Stupid Router!!!

[Matthew Edmondson]

I had this problem, its not a speedtouch is it? It turned out the time on the router was an hour out, and the MS time server wasn't responding. So I found another time server, the router collected the correct time, and its never happened since.....

[ian dennis 0]

Last summer, I started getting the same problem with my home network. I was never sure whether it was the cable modem or router, so I contacted my cable provider who came out, couldn't find anything wrong but replaced the modem "just in case". A week went by but then the problem started up again. The router was old, so I bought a new one and installed it. A week went by, but then the problem came back. I replaced the cable between the modem and the router. A week went by, but then ... I then took my laptop chill mat, hooked it up to a USB hub off my desktop, and placed my cable modem and router on it. Since then, I've not had any more problems. My modem and router are on a shelf in a bookcase next to my desk, and they were overheating!

[Jason Christian]

I had a similar issue, replaced the router and been golden ever since.

[Johnno74]

Dpending on exactly what you are doing, then probably, yes. Drop me a line if you want any tips setting all up - john@johnsinclair.org Cheers

[asherw0202]

I was using this same access point with a netgear 10/100 load balancing router to a cable modem. I was seeing similar drop out issues. I recently removed the router/AP combination and went with a LinkSys simultaneous dual N with four GE ports. The drop outs went away and I simplified my configuration

[Dave Buhl]

I had a similar problem not long ago. The connection would be fine then I would drop the WAN side out of nowhere. The problem I ended up having was the signal was degraded by splitting the connection to serve the rest of the drops in the house. You have to make sure your drop that feeds the cable modem is nearest the incoming line in the split tree. This makes sure you have the best signal strenght and quality for your modem. Something else to consider..... Keep an eye on the weather when you have issues. If it only happens when the weather is wet or you are watering the lawn you may have a damaged main line that needs repair. Hope this helps. Dave

modified on Thursday, January 21, 2010 4:40 PM

[mimimal subset]

If you are downloading alot with bit torrents etc, you might try to throttle back the bandwidth that your download clients are using. They will lock up a router if they deplete the routers bandwidth. Most download clients have settings to limit upload and download bandwidth.

[SWFLADeveloper]

Try cleaning the dust out of it :)

[eric_tometa]

Make and Model might help. I have had problems like this myself - usually it's a bug in the firmware that causes it to crash after a long period of time, or when a certain sequence of packets goes through it. I've had routers that were fixed with a simple firmware update, so check to see if there is one available. And I've also had routers that had no fix, so I had to toss them in the trash and buy a different model. I've pretty much restricted myself to Cisco these days - they seem to have a more thorough Q/A department.

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[Lashdex]

If this a wireless router enabling the QOS engine could cause this problems. You LAN connection seem unaffected but the internet connection becomes unreliable.