[mdlug] Router is giving up on routing let alone working

[Robert Adkins]

They just can't take the heat?

Their constantly sending/receiving signals and... I think they are designed
to fail, to be honest.

-Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org 
> [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of R. Kannan
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:36 PM
> To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
> Subject: Re: [mdlug] Router is giving up on routing let alone working
> 
> 
> I am also seeing similar failures with my nearly 4 year-old 
> LinkSys (model WRT54?) router. My laptops which connect 
> through wifi lose connection to internet once in while and 
> the only solution is to power cycle the router. How do these 
> devices 'go bad'?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Robert Adkins <radkins at impelind.com>
> >Sent: Nov 3, 2009 12:29 PM
> >To: 'MDLUG's Main discussion list' <mdlug at mdlug.org>
> >Subject: [mdlug] Router is giving up on routing let alone working
> >
> >I have a Linksys Wi-Fi router that has served me well for about... 4 
> >years or so and now, it's giving up the ghost.
> >
> >I had to reboot it a few times last night in order to make any 
> >networking function last night. For the last few weeks, I have been 
> >receiving some extremely high latency, which I had been 
> attributing to the Cable Internet.
> >Now, I'm thinking it was the router.
> >
> >So, any suggestions of good, quality hardware that's 
> available on the 
> >shelf of any local computer shops?
> >
> >This will be my 3rd router in roughly 7 or so years. Do they 
> just build 
> >crap consumer level routers or have I just been unlucky?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Rob
> >
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