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Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: Czar on March 13, 2006, 08:52:08 AM
Ive had my linksys router for 2 years now. Works fine. Yadda yadda. I moved my webserver from the garage to the upstairs and about 3 months after doing so..noticed that my site was down alot.. (hence the red X avatar..). Reformatted the box. Same problem. Box doesnt go down. Then I noticed that when using my main desktop, AIM would reconnect every few minutes. or Id have some hanging sessions on CS:S and other games last a few seconds.

Could it be the router? I hear linksys sucks...(does it?) and I have the latest firmware version.

Do these things just die? or can it die slowly... as in still work just not as well?
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: TekieB on March 13, 2006, 08:55:52 AM
what model linksys? A lot of their older (pre wrt54g/cisco buyout) was crappy stuff, but they seem to be better now
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: Pride on March 13, 2006, 09:03:51 AM
Yes, I have had 3 Linksys Routers die in the past year.  I have found that the harder they are pushed, the more likely they are to fail.

I only buy Netgear or Cisco now for that very reason.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: Pride on March 13, 2006, 09:05:39 AM
To answer your original question... yes, they can die slowly.

I had a Linksys router doing very simple routing of all incoming port 25 traffic.  One day I noticed that a few emails were not being delivered... the next day, a few more... after about a week.. I noticed that about every 10th email was being "dropped".  I did a hard reset, and it worked fine for an hour.. then started dropping emails again.  I replaced it with a netgear, and the problem was no longer there.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: The Shoctor on March 13, 2006, 09:24:30 AM
My parents are still running an old netgear 314! The thing runs like a champ an dmost likely only gets reset when thye lose power!
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: The Shoctor on March 13, 2006, 09:27:09 AM
Yep, just jumped into it and I see that it has a nice uptime of 755 hours! I think that was the last power outage (about a month ago)
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: Czar on March 13, 2006, 09:41:44 AM
Hmm. I think I`ll go for the netgear.. I do push it hard.. all of the port forwarding boxes are utilized and active. 15 i think. or is it 10 of em...oh well. its a lot.

Thanks comrades.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: TekieB on March 13, 2006, 09:44:17 AM
Quote from: "Pride"
Yes, I have had 3 Linksys Routers die in the past year.  I have found that the harder they are pushed, the more likely they are to fail.

I only buy Netgear or Cisco now for that very reason.


i'm not a fan of netgear consumer level gear

and how bout those linksys routers at the lan eh ;)

oh, and m0n0wall (http://m0n0.ch/wall/) for the win!!!111

something about having a 633mhz router downstairs
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: Czar on March 13, 2006, 09:56:31 AM
Quote from: "TekieB"


i'm not a fan of netgear consumer level gear



Should I go with SMC instead? I hear they're good.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: TekieB on March 13, 2006, 09:58:22 AM
never used smc

look at the dlink gamer lounge stuff, as a bonus you get gigE
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: Agent4054 on March 13, 2006, 10:14:06 AM
netgear is still good stuff.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: The Shoctor on March 13, 2006, 10:33:31 AM
I never liked d-link's interfaces... Maybe they have changed, but I never really like them.. SMC.... I am not sure.  If you have a old pc around and don't mind the extra electric you may want to go with monowall... Personaly I go with IP-Cop.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: TekieB on March 13, 2006, 10:38:02 AM
IP cop is another good choice, a lil easier to config IMO, but you loose a LOT of power with it.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: Czar on March 13, 2006, 12:28:39 PM
What about belkin... .crap?
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: The Shoctor on March 13, 2006, 12:40:11 PM
I think Belkin is a lot like russian rollett! Sometimes you get a fantastic product, Other times it's DOA. Sometimes it is JUST CRAP!
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: The Shoctor on March 13, 2006, 12:41:52 PM
Quote from: "TekieB"
IP cop is another good choice, a lil easier to config IMO, but you loose a LOT of power with it.


Sometimes it's about easy of use not feature bloat.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: Czar on March 13, 2006, 12:44:27 PM
ugh. okay. question answered. I guess Ill head to staples and see if I can get a netgear tonight. Thanky all.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: TekieB on March 13, 2006, 12:44:42 PM
IP cop ISO: 46mb
m0n0wall DISK IMAGE: 7mb

m0n0wall is strictly a router/firewall. IPcop gives you IDS and all types of other good stuff

simplicity is key
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: sully! on March 13, 2006, 02:35:58 PM
I have had a few Linksys devices personally (upgraded various features as I needed them, not because they died) and I got my dad a Netgear for Christmas about 3 years ago. Both brands have been champs.

Shado's right about Belkin. Sometimes they work just fine, others....who knows. I'd stay away from them. I'm just glad Microsoft doesn't make home networking products anymore. I hated those things with a passion. They never seemed to work right.
Title: Linksys router..can it -slowly- die?
Post by: TekieB on March 13, 2006, 04:32:43 PM
Quote from: "sully"
I have had a few Linksys devices personally (upgraded various features as I needed them, not because they died) and I got my dad a Netgear for Christmas about 3 years ago. Both brands have been champs.

Shado's right about Belkin. Sometimes they work just fine, others....who knows. I'd stay away from them. I'm just glad Microsoft doesn't make home networking products anymore. I hated those things with a passion. They never seemed to work right.


As much as I hate microsoft, I will acutally pipe up and say that i've been using a microsoft router as my gateway at home for like 2 years now, and it has easily seen at least 1tb of traffic. I actually like it, and it works

(now my cable modem is another story)