Can a bad router contribute to a line dropping ?

As in can it be a symptom of a router on the way out ?

also - whats a very good adsl router with wireless ?

bit confused if some if the belkins are propriatary with their
clever wireless features

tx

mar wrote:
> As in can it be a symptom of a router on the way out ?
>
> also - whats a very good adsl router with wireless ?
>
> bit confused if some if the belkins are propriatary with their
> clever wireless features
>
> tx

Belkins are shite, by all accounts some of the newer ones arent as bad, but
they have a very very high failure rate.

Stick with a netgear, more reliable and stable on long lines...


Gaz

Gaz wrote:
> mar wrote:
>> As in can it be a symptom of a router on the way out ?
>>
>> also - whats a very good adsl router with wireless ?
>>
>> bit confused if some if the belkins are propriatary with their
>> clever wireless features
>>
>> tx
>
> Belkins are shite, by all accounts some of the newer ones arent as bad, but
> they have a very very high failure rate.
>
> Stick with a netgear, more reliable and stable on long lines...
>
>
> Gaz
>
>
I wish my 'shite' Belkin would fail, then I could justify going for a
Netgear one.

You'd think after 4 years it might have gone tits up, but no, it's still
doing a job.

Steve Olive wrote:
> Gaz wrote:
>> mar wrote:
>>> As in can it be a symptom of a router on the way out ?
>>>
>>> also - whats a very good adsl router with wireless ?
>>>
>>> bit confused if some if the belkins are propriatary with their
>>> clever wireless features
>>>
>>> tx
>>
>> Belkins are shite, by all accounts some of the newer ones arent as bad,
>> but
>> they have a very very high failure rate.
>>
>> Stick with a netgear, more reliable and stable on long lines...
>>
>>
>> Gaz
>>
>>
> I wish my 'shite' Belkin would fail, then I could justify going for a
> Netgear one.
>
> You'd think after 4 years it might have gone tits up, but no, it's still
> doing a job.

And some of the nuclear power reactors in the old USSR didnt explode, but
that doesnt make them safe and reliable.

Gaz

Gaz wrote:

>
> Stick with a netgear, more reliable and stable on long lines...
>
>
> Gaz
>
>

I've just changed from Linksys to Netgear. Constantly having to re-boot
the router to correct DNS issues even with latest firmware and the
WPN311 wireless adaptors cause two PC's to randomly re-boot (driver
problems are discussed on Netgear's support forum) I wish I had replaced
the faulty power adaptor for the Linksys router because it worked
flawlessly for three years before the power adaptor gave out.

Martyn

Count de Monet wrote:

> Gaz wrote:
> >
> > Stick with a netgear, more reliable and stable on long lines...
>
> I've just changed from Linksys to Netgear. Constantly having to re-boot
> the router to correct DNS issues even with latest firmware and the
> WPN311 wireless adaptors cause two PC's to randomly re-boot (driver
> problems are discussed on Netgear's support forum) I wish I had replaced
> the faulty power adaptor for the Linksys router because it worked
> flawlessly for three years before the power adaptor gave out.

Is anything stopping you from replacing the power supply now ?

Graham

Eeyore wrote:
>
> Count de Monet wrote:
>
>> Gaz wrote:
>>> Stick with a netgear, more reliable and stable on long lines...
>> I've just changed from Linksys to Netgear. Constantly having to re-boot
>> the router to correct DNS issues even with latest firmware and the
>> WPN311 wireless adaptors cause two PC's to randomly re-boot (driver
>> problems are discussed on Netgear's support forum) I wish I had replaced
>> the faulty power adaptor for the Linksys router because it worked
>> flawlessly for three years before the power adaptor gave out.
>
> Is anything stopping you from replacing the power supply now ?
>
> Graham
>

Yes, all of the new gear I've purchased

Count wrote on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:10:49 +0000:

> Gaz wrote:
>
>> Stick with a netgear, more reliable and stable on long lines...
>>
>> Gaz
> I've just changed from Linksys to Netgear. Constantly having to re-boot
> the router to correct DNS issues even with latest firmware and the WPN311
> wireless adaptors cause two PC's to randomly re-boot (driver problems are
> discussed on Netgear's support forum) I wish I had replaced the faulty
> power adaptor for the Linksys router because it worked flawlessly for
> three years before the power adaptor gave out.

Another "Netgear with DNS issues" post I see. Have you tried entering the
ISP DNS server IPs manually in the config? It passes them to the PCs then,
so they bypass the router DNS proxy and since I've done this on both of my
Netgears I haven't had a single DNS issue.

Dan

Spack wrote:
> Count wrote on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:10:49 +0000:
>
>> Gaz wrote:
>>
>>> Stick with a netgear, more reliable and stable on long lines...
>>>
>>> Gaz
>> I've just changed from Linksys to Netgear. Constantly having to
>> re-boot the router to correct DNS issues even with latest firmware
>> and the WPN311 wireless adaptors cause two PC's to randomly re-boot
>> (driver problems are discussed on Netgear's support forum) I wish I
>> had replaced the faulty power adaptor for the Linksys router because
>> it worked flawlessly for three years before the power adaptor gave
>> out.
>
> Another "Netgear with DNS issues" post I see. Have you tried entering
> the ISP DNS server IPs manually in the config? It passes them to the
> PCs then, so they bypass the router DNS proxy and since I've done
> this on both of my Netgears I haven't had a single DNS issue.
>

Why not program them directly into each PC (plus a few extra to make sure),
works even better...

kraftee wrote on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:05:15 -0000:

> Spack wrote:
>> Count wrote on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 08:10:49 +0000:
>>
>>> Gaz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stick with a netgear, more reliable and stable on long lines...
>>>>
>>>> Gaz
>>> I've just changed from Linksys to Netgear. Constantly having to
>>> re-boot the router to correct DNS issues even with latest firmware
>>> and the WPN311 wireless adaptors cause two PC's to randomly re-boot
>>> (driver problems are discussed on Netgear's support forum) I wish I
>>> had replaced the faulty power adaptor for the Linksys router because
>>> it worked flawlessly for three years before the power adaptor gave
>>> out.
>>
>> Another "Netgear with DNS issues" post I see. Have you tried entering
>> the ISP DNS server IPs manually in the config? It passes them to the
>> PCs then, so they bypass the router DNS proxy and since I've done
>> this on both of my Netgears I haven't had a single DNS issue.
>>
> Why not program them directly into each PC (plus a few extra to make
> sure), works even better...

Until you need to change them, and then have to update each PC. By having
the router pass them out via DHCP it simplifies the admin, and gives the
same result.

Dan