[SOLVED] Netgear DG834G slowdown and blocks 50% of websites randomly

outermon · 01-28-2008, 04:03 PM

Just yesterday I set up my DG834G Netgear router, and all was working well. I was getting incredible download speeds (compared to my previous Westell 327W). I even set up two hamachi networks for filesharing and itunes sharing with other people. The file sharing was incredibly fast, and itunes streamed flawlessly.

Then, a little under two hours ago, something odd happened. My internet browsing started lagging severely, so I decided I'd better exit uTorrent, at least temporarily. I still had severe lag, and some webpages would now load at all. I decided that possibly it was the hamachi, so i closed that and went to Network Connections and disabled the hamachi network. Still no good. Confused, I decided to take a look at the router config.

I have a WEP encryption, but I know those are pretty easy to hack with KisMet/KisMac, so I figured someone could be in my wireless network. I checked the attached devices and saw that the only attached devices were my computer and my HP Wireless Printer. Then, just to be sure, since I am not 100% used to this new router, i checked my Wireless Station Access List to see what devices are on (though I do not have the limiter enabled). Still, only my HP Printer Showed up on the wireless (since my computer is connected via Ethernet).

Then, desperate to make this work, I did a port forward to port 80. That was probably silly of me, as far as I know, people don't forward port 80. Still desperate, I tried using my Mac Mini's wireless card to connect to my wireless network on the router, which still had the same exact issue.

Finally. I gave up on my own knowledge, and decided I should ask for help, which led me here. Fortunately, Google and this site are two of the random websites I can access.

I have not yet updated my router's firmware, and am going to look into that as soon as I post this.

outermon · 01-28-2008, 04:16 PM

C:\Documents and Settings\User>nbtstat -n

Hamachi:
Node IpAddress: [5.147.61.127] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
2GIG-WINDOWS <00> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
2GIG-WINDOWS <20> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered
WORKGROUP <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.47] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
2GIG-WINDOWS <00> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
2GIG-WINDOWS <20> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered
WORKGROUP <1D> UNIQUE Registered
..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered

Bluetooth Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

C:\Documents and Settings\User>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2gig-windows
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Hamachi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-93-3D-7F
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.147.61.127
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 28, 2008 6:32:56 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:32:56 PM

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Netw
ork)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-F2-A0-94-E6

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-CB-A8-54-10
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.47
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
192.168.0.2

I was reading other posts and figured this info might help.

outermon · 01-28-2008, 04:51 PM

Ok, I've upgraded the firmware to version V2.10.22. MSN, which would not load before, now loads, while Yahoo, still will not load... *sigh*

outermon · 01-28-2008, 07:01 PM

Never mind. I got it working... somehow. Not sure how really. Frequently restarting the computer and router somehow did it.

01-28-2008, 04:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
outermon Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 53 OS: Windows XP SP2	[SOLVED] Netgear DG834G slowdown and blocks 50% of websites randomly Just yesterday I set up my DG834G Netgear router, and all was working well. I was getting incredible download speeds (compared to my previous Westell 327W). I even set up two hamachi networks for filesharing and itunes sharing with other people. The file sharing was incredibly fast, and itunes streamed flawlessly. Then, a little under two hours ago, something odd happened. My internet browsing started lagging severely, so I decided I'd better exit uTorrent, at least temporarily. I still had severe lag, and some webpages would now load at all. I decided that possibly it was the hamachi, so i closed that and went to Network Connections and disabled the hamachi network. Still no good. Confused, I decided to take a look at the router config. I have a WEP encryption, but I know those are pretty easy to hack with KisMet/KisMac, so I figured someone could be in my wireless network. I checked the attached devices and saw that the only attached devices were my computer and my HP Wireless Printer. Then, just to be sure, since I am not 100% used to this new router, i checked my Wireless Station Access List to see what devices are on (though I do not have the limiter enabled). Still, only my HP Printer Showed up on the wireless (since my computer is connected via Ethernet). Then, desperate to make this work, I did a port forward to port 80. That was probably silly of me, as far as I know, people don't forward port 80. Still desperate, I tried using my Mac Mini's wireless card to connect to my wireless network on the router, which still had the same exact issue. Finally. I gave up on my own knowledge, and decided I should ask for help, which led me here. Fortunately, Google and this site are two of the random websites I can access. I have not yet updated my router's firmware, and am going to look into that as soon as I post this.

01-28-2008, 04:16 PM	#2 (permalink)
outermon Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 53 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: Netgear DG834G slowdown and blocks 50% of websites randomly C:\Documents and Settings\User>nbtstat -n Hamachi: Node IpAddress: [5.147.61.127] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- 2GIG-WINDOWS <00> UNIQUE Registered WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered 2GIG-WINDOWS <20> UNIQUE Registered WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered WORKGROUP <1D> UNIQUE Registered ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered Local Area Connection: Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.47] Scope Id: [] NetBIOS Local Name Table Name Type Status --------------------------------------------- 2GIG-WINDOWS <00> UNIQUE Registered WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered 2GIG-WINDOWS <20> UNIQUE Registered WORKGROUP <1E> GROUP Registered WORKGROUP <1D> UNIQUE Registered ..__MSBROWSE__.<01> GROUP Registered Bluetooth Network Connection: Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: [] No names in cache C:\Documents and Settings\User>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : 2gig-windows Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Hamachi: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Hamachi Network Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 7A-79-05-93-3D-7F Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.147.61.127 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.0.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 5.0.0.1 Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, January 28, 2008 6:32:56 PM Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:32:56 PM Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Netw ork) Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-17-F2-A0-94-E6 Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-CB-A8-54-10 Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.47 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 I was reading other posts and figured this info might help.

01-28-2008, 04:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
outermon Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 53 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: Netgear DG834G slowdown and blocks 50% of websites randomly Ok, I've upgraded the firmware to version V2.10.22. MSN, which would not load before, now loads, while Yahoo, still will not load... sigh

01-28-2008, 07:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
outermon Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 53 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: Netgear DG834G slowdown and blocks 50% of websites randomly Never mind. I got it working... somehow. Not sure how really. Frequently restarting the computer and router somehow did it.