However, after opening up the one I just got (just curious really) I hooked it up to the PSU and started testing stuff.
First I removed the wireless card, which is just a pcmcia device btw, since I read on a diff blog that by disabling WiFi the problem could be resolved. Ofcourse a bit of a ridiculous solution for a router which was bought for the wireless N draft hehe.
So, after trying out various things I decided to go and check circuitry and touch components.
Well, I haven't had all too much education in that field but almost in the middle of the PCB is a small component that looks like a condensator but isn't ;) It's labeled MEC and it was a bit tilted. I put it more upright and suddenly I saw the power led go from red to green. The LAN lights that were burning all 4 suddenly went to one and I received an IP on my eth0 :D
So, hopefully this helps anyone who still uses one of these or have it lying on an attic somewhere thinking it was a goner.
Myself, I still am very used to NetGear firmware. But getting more and more comfortable with LinkSys these days.
As long as it runs I'm gonna keep my DG834N.
Peace out!
AcTiVaTe
EDIT: 03-01-2011
Unfortunately I have been lying... when reassembling the device I did not put the PCMCIA wireless network card correctly back into the socket. So all my attempts to get my WDS working with my other DG834N were to no avail.
When I opened up the device and reattached the PCMCIA card (the device was still running) it powered off.
It would not power on anymore. So I went on to remove the PCMCIA card.
This has atleast left me with a decent ADSL2+ modem.
So, sorry for the post and I'll make sure to test stuff a bit longer before I blog about it.
