Over 5 hours listening to repetive music, over a week to wait for them to call me back to arrange an RMA, after they said in 30 minutes I would get a callback. I called them a few days later and they said in 5 miuntes they would call back.

Now this is the third time, (fourth to be precise, I had to hang up last time cause my folks needed the phone) and I am no longer interested in a RMA, I want my money back. I don't want thier product. Can I burn or smash it on National TV?

Anyways, If this doesn't work, I am calling Netgear headquarters and filing a complaint aginst thier support division. And requesting an immediate refund.

They just lost a customer. Since I do computer work and repair, I can now recoomend against Netgear products, thier support is useless. I think this product they have is gonna kill them, it's the buggiest around.

The Lightning Stalker

Performa 631CD, 7.5.5
LC III Mail Server
Q610
Q650

6400/180 40/1.6G/512k L2/enet/video-in/TV
7600/120 '604/233, 80/1.2G & 4G, 9.2.2 (Main Mac)

All together, if the new one fails, a product which I purchased for 79 CDN will have cost me over 3 weeks in downtime, over 100 dollars in expenses....not worth it.

This is thier failed attempt at taking a swipe at the consumer market. Best leave consumers to D-Link, they are better.

~The Penguin

So, in retrospect, I should not have gotten something from FutureShop with a mail in rebate. Oh well. This gives me a chance to give them hell.

it looks like you're going to let netgear try to send you ANOTHER router...

bad move.

if you would rather get a D-Link router... or move to a better class of router overall... do that... don't waste your time and funds with lemon after lemon of the same kind of router...

it really does bug me when someone talkes to me about iBooks....
well I got an iBook 4 years ago... and I'm onmy 5th one... apple keeps needing to send me new ones and now I hate iBooks, and apple because of it... but I'm not smart enough to just stop the loop...

basically stuff like that (any similarity to my described situation was not intended to look the same as someone real)

it'd probably be perfect for the importance you describe your work and stuff being...

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Plus they are tuff as nails and have a Cisco router is cooler than a Netgear router.

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"netgear" sopunds like a 'consumer' company

it does ethernet, too... my iMac is hooked in via ethernet and the win32 box is via a WLAN. Its great! site nicely on top of the dsl modem, too...

of course... soemthing about verizon having some special hardware or something....

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even the name is cool..

"netgear" sopunds like a 'consumer' company

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Basically this is the second product they are going to send. And that's fine I will give them one chance, and if it still does not work, I will escalate the problem. See, I am willing to give them one chance. Only one.

If it doesn't work, they will get a letter in the mail with full details on how a refund can be issued, and what costs I am claiming because of thier incompetence. Costs of shipping, costs of downtime, these must be factored in, and in any court of law (per reference) these facts are always considered when sums are calculated becuase that is what is ethically fair and within the business world demanded.

I'm not going to play high and mighty, but I don't have alot of money, I get $745.00 per month from the goverment because currently I am on disability, and this money has to go a long way, even though I stay at my parents to cut on costs (plus to look after them cause they have health problems) I still am not mad eof money, so each month I have about oh say 200 dollars I can have as free spending money, which usually is extra food stuff like that, so the odd big purchase I make is something I try and do with a sense of discernment. So I am not going to allow netgear to do this lots of times. One product replacement, and if that gives me as much issues as the last one it's already 3 strikes for them.

You did mention using your 840av as a router... that might be less expensive than the cisco... *if* you can't get the netgear and whatever...

I'll use the 8600 to give my father's machine internet.

/me faitns...

it's amazing to see what us MLAers will resort to in order to get things working

I'd trade it for something but I'm afraid shipping costs for the 840 are quite high since it's a very heavy machine.

When it's all done, having just the one 8600 will do for me. My room isn't big so I don't have room yet for the large machines I now have.

Plus to really get a good experience out of the 840Av I need to really have a second monitor hooked up to it. No room for that. And a switch costs too much. I juggle what machines I have on one desk, which is a trick in itself, and at times can lead to parts falling on the floor and making a mess.

I first fell in love with the 8600 when I was at a Kinko's store once and I was using the Macs there, and they had a 8600 (or was it a 9600) anyways it was the the same case design and the system was smooth as anything. I really like that smooth sexy tower.

I could get a switch, but the kind that are safe to use cost alot. (The older manual switches are cheap but they can damage monitors.)

Now on the other hand, if I got ahold of an old LCD screen from some other device and patched it in to the mac, it would be small enough to put on my wall or something and be really cool. Maybe if I got an old laptop LCD that they sell as replacements, find it's power requirements and pin arrangements and patch it in. That would be one cool hack! Then my problem is solved.

eBay always has cool stuff like this. I'm gonna post in the hacks area and see what advise folks can give.

But maybe I will find a solution. If I keep it I will for sure look into it further, as I can't get it out of my head.

It's cool looking, it'll work with your quadra and it'll mount on your wall!

I've always wanted to mount a screen for a computer to my wall!

why do you need 2 monitors for your quadra?

the real quadra experience is an apple monitor, a good keyboard and some ROCKING speakers... i have/had an AudioVision 14" that's an apple monitor with rocking speakers!

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I have had enough of NetgGear's crap.

Over 5 hours listening to repetive music, over a week to wait for them to call me back to arrange an RMA, after they said in 30 minutes I would get a callback. I called them a few days later and they said in 5 miuntes they would call back.

Now this is the third time, (fourth to be precise, I had to hang up last time cause my folks needed the phone) and I am no longer interested in a RMA, I want my money back. I don't want thier product. Can I burn or smash it on National TV?

Anyways, If this doesn't work, I am calling Netgear headquarters and filing a complaint aginst thier support division. And requesting an immediate refund.

They just lost a customer. Since I do computer work and repair, I can now recoomend against Netgear products, thier support is useless. I think this product they have is gonna kill them, it's the buggiest around.

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it really is sad how some people will keep pursuing the same thing forever... I'm not talking about things like how I still put up with school, or how I'm STILL trying to do my server project... I'm talking about how some people will put up with some companies crap forever... and not simply break out of the loop... that's just my opinion... I have lots of them and you shouldn't listen to alot of them anyway...

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Apple Studio Display REV. A.

It's cool looking, it'll work with your quadra and it'll mount on your wall!

I've always wanted to mount a screen for a computer to my wall!

why do you need 2 monitors for your quadra?

the real quadra experience is an apple monitor, a good keyboard and some ROCKING speakers... i have/had an AudioVision 14" that's an apple monitor with rocking speakers!

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