Ok dont get confused as i did as to what version you have, Your firmware version is not an indicator of which version of the router you have, if on the back it just says dg834g then you have a version 1 device, dont get confused by your firmware being say v3.01.29 or something thats just the version of the firmware and is independent of the model. This all gets very confusing the way Netgear does it, in reality V1’s have black aerials as an indicator, im upgrading to the DG834N hopefully there arent quintiple near identical versions of that ? Basically any hardware differentiation over time and they should change the product name such that it is recognisable, when sold they should be referred to as say a DG834GV3 or DG834GV4 etc and not collectively titled DG834G and then its left to the consumer to torture the seller to work out which version theyre selling. This could be done by an application of a sticker at the end of product title on the box etc. Netgears methodology couldnt get more confusing! could it ?
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