my dlink 624 is dying

[ElFenix]

what should i get to replace it?

it has started resetting itself a couple times a day. last time it was doing that a flash fixed it. but of course as that is already applied it probably isn't the same problem. right?

 

[aphex]

interesting, my DI-624 seems to do the same thing....

Randomly disconnects all computers connected to it, or sometimes randomly drops the ip from the modem...

 

[swtethan]

wrong forum? go to networking

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: swtethan
wrong forum? go to networking

coming from a newb?

 

[rocadelpunk]

Originally posted by: aphex

Originally posted by: swtethan
wrong forum? go to networking

coming from a newb?

what does it have to do that he's a newb, he's right.

I'd suggest a linksys I suppose, with the open source firmware business gotta be decent.

 

[henryay]

Are you using alot of P2P software? I know my router hates that.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: henryay
Are you using alot of P2P software? I know my router hates that.

none at the moment and its still doing it

maybe the firmware got messed up and just needs a reflash

 

[ultimatebob]

My Linksys BEFW11S4 is over 4 years old now, and it is still plugging away like a champ. Good thing, too, because they costed over $300 back in 2001

 

[ElFenix]

i wonder if the airlink mimo router at fry's for cheap is any good?



any mimo cards that will work in a mini pci slot?

 

[jpeyton]

None of the AirLink products at Fry's are worth it. Their routers are SLOW! My pings were 3x as slow with AirLink vs. LinkSys, wired and wireless. Returned the AirLink promptly.

 

[ElFenix]

i knew the price/featureset was too good to be true

 

[RossMAN]

My Microsoft 802.11b (MS left the hardware networking business) which I purchased 3 years ago still works like a champ.

 

[aphex]

any luck el?

 

[Kelvrick]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
None of the AirLink products at Fry's are worth it. Their routers are SLOW! My pings were 3x as slow with AirLink vs. LinkSys, wired and wireless. Returned the AirLink promptly.

What about their wireless cards? Say, a pci connecting to a linksys/dlnk/netgear router. Wonder if they're any good for that.

 

[skyking]

I'd bet it is a hardware issue and not a firmware one from your description. I've seen that pattern, and firmware flashing did nothing.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: ultimatebob
My Linksys BEFW11S4 is over 4 years old now, and it is still plugging away like a champ. Good thing, too, because they costed over $300 back in 2001

Same here!

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
what should i get to replace it?

it has started resetting itself a couple times a day. last time it was doing that a flash fixed it. but of course as that is already applied it probably isn't the same problem. right?

You're not the only one that this has happened to. I bought a dlink and it did the same thing out of the box. Returned it.

 

[swtethan]

netgear baby!

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: swtethan
netgear baby!

I have a netgear and a belkin.

Netgear works like a champ, hasn't died on me yet.

 

[swtethan]

oh yes, and netgear looks quite good also

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: aphex
interesting, my DI-624 seems to do the same thing....

Randomly disconnects all computers connected to it, or sometimes randomly drops the ip from the modem...

What firmware are you using? Since I upgraded to 2.53 I rarely reboot now. You should also try standing it up so that it gets more air.

 

[SSP]

Heh, funny. My D-link 714P is doing the same thing. But its disconnecting once every week or so.

To the person that said 'netgear baby!', my last one also did the same, cept it was more frequent.

I'll keep buying cheap sh!t routers cause they cost nothing now, and I get at least an year to 2 years out of them.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: aphex
any luck el?

dunno yet, we'll see if it hasn't restarted itself by tuesday.


on another note, the config file that i saved came up with a checksum error when i tried to reload it, so now i have to do all that mess again. damnit. :|

 

[mrrman]

my Dlink also packed it in....going Linksys now

 

[vshah]

three netgears have all worked without flaws since 2001...