Sky / Netgear router oddity ?

Wonder if anyone else has had this problem...

If my router is up for a week or so, it stops accepting the admin/sky
login to access or view the settings / stats.

Rebooting the router returns things back to normal.

Normal internet access is seemingly unaffected when this happens.

Colin Wilson wrote:
> Wonder if anyone else has had this problem...
>
> If my router is up for a week or so, it stops accepting the
> admin/sky login to access or view the settings / stats.
>
> Rebooting the router returns things back to normal.
>
> Normal internet access is seemingly unaffected when this happens.

If it's doing it's job then leave it alone......if it's not broke
don't fix it

The only time you need to access the router is when you do have a
problem, so I'd say as long as you are aware of this quirk don't
worry, but if you really are then try re-flashing the firmware on your
router by using the update file on your SKY CD.

> > If my router is up for a week or so, it stops accepting the
> > admin/sky login to access or view the settings / stats.
> The only time you need to access the router is when you do have a
> problem, so I'd say as long as you are aware of this quirk don't
> worry

My noise margins vary wildly though (~9.x to 4.x) and I need to keep a
regular check on them to know when to reboot the damn thing - only, I
can't reboot via the web interface if it refuses to let me in to it
:-}

Colin Wilson wrote:
> Wonder if anyone else has had this problem...
>
> If my router is up for a week or so, it stops accepting the admin/sky
> login to access or view the settings / stats.

Router uptime here is coming up on 17 days and admin login still works.

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> Wonder if anyone else has had this problem...
>
> If my router is up for a week or so, it stops accepting the admin/sky
> login to access or view the settings / stats.
>
> Rebooting the router returns things back to normal.
>
> Normal internet access is seemingly unaffected when this happens.

Welcome to Netgear.
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Regards
Jon

Jon wrote:
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> the world to hear...
>> Wonder if anyone else has had this problem...
>>
>> If my router is up for a week or so, it stops accepting the admin/sky
>> login to access or view the settings / stats.
>>
>> Rebooting the router returns things back to normal.
>>
>> Normal internet access is seemingly unaffected when this happens.
>
> Welcome to Netgear.

Which is better then any other router branded for home use. Name me a more
stable adsl router for under a £100?

Gaz

Colin Wilson wrote:
> Wonder if anyone else has had this problem...
>
> If my router is up for a week or so, it stops accepting the admin/sky
> login to access or view the settings / stats.
>
> Rebooting the router returns things back to normal.
>
> Normal internet access is seemingly unaffected when this happens.

Some people have found that turning of uPNP improves stability.

Gaz

> Which is better then any other router branded for home use. Name me a more
> stable adsl router for under a £100?

The unbranded ebuyer cheapo I bought several years ago, which didn't
fall over once, or need reflashing.

> Some people have found that turning of uPNP improves stability.

I'd already done that upon installation as i'd read similar reports.

Colin Wilson wrote:
>>> If my router is up for a week or so, it stops accepting the
>>> admin/sky login to access or view the settings / stats.
>> The only time you need to access the router is when you do have a
>> problem, so I'd say as long as you are aware of this quirk don't
>> worry
>
> My noise margins vary wildly though (~9.x to 4.x) and I need to
> keep a regular check on them to know when to reboot the damn thing
> - only, I can't reboot via the web interface if it refuses to let
> me in to it :-}

Know how that one feels, but it varies over the 24 hours not 7 days so
if you get to reboot it at the correct time of day (& there aren't any
glitches/noise spikes) then it should remain constant & if it does
fall over the next day all you've got to do is train it down the next
day. Even if you get stale sessions, these will normally occur over a
24 hour period so at no time are we talking about a period of 24 -48
hours but not 7 days.

Have you tried to reflash the firmware from the SKY disk yet?