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My router seems to be resetting itself after a few hours of use. It's never done it when I'm in a game, but it seems to always be not connected to the modem when I get home after a few hours of being out and about, and also when I wake up.

I unplug the thing, plug it back in, and in two seconds it's back online. I checked all the settings and there is nothing about automatically turning off the connection in an idle state.

I also tested it out by downloading a few large files overnight from NASA to see if the connection would be functional in the morning. Nope.

What gives?

which router?and model?


ALSO HAVE YOU TRIED UPDATING FIRMWARE.I HAD SAME PROBLEM WITH A NETGEAR 834,UPDATED FIRMWARE,BINGO SORTED

Does your ISP use dynamic IPs (DHCP)?

Rep, the best there is.

rep wrote:My router seems to be resetting itself after a few hours of use. It's never done it when I'm in a game, but it seems to always be not connected to the modem when I get home after a few hours of being out and about, and also when I wake up.

I unplug the thing, plug it back in, and in two seconds it's back online. I checked all the settings and there is nothing about automatically turning off the connection in an idle state.

I also tested it out by downloading a few large files overnight from NASA to see if the connection would be functional in the morning. Nope.

What gives?

Same shit mine does.. but whats weird, if MY computer is idle, and my gfs is downloading, it shuts off.. BUT if mines downloading, it stays on..


Its fucking weird and my isp swears they arnt doing it..

my guess.. Router is gay..

Tormentius wrote:Could be a few different things. Shite firmware, shite router, excess heat, or electrical interference.

So, care to explain why mine only dies out if my machine isnt using it?

ill go with shite router tho..

D Link perhaps?

I'd go with shitty router... buy something that dosen't cost 8 cents.

lots of gaylink funboys in here...maybe misguided

Duhard wrote:lots of gaylink funboys in here...maybe misguided

Dlink's consumer and small business grade routers are pretty damned good actually. Their whole switch line right up to enterprise-grade are excellent as well.

fuck that. go microsoft for hardware routers. fucking ace.

Tormentius wrote:

Duhard wrote:lots of gaylink funboys in here...maybe misguided

Dlink's consumer and small business grade routers are pretty damned good actually. Their whole switch line right up to enterprise-grade are excellent as well.

actually DLink has intermittent connectivity issues that are well documented. i know, i have one :/

real men use linksys..

Duhard wrote:real men use linksys..

i've had a few routers, kid. this just happens to be my current router and it sucks.

Duhard wrote:real men use linksys..

:icon14:

Duhard wrote:real men use linksys..

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

Duhard wrote:real men use linksys..

Bwahahahahaha. Linksys has by far the shittiest firmware and technical support among any of the consumer-grade brands. When Cisco took over they really should have sacked the entire Linksys dev team and put some of their own guys in there. Don't even get me started on quality assurance as many beta firmwares are more stable than final code.

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
actually DLink has intermittent connectivity issues that are well documented. i know, i have one :/

It depends on the model. Which is the one that you have?

Tormentius wrote:Bwahahahahaha. Linksys has by far the shittiest firmware and technical support among any of the consumer-grade brands. When Cisco took over they really should have sacked the entire Linksys dev team and put some of their own guys in there. Don't even get me started on quality assurance as many beta firmwares are more stable than final code.

here's the deal...my router fucking owns so I don't need technical support..good support is useful when you have a shitty router..any questions?

why do you think cisco bought linksys..cause it's shit?

lol time to wake up nerds..

SOAPboy wrote:

Duhard wrote:real men use linksys..

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

...at least my router never shuts off you gigantic idiot :lol:

Did you check your router's preferences? I know Netgear's are set up to close any connection after idling for 60 minutes.

Tormentius wrote:

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:
actually DLink has intermittent connectivity issues that are well documented. i know, i have one :/

It depends on the model. Which is the one that you have?

DI 624. it doesn't have the latest firmware because that's when the intermittent connectivity rears its ugly head.

Duhard wrote:

SOAPboy wrote:

Duhard wrote:real men use linksys..

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

...at least my router never shuts off you gigantic idiot :lol:

Im using a CHEAP belkin... i could care less if it resets.. it was basicly free..

and it RESETS, it dont SHUT OFF..

Duhard wrote: here's the deal...my router fucking owns so I don't need technical support..good support is useful when you have a shitty router..any questions?

why do you think cisco bought linksys..cause it's shit?

lol time to wake up nerds..

Heh. Yeah, Cisco bought them with the plan of rebranding and reworking feature-sets to step into the SOHO and consumer market. The problem is that Cisco hasn't cleaned house and brought in good devs and quality control yet. And having decent technical support is kind of requisite for any company selling hardware IMO. Have you ever had a chance to deal with Cisco's enterprise support. Now those people pretty much define what good support should be. It's just too bad their child company isn't structured in hte same way.