router overload (if possible)

I have 4 systems hooked up to my Netgear M812 router (bought from
Bestbuy). The amount of traffic on going on this router is about 10 gig
per day, combined. There have been times when I lose my IP addr/dhcp
server on ther router. I have to manually restart the router by unplug,
restore to factory settings, then everything is fine.

Could my router be overloading/overworking?

Mag Gam wrote:

> I have 4 systems hooked up to my Netgear M812 router (bought from
> Bestbuy). The amount of traffic on going on this router is about 10 gig
> per day, combined. There have been times when I lose my IP addr/dhcp
> server on ther router. I have to manually restart the router by unplug,
> restore to factory settings, then everything is fine.
>
> Could my router be overloading/overworking?

It's more likely to be faulty firmware.

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"Mag Gam" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:1144691312.234736.304840
@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> I have 4 systems hooked up to my Netgear M812 router (bought from
> Bestbuy). The amount of traffic on going on this router is about 10 gig
> per day, combined. There have been times when I lose my IP addr/dhcp
> server on ther router. I have to manually restart the router by unplug,
> restore to factory settings, then everything is fine.
>
> Could my router be overloading/overworking?
>

10 GB per day isn't that much. Most likely faulty hardware, or a firmware
bug.

Klazmon

Mag Gam wrote:
> I have 4 systems hooked up to my Netgear M812 router (bought from
> Bestbuy). The amount of traffic on going on this router is about 10 gig
> per day, combined. There have been times when I lose my IP addr/dhcp
> server on ther router. I have to manually restart the router by unplug,
> restore to factory settings, then everything is fine.
>
> Could my router be overloading/overworking?
>

Might be logging. I had similar problem on a router where log would eat
all memory causing the system to crash.
Ciao
Giovanni
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