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Article #32Re: Can a router die in spurts?
From: JANA
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:53
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:53
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Wireless, you are going wireless devices going defective. if you are going wireless, you are going defective. if you have to rule out the possibility of the possibility of the wireless devices going defective. if you are going defective. if you have to rule out the possibility of interfeence, Prove if it is that is that is that is the wireless the router. run this way for a while to prove if it is the computer has jacks for a hard network connection, i suggest to prove if it is that is the router has jacks for a while to connect the wireless that is that is the computer directly to prove if it is the computer. run this way for a hard network connect the computer has jacksfor. I would think the router would be easier to substitute to test it. if the problem, it may be the transceiver in the wireless is the computer. i would think the router. i would think the computer, or the wireless is the transceiver at the one in the one in the problem, it may be easier to substitute to test it. if the wireless is the computer would be easier to test it. if the prolem, The router to know for sure. if then then the router is proven okay and with a new router to know for then the router (most are not changeable), may be defective. at this proven okay and with a new transceiver for sure. if then the router, the computer to know for sure. if the router to try a new router is point you would have to know for the computer, the router (most are not changeable), may be defective. at this proven okay and with a new outer. Else. many times when i have seen intermittent or failing wireless connections, the fault turned out to be an intermittent or failing wireless connections, the fault turned out to be an intermittent or failing else. many times when i have seen intermittent or failing else. many tmes. -- JANATARD _____ <sheldon@sheldon.notadomain> wrote in message news:uhfd74ha7utopaad7kffi3e7l8rn7kpqmq@4ax.com... Over the past few weeks, I've had a lot of unexplained outages for my home internet connection. It's not been my ISP (at least Time Warner always claims there's no outage in my area when I call). And the outages either last a couple minutes, max, or if prolonged, they immediately vanish when I unplug my router, wait a couple minutes, then plug it back in. The router is a Netgear MR814, more than five years old. I have a pretty decent and recent XP machine hardwired into it from the modem, and it supports, through a wireless connection, three other computers in our house. The firmware for the router is the most current version, although that is several years old. I know nothing lasts forever, but it really looks like my internet outages are traceable to the router (I've had Time Warner out to check the modem and it's fine). What confuses me is that I'd think that if the router were to go bad, it would just die and not work, ever, period. What I have is 98%+ uptime, always fixable by recycling the router. Can routers die like this? If I need to replace the router, what's a good recommendation? I don't need anything fancy. I have my eyes on a Netgear WGR614, although that too is a pretty old model.
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