[BC] Re: Netgear MR314 wireless functionality failures

[Xmitters@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/23/06 12:00:39 AM Central Daylight Time, 
broadcast-request at radiolists.net writes:

<< This may be a long-shot... have you checked the "wall wart"? Try swapping 
 just the power supply from the new unit, and see if the old one comes back. 
There 
 might be a flaw in the power supplies that is either messing-up the supply 
 voltage, or it is allowing a spike to reach a sensitive chip inside the unit.
 
 Willie... >>

Willie:

When an MR314 goes down, I replace the whole shootin' match. Wall wart, cat5 
interconnect cable, then download, install latest firmware. Once I am back up 
and running with new MR314, then I check each individual accessory, reload 
firmware, do a hardware reset and reload firmware again on the old one. If that 
does not wake up the wireless functionality, then the defective unit is 
cheerfully presented to the garbage man. Am I missing something? Is there anything 
else I should have done before throwing the unit away? Anything else I could try 
to revive wireless capability that you've done that I'm missing?

I've gone through my third or fourth MR314 wireless failure now and am 
convinced it is power failure related and not lightning induced failure. I'm running 
on my backup MR314 currently and It is not performing all that great (not as 
much wireless range as I'm used to) so I think this is a good window of 
opportunity to change manufacturers of cable/dsl router/ WAP units.

Jeff Glass