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Having to unplug my wrt54g way too often

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jhh979s

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My Linksys WRT54G router works great, when its working. But at least twice a week it stops working and I have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it working again. Is this common, is there any way around this, is there another router any one could suggest that doesnt have this problem?
 
I have version 8. I looked into that but from what I have read you can only put a really stripped down version of dd-wrt on the version 8
 
Originally posted by: jhh979s
I have version 8. I looked into that but from what I have read you can only put a really stripped down version of dd-wrt on the version 8
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I have a v8.2 router (same as the v8) and installed the "Micro" version. It might be 'stripped down', but it still has tons more features than the stock firmware. It's been much stabler for me. Plus, the extra filtering and QoS options made it worth it.
 
I've had clients with various (mostly pre-V5) Linksys WGRT54 routers leave them running without a reboot for a year at a time. Most of these had ten or more client PCs. But they were seldom, if ever, using the wireless section of the router.
 
Everything except one PC is wired, this inlcudes a PS3, 360, a PC, and occasionally a laptop. I know rebooting 2 times a week doesnt seem like that big of a deal but when you come home and expect some kind of download to be finished only to find out your router went down shortly after you left is kind of a pain in the ass. When you pay good money for something you should not have these kinds of problems. Maybe I'll give ddwrt a try, just worried I might brick it in the process.
 
Meh most wireless router gear is cr*p, linksys often moreso than others. The best you can do is update the firmware if possible, see if you can run DD-WRT or similar stably on it instead, or buy a better unit (e.g. that supports DD-WRT well).

I almost lost a job once when a linksys router crashed and took down the servers that were installed behind it. I said "Hey! It's the linksys! Rebooting it fixed everything!", but others were skeptical at first.

If you want more reliability without replacing / reflashing the router, get an X-10 or timer based power switch and power cycle the thing once or twice a day automatically (or when needed based on network failure).

DSL / cable modems are often about as bad.

 
Originally posted by: RebateMonger
I've had clients with various (mostly pre-V5) Linksys WGRT54 routers leave them running without a reboot for a year at a time. Most of these had ten or more client PCs. But they were seldom, if ever, using the wireless section of the router.
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and i had dozens of people who had this same problem. a *majority* of the time, updating the firmware would fix it. not always, but quite often.
 
Originally posted by: RebateMonger
I've had clients with various (mostly pre-V5) Linksys WGRT54 routers leave them running without a reboot for a year at a time. Most of these had ten or more client PCs. But they were seldom, if ever, using the wireless section of the router.
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I bet you that they were not running 24/7 (or even 8/5) torrents on wire, and or wireless. :light:

You can buy a nice Ferrari, but it will not stay nice for long if you use it to often get cement bags in Home Depot to brink to your construction projects.
 
It is pathetic really that a fully embedded piece of networking hardware from a major OEM be so flaky. People should complain or publically shame them on review sites and maybe the firmware would actually get fixed.

Reviewers should do something like a P2P / video conferencing / continuous terabyte file copy for 2 weeks and report on the number of router crashes they encounter when reviewing these kinds of things. What use is networking hardware if it doesn't even network -- that's NOTWORKING hardware, not NETWORKING hardware.
 
I have a WRT54GL and the only time it ever resets is when the power goes out. I some older WRT54G's years ago that would have intermittent problems, but I've had none with the "L".

Why not buy a new one if yours is so flaky? In my experience, after about 4 years the Linksys stuff tends to start failing and it's time to be replaced. Guess that's what you get for the money though.

techfuzz
 
I knew someone with the exact same problem.
He removed the cover from the router and ran it that way.
Problem went away.
Often consumer routers have very poor airflow causing them to overheat/crash/reset.

I had a dlink like that, that I installed heatsinks onto the cpu and it hasn't reset in years since then.

One other thing to check is the power adapter. Use a multimeter to measure the output. Those fail quite often.
 
I have a WRT54G v.7 and it is\was a weak excuse for a router until I decided to give DD-WRT a shot - I was going to ditch it anyway so I figured I had nothing to lose.

It only resembles a Linksys in appearance now. DD-WRT made it a completely different router and I've had zero problem since. Even though mine would only take the micro version it added 3X more options (many I will never need or use) than it had before, and it also made it a very solid router. It's WAY better than it was.
 
Originally posted by: jhh979s
It's not just torrents. Sometimes there will be no traffic at all and I'll open my browser and have no connection.
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I had a similiar model a few years ago.

just reflash the firmware, even if its the same version. mine worked okay after a firmware flash.
 
Flashed with dd-wrt. Damn that's a lot of options. Now I just have to remember all the ports I had forwarded, forgot to right them down before I flashed it.
 
Originally posted by: jhh979s
Flashed with dd-wrt. Damn that's a lot of options. Now I just have to remember all the ports I had forwarded, forgot to right them down before I flashed it.
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Congrats on your new router! :beer: You won't regret it.
 
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