Wrighty 
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
 Location: Howden 
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Looking to upgrade my router to a netgear item, is there a 'best' budget one? Iv set them up for other people before but theyve bought them, dg834n's etc but didnt really want to spend £80   only things its gotta be is half decent wireless, and il tie it down with mac address' for the rents new laptop...
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Richie 
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
 Location: Newport, Wales 
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Any of the Sky DG834's will do, just flash em with DGTeam firmware and away you go  
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Wrighty 
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
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why do they need flashing?
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James_DT 
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Registered: 9th Apr 04
 Location: Cambridgeshire 
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Because the Sky ones come with Sky's own firmware, which locks the ADSL user name and password among other things. Just flash them with the standard Netgear firmware or the DGTeam firmware and you'll get the full function back. Can pick them up nice and cheap on eBay. 
 
edit: If it's a DG834GT, don't use the latest Netgear firmware, use one a couple of versions old or the DGTeam one. 
 
[Edited on 29-09-2009 by James_DT]
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_Allan_ 
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Registered: 24th Mar 04
 
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I have a new Sky one here, boxed and been tested. Yours for £10 posted. I will even flash it for you with the DGTeam software.
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Nismo 
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
 
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I have an old SKY one flashed.
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