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KodiaX987 · **My 7th router has officially taken a shit. -** 05-20-2009, 10:34 PM

1 - Linksys Wireless - Couldn't wireless its way through a gyproc wall.
2 - Linksys 4-port Wired - Randomly froze and refused any and all connections until it was unplugged, left alone for 30 seconds, re-plugged and turned on.
3 - D-Link 4-port w/ Wireless - Crashed and self-rebooted at such a breakneck speed that I was banned for join-flooding a chatroom at 2:00 AM while I was asleep. I later learned that the router did other various stupid shit like causing interference to itself and instantly crashing if its log exceeded 20 pages.
4 - Installed by ISP - The tech never managed to get it to work. After 2 hours of waiting, I gave up and told him we'd stick with the old personal router & modem combination.
5 - Homemade rig running m0n0wall router software - Both NICs crapped out within a week.
6 - Inexq 4-port Wired - Attempting to change the virtual server settings makes the router instantly crash.
7 - Efficient Networks Speedstream 6300 - When plugged in router+modem setup, unable to make UPnP function. When directly plugged to the Internet, cannot go over 2 days of continuous uptime without completely losing its WAN connection and forcing me to reboot it.

Taking suggestions. You are forbidden from suggesting any brand I have used previously.

Leviathan · 05-20-2009, 10:52 PM

This reminds me that I can't wait until my router fails just like every year around this time too, and then have to wait for Verizon to send me one.

Try Actiontec.

Tetsaru · 05-20-2009, 11:21 PM

Hmm, my dad always complains at me because I have our cable modem and a Linksys router in my room (I've got my PC and gaming consoles to attach to it), and he keeps his P.O.S. laptop on the other side of the house in the living room, and says he always gets a horrible signal because my room door is always closed and "blocks the signal." I moved the router into their bedroom to try to improve the signal a bit, but he still gripes that his signal sucks. I don't see why he doesn't just move his laptop into their bedroom... I guess he thinks it'd keep my mom awake since he tends to be on it during the night when she's sleeping. =/

Seeing someone else post about Linksys not having a good signal strength caught my attention because of this problem. My dad had this wtf idea that we should mount the router on the FUCKING CEILING outside my door to help increase the strength... Yeah sure, let's have all the wires and shit that's already strewn on the floor HANGING FROM THE CEILING where our cats can bat at it and tear it down. That's a brilliant idea... >_>

Any suggestions on how I could fix this without spending a fortune or driving my dad even more crazy?? @_@

Anduril · 05-20-2009, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Tetsaru

Any suggestions on how I could fix this without spending a fortune or driving my dad even more crazy?? @_@

Get a smaller house. >.>
Yeah I have a Linksys router too, and just closing the door to the garage cuts out half the signal to my dad's computer out back, and it is literally just like 20 feet away from the router itself. I, too, would like to know of a better router.

Zarode · 05-20-2009, 11:41 PM

Buffalo. Cannot go wrong with Buffalo. Had my router since the end of time, cheapest one available. Still kicking a rad signal.

Chuck_Norris · 05-20-2009, 11:42 PM

Here's a tip for improving signal strength. You'll need a cereal bowl, and some tin foil.
Step one: Take the bowl and cover it in the tin foil. Make sure it goes down to the bottom.
Step two: Put it next to your console/laptop/wifi enabled toaster.
The bowl should work like a satellite dish and catch extra waves, improving the connectivity.

Unit D79 · 05-21-2009, 01:18 AM

i just use a little wireless motorola modem that time warner sent us. no problems, and im a 60 feet away from it with my labtop

drizzle · 05-21-2009, 04:49 AM

The only thing all these failures have in common... is you.

Solstis · 08:51 AM

Belkin routers are as good as dead on arrival.

D-Link will give you about half a year. You won't enjoy that year.

Linksys will get flakey after a year, fix itself for a few months, and repeat.

Suggestions? Could try an Apple router. The Express model has problems with overheating, though. Never tried the other one (too expensive).

HUnewearl_Meira · 05-21-2009, 07:20 PM

As you've discovered, it's actually quite a normal procedure for routers to fail, from time to time. For some reason, they come with peculiar flaws, such as running out of RAM, after the log has gotten too large.

If you want one that you can set up in your home, and it'll be guaranteed to work without ever having to fuck with it again, then, http://www.amazon.com/Cisco-Integrated-Services-CISCO1811-K9/dp/B0009VPWZS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1242951114&sr=1-4.

Alternatively, you can build a new machine from reliable old junk, with multiple NIC cards, and install Debian on that. That'll work as a rather stable router, as well. You can stick it in a closet, and run it headless.