Weird netgear router problems.... advice for a new router?

Ok so my roommates and I have a messed up router, it's been giving us problems for a while but now it seems to not work at all. I tried resetting to factory settings, but now the ';wireless'; light won't even come on. Here's the weird thing though..........somehow my laptop still catches the netgear network....and connects to it, but internet won't load, the network still appears even when I turn the router off altogether.





I haven't called the netgear people yet, I'll do that tomorrow so maybe they'll be of help, but in the meantime can any of you potentially shed some light on the subject?





The bottom line is probably that we need a new router, so can anyone advise a decent router we can get that isn't too expensive? preferably something that has a quality of service feature to it as well.





Thanks in advanceWeird netgear router problems.... advice for a new router?
Sounds like a typical power surge. Netgears, Linksys, Dlink, etc. Behave this way sometimes. The internet may work but some of those have internal DNS fowarders and such that may not be working. You could try typing an IP address in the browser to see it you get a site to come up.





As for a new router, all the names above are cheap, inexpensive and work ok for the most part. Good routers cost hundreds if not thousands. Linksys for example can be had for less then $40-$50 dollars, and typically last a year or so in my experience.





Justin


www.crossloop.com/justinoliverWeird netgear router problems.... advice for a new router?
well about your laptop catching the netgear network your probably connecting to ur neighbors network and since ur probably 2 houses away its slow and ive always been a fan of the linksys routers so...get a new router (linksys) and your problems should be solved hope i helped