NetGear Wifi Router problem

We've been running a NetGear MR814v2 Wifi router at the house for
several months without any problems.

Last week I built a new home office with 4 computers in it. I put in a
10/100 switch which hooks into the router. I moved the Router and the
Cable modem into a closet. Everything worked fine for 4 or 5 days and
now the router locks up every 7 to 9 hours. All I have to do is pull
the power, wait a couple of seconds and plug the power back in and I'm
good for another 7 to 9 hours.

I have already upgraded to the latest firmware.

The only thing I can think of is "overheating". We keep the house at 70
degrees, but because two computers, the switch and the router are all in
that closet it's about 10 degrees higher (or 80 degrees). However, if
it was overheating, I would think that simply removing power for a
couple of seconds wouldn't fix the problem. I'd have to let it cool
down for several minutes to an hour before trying to use it again.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

--Dave

On Tue, 4 May 2004 08:55:23 -0400, Dave Navarro <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>We've been running a NetGear MR814v2 Wifi router at the house for
>several months without any problems.
>
>Last week I built a new home office with 4 computers in it. I put in a
>10/100 switch which hooks into the router. I moved the Router and the
>Cable modem into a closet. Everything worked fine for 4 or 5 days and
>now the router locks up every 7 to 9 hours. All I have to do is pull
>the power, wait a couple of seconds and plug the power back in and I'm
>good for another 7 to 9 hours.
>
>I have already upgraded to the latest firmware.
>
>The only thing I can think of is "overheating". We keep the house at 70
>degrees, but because two computers, the switch and the router are all in
>that closet it's about 10 degrees higher (or 80 degrees). However, if
>it was overheating, I would think that simply removing power for a
>couple of seconds wouldn't fix the problem. I'd have to let it cool
>down for several minutes to an hour before trying to use it again.
>
>Any ideas?
>
Overheating could still be the problem, it could have a switch that
turns the unit off when it reaches a certain temp and then with the
machine off the temp goes back down and when you unplug and replug the
wire it resets the sensor. Try leaving the door open for a couple of
days and see if the thing keeps running. If it does then you may need
to either cut vent holes in the door or move the router outside the
closet.
The vent holes may have to combined with a fan so do that as a last
resort. You could put a small fan near the top of the door and as long
as you have clearance under the door, the air will circulate.
If the machine still cuts off then you have a different problem.

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>,
(E-Mail Removed) says...
> On Tue, 4 May 2004 08:55:23 -0400, Dave Navarro <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >We've been running a NetGear MR814v2 Wifi router at the house for
> >several months without any problems.
> >
> >Last week I built a new home office with 4 computers in it. I put in a
> >10/100 switch which hooks into the router. I moved the Router and the
> >Cable modem into a closet. Everything worked fine for 4 or 5 days and
> >now the router locks up every 7 to 9 hours. All I have to do is pull
> >the power, wait a couple of seconds and plug the power back in and I'm
> >good for another 7 to 9 hours.
> >
> >I have already upgraded to the latest firmware.
> >
> >The only thing I can think of is "overheating". We keep the house at 70
> >degrees, but because two computers, the switch and the router are all in
> >that closet it's about 10 degrees higher (or 80 degrees). However, if
> >it was overheating, I would think that simply removing power for a
> >couple of seconds wouldn't fix the problem. I'd have to let it cool
> >down for several minutes to an hour before trying to use it again.
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> Overheating could still be the problem, it could have a switch that
> turns the unit off when it reaches a certain temp and then with the
> machine off the temp goes back down and when you unplug and replug the
> wire it resets the sensor. Try leaving the door open for a couple of
> days and see if the thing keeps running. If it does then you may need
> to either cut vent holes in the door or move the router outside the
> closet.
> The vent holes may have to combined with a fan so do that as a last
> resort. You could put a small fan near the top of the door and as long
> as you have clearance under the door, the air will circulate.
> If the machine still cuts off then you have a different problem.

I moved the unit outside of the closet onto a shelf above my computer
and the problem seemed to get worse, not better. It was cutting out
every 3 to 4 hours. And the temp in the room is 70 degrees. In fact, I
chose that particular shelf because it's right below the air
conditioning vent.

After 3 outages in 10 hours, I've given up on it. I have a spare DLink
WiFi-g router that I use in Hotels when I go on business trips and I put
that on instead. So far, it's running perfectly with no outages in the
past 12 hours.

--Dave