Posted: 9/22/2008 5:00 PM
Post subject: Routers!
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This was what I would have written in another thread, (where Bisqwit described the downtime) but it was too offtopic, and I think the question could do better with its own topic. Does router crashing happen that often? The wireless-router I have tends to need rebooting a lot, and I was hoping it was just *that* router, not something that happens frequently... This happens with both a wireless and wired connection, however the wired connection reboot is required much less frequently. I am looking into another router, preferably cheap, and was wondering if anyone had suggestions of what I should get. Preferably something sold in the US, so I don't have to pay much for shipping.[/url]
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Posted: 9/22/2008 7:22 PM
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alden
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Well if you get a cheap one, prepare for it to break... I have a basic NetGear one that's worked fine for me, hardly ever have to reset it. LinkSys ones have worked well for me as well, but I've hear bad things about both these brands from other people so maybe it's luck of the draw :)
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Posted: 9/23/2008 12:14 PM
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It's best if you can get wireless router capability right in your modem, but those solutions are also more expensive than cheap router+cheap wireless modem.
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Posted: 9/23/2008 7:10 PM
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Titus_Kwok
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I was having a lot of problems with my D-Link DI-524, crashing a lot, wireless not working, but I updated the firmware and it seems to be a lot more reliable now.
Posted: 9/24/2008 2:27 AM
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Older Netgear routers are very prone to poor memory management if everything is set to be logged and overheating if left in tight spaces. Similar things also have happened to D-Link and Linksys routers I've encountered in the past. Feeding massive amounts of connections through a general household router can sometimes crash them too. Edit1: It seems one of my Netgear routers in access point only mode just died randomly. I found it kind of funny how this happens mere days after I criticize older Netgear routers. Sigh...
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Posted: 9/24/2008 9:45 AM
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Oasiz
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Routers generally are underpowered and shitty. I have a linksys WRT54G, now the first revisions had a powerful cpu and more ram but this one is the v4 I think and boy does it suck. Sometimes it wants to completely lose all DNS information and requires a hard reboot, Webaccess gets cut occasionally or only gives half-finished pages. Another one that I hate is the modem that the ISP 'Welho' ships as an wlan modem. It's a Thomson TCW710 and does it suck even more? yes. I mean that you can crash this modem in just few minutes without even trying. To even get some stability I have to turn all nat/wlan features off and make it as simple as possible, but a good load will still cut the line after few minutes (even as far that the modem will completely reboot). Telewell EA-501, same thing. You can crash this one easily also. Not that the nat is unstable, but using nat also cut around 100kb/s (from around 1.9mb/s to 1.8mb/s) Really makes me want to do a small machine as an router with gigabit nics :D end of rant. But what I have heard from my friends that they had a nice experience with various buffalo routers and didn't get any crashing or slowdowns.
Posted: 9/24/2008 5:35 PM
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The config page of my router has "THOMSON ST585" written in big letters, so I guess that's what it is. It hasn't crashed or done anything annoying for months now. It just sits there quietly doing its job. Also has wireless built in, though I don't use it very much (I find it to be less good than just plain old cables).
Posted: 9/27/2008 7:00 AM
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Generally consumer grade routers are OK hardware + shitty firmware. Most often the reason a router crashes is the firmware screws up or the router overheats. Check dd-wrt to get better firmware, as far as the overheating is concerned keep the router cool and free of dust.
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