unfortunate owner of a Netgear WGT624 wireless router.
Netgear needs to make a few slight alterations to the packaging to
closer reflect reality.

NETGEAR WGT624 Wireless Router and Switch

Get blazing-fast downloads!
(assuming it's not over 80 degrees inside or outside)

Achieve 108Mbps connections!
(with one specific wireless card only)

Ready to plug and play!
(if you want to do so reliably, you had better bore a 2" hole in the
case to install a cooling fan, warranty or not)

Checkbox to notify you of new firmware!
(I hope it makes you feel good, because it doesn't do anything.  You
still have to check the Netgear website for new firmware.)

Reliable Operation!
(until it overheats)

If you have any problems, just reboot!
(randomly would be fine, just like the connections)

Maybe if they had made the above modifications, I'd have had a better
idea of what I was purchasing.  [It should state- `WARNING.. lark's
vomit' on the front of the box.  (but our sales would plummet!)]

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Bored for more than three minutes, I decided to see how Xen operates.
(I know, I know, take your medicine on time every day.)

Ubuntu is kind enough to have Xen in the repositories, so I installed
what it suggested.  After a reboot, I eagerly went to the menus to start
the process (whatever the process was).

Some Xen text came up before the normal bootup verbiage, so that was a
good sign.  But alas, there was no sign of it in any of the menus
(sometimes when bored, I like to guess which menu a new program will
show up in).

I hate to say this, but this is one area where Windows stands out.  If I
were installing a program there, it would have a definite starting
point.  It might crash the computer, but it will have a menu item.

"Oh bloody hell," I thought..... "Now I'm going to have to [gasp] RTFM."
It turned out to be relatively simple, even for me.  When building the
first image, I allowed it to take its time.  Eventually I got the
impression that it wasn't going to work, perhaps by the way the caps and
numlock LEDs were blinking at me in unison.  And the fact that the
laptop was frozen solid upon reboot.

Somewhat less than impressed or encouraged, I removed the program.
Only to find that I had no network connectivity.

Thirty frustrating minutes spread out over six frustrating hours yielded
no improvement in connection status.  At this point I checked the
wireless, which failed to connect via http from a desktop machine.

One wireless reboot later, I had all the network connectivity I had
earlier today.  It was NOT hot outside or inside today, so I had no
reason to suspect overheating.  Perhaps it just felt lonely and needed
the attention...

This %&$#ing thing is going to be replaced.
I wonder if it'll let me send out this mess..  CLICK

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