WRT54G on the blink

[Scitex]

My WRT54G v3 has been acting up lately, internet speeds have fallen off to a trickle (speeds are fine when connected directly to the modem). Speeds are around 14Mb/s down directly to the modem, 2Mb through the router. I'm using the HyperWRT 2.1b1 firmware.

Anyone know of any troubleshooting tips? Otherwise, I may need some ideas on what to buy for a replacement. Thanks!

 

[boomerang]

Try resetting it as a first step. See if there is a firmware upgrade also. If you're feeling adventurous, that router can be flashed with DD-WRT firmware.

But if it's a hardware problem (something going South inside), no resetting or firmware is going to fix it. These things are made so cheaply these days, that they are really throw-aways.

Just re-read your post in it's entirety. I doubt I told you anything you don't already know. I'll leave the reply for others.

 

[filetitan]

I had a similar problem, what I did was update my firmware fallowed by resetting my router. Worked like a charm.
Cheers

 

[ImDonly1]

I have read many times, that the routers become a little sluggish over time. You can reinstall the firmware I believe and it should fix it.

 

[jaqie]

which firmware are you running?
The original firmware from linksys has serious issues with bittorent and saving old connect info so long it overruns the RAM.
Tomato has dog-slow speeds.
DD-WRT (which is what I use) can have issues if not set up meticulously-correctly.
the rest I have no experience with... but as the others have said, restarting the router is very much the first step to troubleshoot.

~edit~
Sorry now I see you are running HyperWRT. tried posting on their forum yet? just a thought.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: ImDonly1
I have read many times, that the routers become a little sluggish over time. You can reinstall the firmware I believe and it should fix it.

not necessary and dangerous.

all you need do is reboot. its in the admin options.
you can even set a auto reboot schedule timer there.
i have it every 2 days. it keeps all settings so its fine.

 

[Scitex]

Tried installing the latest Tomato firmware and that didn't seem to help.

I don't use torrents jaqie, so that shouldn't be a problem.

I've restarted it from the admin options a few times....the only thing I haven't done is push the reset button on the back of the router. Will this do something that all else hasn't done? Seems that I remember something a long while back about using the reset button as a last resort, but I could be wrong. That's why I haven't tried that yet.

So there's no chance of bricking it by pressing that reset button, is there?

Thanks for the replies everyone

 

[0roo0roo]

did you set qos too low?
no, you can't brick with a reset, its just a reboot.