WGT624 Rebooting

I've had this beast for around a week or so now, pretty much
got it sorted now, but it has one annoying "feature" I don't
like, it randomly reboots, for no apparent reason.
Sometimes it'll go for hours, almost days, then it'll
reboot.
It's running firmware v4.04, anyone else come across this
problem?.

P.

PJB - I have also been experiencing this problem so you're not alone.
I had netgear replace my original unit under an RMA hoping it was a
h/w fault but it still continues to happen with the new unit.

If you know of others that have this problem then let me know and we
can start to beat up netgear over it.

Cheers

BCE


"PJB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I've had this beast for around a week or so now, pretty much
> got it sorted now, but it has one annoying "feature" I don't
> like, it randomly reboots, for no apparent reason.
> Sometimes it'll go for hours, almost days, then it'll
> reboot.
> It's running firmware v4.04, anyone else come across this
> problem?.
>
> P.

"BCE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed) om...
> PJB - I have also been experiencing this problem so you're
not alone.
> I had netgear replace my original unit under an RMA hoping
it was a
> h/w fault but it still continues to happen with the new
unit.
>
> If you know of others that have this problem then let me
know and we
> can start to beat up netgear over it.

Check out Google, there's LOADSA folk having problems with
the 624. I've consigned mine to acting purely as an Access
Point, ie no WAN connection, and it hasn't rebooted in days.
Maybe there's some truth in it being DHCP/ISP related after
all, who knows?.

P.

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:30:37 +0100, "PJB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"BCE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed). com...
>> PJB - I have also been experiencing this problem so you're
>not alone.
>> I had netgear replace my original unit under an RMA hoping
>it was a
>> h/w fault but it still continues to happen with the new
>unit.
>>
>> If you know of others that have this problem then let me
>know and we
>> can start to beat up netgear over it.
>
>Check out Google, there's LOADSA folk having problems with
>the 624. I've consigned mine to acting purely as an Access
>Point, ie no WAN connection, and it hasn't rebooted in days.
>Maybe there's some truth in it being DHCP/ISP related after
>all, who knows?.
>
Looks like mileage is varying with this one. Got a 624 myself, been
connected with it over 2 months now and was Ok until the power went
off. Just checked it again, been up now 19 days 23hrs...
Using v4.04. Two wired connections and one wireless. Although I would
mention not long (couple of days) after I first started using the box
I came home to find the router doing nothing. Assumed it was a power
problem. Switched it off then back on. Not long after that I went to
ver 4.04. No problems (touch wood for luck) since.

regards
Graham

Mine still continues to do it even with the latest firmware. DynDNS
black listed me because evertime the unit reset it tried to update my
DynDNS record and I exceeded their update limits.

I think it may be a DHCP thing but I have looked at the Lease
optained/expires info and these don't tally with the reboots.

I now have all PC's connected to a switch - The WGT624 now only has a
WAN connection and an link to the switch. It still reboots but I
don't notice it so much.

I'd really like NetGear to nail this one.

Brian

Graham <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 19:30:37 +0100, "PJB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >
> >"BCE" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:(E-Mail Removed). com...
> >> PJB - I have also been experiencing this problem so you're
> not alone.
> >> I had netgear replace my original unit under an RMA hoping
> it was a
> >> h/w fault but it still continues to happen with the new
> unit.
> >>
> >> If you know of others that have this problem then let me
> know and we
> >> can start to beat up netgear over it.
> >
> >Check out Google, there's LOADSA folk having problems with
> >the 624. I've consigned mine to acting purely as an Access
> >Point, ie no WAN connection, and it hasn't rebooted in days.
> >Maybe there's some truth in it being DHCP/ISP related after
> >all, who knows?.
> >
> Looks like mileage is varying with this one. Got a 624 myself, been
> connected with it over 2 months now and was Ok until the power went
> off. Just checked it again, been up now 19 days 23hrs...
> Using v4.04. Two wired connections and one wireless. Although I would
> mention not long (couple of days) after I first started using the box
> I came home to find the router doing nothing. Assumed it was a power
> problem. Switched it off then back on. Not long after that I went to
> ver 4.04. No problems (touch wood for luck) since.
>
> regards
> Graham

(E-Mail Removed) (BCE) wrote in
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> Mine still continues to do it even with the latest firmware. DynDNS
> black listed me because evertime the unit reset it tried to update my
> DynDNS record and I exceeded their update limits.

How does your ISP assign ip addresses? Mine (a cable company) does it by
MAC address. I leave my dyndns entry on static, and only update it
manually if I have to. As long as my clone my linksys MAC to my PC MAC, I
can switch back and forth between them and never worry about getting a new
IP. This has worked well and I'm still using the same IP for over two
years. I can force a new one if I want by changing the MAC of the PC or
Linksys. I've thought about doing auto-updates with dyndns but I've never
needed to.

As a backup "just in case" I think the most I would want is to post the
Linksys external IP to a web page or FTP, but I haven't figured out a way
to do that yet. Lots of apps will post the PC's IP (which never changes
because it's an internal network) but I don't know of any that will post
the NAT router's external to an FTP, as opposed to updating it with DynDNS.
That would be preferable, because you can still find your system if the IP
changes, but you don't have to worry about DynDNS black listing you for too
many updates.

I've disabled DynDNS on the switch and have a Software based client
running on one of my PCs (it's called DirectUpdate) which is far more
reliable and does the job properly - It also allows for more than one
'URL/Domain' and more than one Dynamic DNS provider were as the
Netgear switch is a one to one.

My ISP (Telewest) do use MAC address filtering to ensure your're a
'valid' user and I've found that this isn't a problem in itself - I
don't keep getting new IP addresses on each 'reboot' - The lease is
about 48Hrs and on renewal I usually get the same address. My last IP
DHCP request was about 24 hours ago with 23Hrs left to run however my
Netgear will reboot either several times a day or will go days without
a 'self imposed' reboot.

V Strange and Netgear seem to deny all knowledge.

Also, I have the V1 version of the WGT624 and I think it's firmware is
out of step with the WGT624V2.

B

"Mr. Grinch" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<Xns94DB8BE7CE1E6grinchhatespamyucksh@24.71.2 23.159>...
> (E-Mail Removed) (BCE) wrote in
> news:(E-Mail Removed) om:
>
> > Mine still continues to do it even with the latest firmware. DynDNS
> > black listed me because evertime the unit reset it tried to update my
> > DynDNS record and I exceeded their update limits.
>
> How does your ISP assign ip addresses? Mine (a cable company) does it by
> MAC address. I leave my dyndns entry on static, and only update it
> manually if I have to. As long as my clone my linksys MAC to my PC MAC, I
> can switch back and forth between them and never worry about getting a new
> IP. This has worked well and I'm still using the same IP for over two
> years. I can force a new one if I want by changing the MAC of the PC or
> Linksys. I've thought about doing auto-updates with dyndns but I've never
> needed to.
>
> As a backup "just in case" I think the most I would want is to post the
> Linksys external IP to a web page or FTP, but I haven't figured out a way
> to do that yet. Lots of apps will post the PC's IP (which never changes
> because it's an internal network) but I don't know of any that will post
> the NAT router's external to an FTP, as opposed to updating it with DynDNS.
> That would be preferable, because you can still find your system if the IP
> changes, but you don't have to worry about DynDNS black listing you for too
> many updates.