Overlord, on 02 April 2012 - 03:22 PM, said:
The compatibility isn't the problem, the problem is that Thomson routers are cheap unreliable crap (I should know, I have one I'm too lazy to replace) that come free from your ISP. If you have a Netgear doing nothing, I'd highly recommend replacing it.
The reason I put it down to compatibility is because the Windows XP computer never ever has the problem that the Windows 7 computer does. Perhaps Thomson is just generally a poor brand, though. Besides, it should be compatible with Windows 7 anyway, it's been out more than long enough and the fact that it isn't working with that O.S. shows that Karoo really shouldn't be dishing these routers out for free. Also, the router often has annoying random down time issues for no apparent reason, which the Netgear router never had.
I much prefer the Netgear router in general as the router never failed us before. Come to think of it, I don't even know why we chose to use the Thomson router to begin with. I'll be switching to the Netgear one as soon as my mum has some spare time to ring Karoo and get us set up on it.
This post has been edited by Naean: 02 April 2012 - 04:00 PM
