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Netgear FVS124G Firewall Router b. 2005 d. 2010. After a 5 and a half year battle with functionality, the Netgear passed away unexpectedly (for it) in the side driveway this afternoon. The FVS124G was born in China but raised in Sacramento. It underwent 5 firmware upgrades during the course of its life that failed to resolve terminal lack of stability. Until the end it was prone to an unexplained general malaise, increasing sluggishness between reboots and frequent restarts. Fortunately it was easily power cycled due to a loosely fitting power plug that cut out with even the slightest contact (and sometimes no contact at all).
It was preceded in death by a Linksys router of questionable pedigree that died, conveniently, just as log files started to indicate a real need for a proper firewall. It is survived by a hastily aquired Cisco RVS4000 that was pressed into service on short notice this afternoon.
Friends remember the FVS124G was temperamental at birth and frequently collapsed under the load of several torrents. The first firmware upgrade partially resolved that issue but it wasn’t until fourth firmware upgrade that the FVS124G stopped needing monthly power cycles. However, broken bandwidth usage logging, the inability to filter sites by time, the horrible UI and a host of other issues were never addressed by firmware updates. In fact, since the date of the last firmware posted was late 2007, it appeared that all of these ailments had received the dreaded “feature” upgrade. The attempted addition of an 8 port Netgear gigbit router to the mix this afternoon induced a condition in the FVS124G that resulted in less than 5 minutes of network connectivity per power cycle. After removing the offending hardware from the mix and restoring network connectivity for the 14th time via power cycle and reboot, it was decided the condition was terminal and it was time to put the FVS124G down with an acute application of blunt force trauma
The owner has been seeking solace with another piece of hardware that has been in the family for a number of years. Unlike the Netgear, this one has been a reliable companion and has never failed on the job. In fact it has bluntly provided much needed catharsis for the misdeeds of several previous pieces of ailing hardware in years past. It is visible at the rear of the picture.
There will be no service inasmuch as it’s only going to require a few seconds to scoop it up and toss it in the garbage dumpster.
RIP you POS.
It was preceded in death by a Linksys router of questionable pedigree that died, conveniently, just as log files started to indicate a real need for a proper firewall. It is survived by a hastily aquired Cisco RVS4000 that was pressed into service on short notice this afternoon.
Friends remember the FVS124G was temperamental at birth and frequently collapsed under the load of several torrents. The first firmware upgrade partially resolved that issue but it wasn’t until fourth firmware upgrade that the FVS124G stopped needing monthly power cycles. However, broken bandwidth usage logging, the inability to filter sites by time, the horrible UI and a host of other issues were never addressed by firmware updates. In fact, since the date of the last firmware posted was late 2007, it appeared that all of these ailments had received the dreaded “feature” upgrade. The attempted addition of an 8 port Netgear gigbit router to the mix this afternoon induced a condition in the FVS124G that resulted in less than 5 minutes of network connectivity per power cycle. After removing the offending hardware from the mix and restoring network connectivity for the 14th time via power cycle and reboot, it was decided the condition was terminal and it was time to put the FVS124G down with an acute application of blunt force trauma
The owner has been seeking solace with another piece of hardware that has been in the family for a number of years. Unlike the Netgear, this one has been a reliable companion and has never failed on the job. In fact it has bluntly provided much needed catharsis for the misdeeds of several previous pieces of ailing hardware in years past. It is visible at the rear of the picture.
There will be no service inasmuch as it’s only going to require a few seconds to scoop it up and toss it in the garbage dumpster.
RIP you POS.
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