abaddonxi
16th November 2007, 10:24 PM
I've got problem; I reckon V*IP should be a swear word.
I picked up a Netgear TA612V V*IP router for almost nothing a year ago. Plugged it in and found out it was locked to Engin. No worries, I'll give it a go.
A year of less-than-landline-quality phonecalls. I don't make many calls with it since the quality is so average. I make a few calls to Engin tech support with not much success. After a year I decide to give it a real go. I spend about five hours on hold and on the phone with no joy at the end.
So I tell them to take a hike. Then I call them back and say pretty-please will you unlock the router before you cut me off?
I think I've spent five days, five days, mucking about with everything I can think of. After a couple of days I got the sound quality to something that made me happy, but I'm still getting dropouts.
And now the Internet isn't working quite the way it was before, I can still get the forum, but no way Ebay.
ADSL2+ near the exchange, TA612v, DG834v2, wireless A access point, MR314 wireless B, couple of switches.
As you can imagine, rebooting everything is a bit of a pain.
Can't get Ebay on multiple computers. I've reset all routers to factory defaults, upgraded firmware, etc. Now I'm running with the V*IP router out of the loop and reset the 834 since, still no Ebay, and other sites still reluctant.
Done all the tests, which say that I should be able to run seven high quality V*IP lines from my connection.
Any suggestions? Other than throwing the damn thing out the window.
Cheers
Simon
I picked up a Netgear TA612V V*IP router for almost nothing a year ago. Plugged it in and found out it was locked to Engin. No worries, I'll give it a go.
A year of less-than-landline-quality phonecalls. I don't make many calls with it since the quality is so average. I make a few calls to Engin tech support with not much success. After a year I decide to give it a real go. I spend about five hours on hold and on the phone with no joy at the end.
So I tell them to take a hike. Then I call them back and say pretty-please will you unlock the router before you cut me off?
I think I've spent five days, five days, mucking about with everything I can think of. After a couple of days I got the sound quality to something that made me happy, but I'm still getting dropouts.
And now the Internet isn't working quite the way it was before, I can still get the forum, but no way Ebay.
ADSL2+ near the exchange, TA612v, DG834v2, wireless A access point, MR314 wireless B, couple of switches.
As you can imagine, rebooting everything is a bit of a pain.
Can't get Ebay on multiple computers. I've reset all routers to factory defaults, upgraded firmware, etc. Now I'm running with the V*IP router out of the loop and reset the 834 since, still no Ebay, and other sites still reluctant.
Done all the tests, which say that I should be able to run seven high quality V*IP lines from my connection.
Any suggestions? Other than throwing the damn thing out the window.
Cheers
Simon