Digging this old thread up again...

Last night, two of the ports on my Netgear went belly-up (packet drop rates from 30-50%), while the rest of the thing is working fine. (Much poking around before I could reach this diagnosis...)

Netgear claims a one year warranty, so in theory I could send this thing off to be fixed. Any idea if I've got a hope in hell of getting Netgear to properly service the thing? I've still got the original box. Receipt is long gone, but I bought it at Fry's and I've got the credit card statement.

Should I take it back to Fry's, mail it off to Netgear (and do what in the meanwhile?), or just punt and buy something new?