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Panic

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DG834GU router
« on: February 03, 2010, 01:24:11 AM »
I am using a DG834GU v5. It has a USB port on the back, the rest looks the same as the DG834G v5.

When I go to Router Upgrade in my modem/router settings it will not let me upgrade using the Netgear DG834Gv5 firmware.

I was wondering if anyone knows what would happen if I TFTP upload the Netgear firmware (DG834Gv5-V1.6.01.34.chk) to it as it powers on?
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Re: DG834GU router
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2010, 06:50:45 AM »
Good morning, Panic, and welcome to the forum.

I have split your question from the thread in which you posted as this is a slightly different topic.
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Re: DG834GU router
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2010, 07:22:23 AM »
I'm afraid that I've never heard of this model, and it doesn't seem to have been marketed in the UK. There are discussions about it in the whirlpool.au forum, but I couldn't locate any firmware for it. I suspect that if you try to force it to take the DG834Gv5 firmware you may well end up bricking it.
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Re: DG834GU router
« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2010, 09:41:21 AM »
Well if I try it and it does brick my modem can't I recover it with the "DG834 Recovery Utility" ?
Would I need the original firmware for my modem beforehand for the DG834 Recovery Utility to use?
My ISP's site was hosting it but the link has been dead for ~2 months now and Netgear don't appear to have it except on their Open Source Code for Programmers page but I'm not a programmer :'(       
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Re: DG834GU router
« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2010, 09:58:27 AM »
The recovery utility might work but I don't think there's any guarantee. I've never used it myself, but I think you would have to have a valid firmware file for it to upload to the router. Sorry, I'm not a lot of help, but I really don't know the answer.
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Re: DG834GU router
« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2010, 10:09:26 AM »
Alrighty then, thanks for the quick responses.
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Re: DG834GU router
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2010, 04:24:52 AM »
The Netgear DG834GU v5 is a modem built for OPTUS by Netgear this is why you will not find it on the netgear site.
The firmware is not 100% standard. as you will notice the IP address of the modem is 10.1.1.1
Their is a updated firmware on the Optus site. http://members.optuszoo.com.au/support/

Under Netgear DG834GSP V5
Click on 'Modem Version 5 Firmware'

Version is 6.00.28

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Re: DG834GU router
« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2010, 09:15:40 AM »
It is not even the right ext for a 834GT or any other normal router.

I would leave well alone unless you don't mind having a router for a door stop.
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