Are wireless routers meant to be a headache?

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I had a Linksys router in the past, which I hated with passion. I suppose it stopped functioning properly after a while. Therefore, the video files won’t play and I’d constantly have to power cycle/reset it. I would call up lousy tech. support and eventually decided to get another one.

I ended up getting another Linksys perhaps because of the brand name. It works well most of the time, but I still have to power cycle it every so often. There are three computers and sometimes the router connection takes turns not working on them. Therefore, I have to power cycle them just so that they all work.

I’m beginning to wonder if wireless routers are meant to be a pain.

I do not plan on purchasing another one, but I’m not very happy with the performance.

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dont know why the connection doesnt remains alive....

have you checked timeout setting for the connection in its firmware...?

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It depends on what model router you get. The one i've had good luck is the WRT54g. I own 3 of them and have set those same ones up for tons of other clients. Then there's this other model, WAP54GX, also Linksys, which is just an access point. I played with 2 of them and they're both bad, where i have keep power cycling them. Other people out there have the same issues with this model.

Overall you shouldn't have so many issues. Just do some research on the model you're thinking of getting and you should be just fine.

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This happened to me with a dell/truemobile router too, but turned out it wasnt the router, but the internet dsl modem, powering up the router actually resets your internet connection, so one might think its the router, but its actually your dsl/cable model I bet, and must have somethign to do with wiring or signal strength/attenuation. next time, instead of power cycling the router, try to the dsl/cable modem...

tofibaba, i think im using the wrt54g, ive had it since 2.5 years, and i dont even recall powering it up even once... works just fine, im happy with it...

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This happened to me with a dell/truemobile router too, but turned out it wasnt the router, but the internet dsl modem, powering up the router actually resets your internet connection, so one might think its the router, but its actually your dsl/cable model I bet, and must have somethign to do with wiring or signal strength/attenuation. next time, instead of power cycling the router, try to the dsl/cable modem...

tofibaba, i think im using the wrt54g, ive had it since 2.5 years, and i dont even recall powering it up even once... works just fine, im happy with it...

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i use Buffalo Mimo Router.. got 3 computers in da network... never had an prob wid it... im not a big fan of linksys.

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Buffalo :rotfl:

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Some time before I was using Netgear.. its also nice one :)

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you can try to upgrade the firmware from linksys website for your router model, 2ndly do you have microwave running in your home close to router? (that can result is loss of connection) is your home/house near by those big electrical wires with tower? well in that case you will always have trouble with wireless connection.

I also have WRT54g and whether it be, video/audio / browsing, it works like a charm (mashAllah) nazar na lagay :halo:

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I had a couple of Linksys routers as well. I had the same problem with the first one. I had to keep resetting it. However, the second one I bought worked just fine. I barely ever had to reset it.

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:cb: tumhare jannay wala hain na :smiley:

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i’ve used 1 netgear, 1 trendnet, 3 linksys, and 1 smc routers…currently using SMC…

netgear was the crappiest one of all…from day 1, had problem and wouldn’t stay connected for more than a day on both the wired AND the wireless connections…so had to keep powercycling it atleast once a day…

out of the 3 linksys i’ve tried, first one was decent, lasted over a yr without giving any problems…but after that it started having a problem where i had to powercycle it…the frequency with which i had to reset it though got so bad that i had to do it every few hrs…no one else at home wanted a linksys after that, so i ended up getting a trendnet…

trendnet worked fine, but i couldn’t get the damn thing to work with my VPN client that i need for work…tried setting up a DMZ, no luck…enabled all the ports leaving the router wide open, and it still wouldn’t connect…both IBM and trendnet tech support had no idea, and the end result was that i was told its probably an “incompatible” router :smack: and i need the ability to work from home, am oncall every 3 weeks for 1 whole week…so i ended up returning that, and convinced everyone else at home to give linksys another chance…

so i got a linksys again (model WRT54G), but that one had the same problem where i had to keep powercycling it…the wired connections worked ok, but the wireless would require a reset again atleast once a day…played around with all the settings and nothing seemed to help…returned that and got a 3rd one, another linksys but a different mode (WRT54GX4) - this one had more features, so i played out with the settings on it a lil more…it was certainly better than the 2nd one, but still required resets every now and then…after i had exhausted all possibilities of a configuration on the router itself that might be causing the problem, i ended up returning it back to the store…within 15 days…I was disappointed, cuz i thought the standards would’ve improved since cisco bought them out, but that certainly was not the case…then i decided it was time to go with another brand, and looked around for an SMC router since my bro has one and he never had a problem with it…he has been using it for over 2 yrs now…

SMC was really hard to find at any retail/electronic/computer stores, and the only place i managed to find it was on online stores…i was even about to order it online, but i finally got one by chance when i was at a computer store looking for something else…and this router works like a charm…no problems so far, i’ve had to reset it only once and that too cuz i suspect my bro screwed up some settings in there trying to configure something :smiley:

oh, i also bought a d-link, but never used it - returned back to the store fully packed…cuz i bought the SMC at the same time from another store, and since i tried the SMC first and it worked fine, d-link went back :smiley: so i don’t know how d-link routers are…

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I'm using a D-Link which I just bought at the GITEX last week. So obviously I can't report any problems with it so far. :D

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D-Link ...

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D-Link is nice too... before I use to have D-Link but not wireless...

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I've D-Link DI-524 at my brother's home and it's now an year that it didn't give any problem at all.
Whereas i've a NetGear that i bought from FactoryDirect (which was a big risk though) .... in first couple of weeks, it needed restart atleast once a day. After that it became a bit stable. In the new apt. where i have moved, it has been pretty good .... doesn't require reset for several weeks now.

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I currently have Linksys WRT54G wireless router. I got a portable wireless router from Linksys, but it didn't have the reset button. I was told by Linksys representative to go get WRT54G, as it's supposed to be the best one by Linksys thus far.

Anyway, no, the router is not next to the microwave. There's a receiver sitting close by, but it's almost always turned off.

I'm not gonna go purchasing another one. It's been less than a year and I can't be bothered to return it to Linksys. I was just wondering if it's my router or if they're all just as much of a pain.

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sadiya, did you try what i suggested? the dsl/cable modem reset? btw, i have the wrt54gs (the s being some useless speed boosting thingie), never ever had any problems so far...

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Spock, I didn't try at the moment, but I have in the past. Over the years I've learned it's the router that is messed up. I go power cycle it. However, if that fails to bring up the Internet connection, I then power cycle the modem. The only time modem doesn't work is when it's actually down. Other than that it seems to be working fine.

Usually power cycling the router alone bring it back up. Also, it doesn't go on all the computers at the same time (hardly ever). It would stop working on one of the machines, which then requires the router to be power cycled.

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I have tried D-Link 614, 624 & 524. Only 524 proved to be stable. 614 needed a reset at least once a week. 624 used to get excited automatically rebooting itself.

Used Linksys WRT54GX4, not very many complaints, worked OK for me. Now I bought the cheapest one in the market Edimax & strangefully it proved to be best in performance. No problems with VPN, created a DMZ (work brilliantly), all other features are tested & I must say, its really good for the price I paid.