Routers (again?)

Had a Netgear thing that worked OK. Swapped it for a Linksys
WAG200G  
because the Netgear was long in the tooth. WAG200G doesn't
recover  
from a dropped connection - unknown whether connection
dropped because  
router went crazy or connection dropped anyway and router
couldn't  
cope. I've upgraded the firmware; the release notes for the
new  
firmware version claim to have a fixed a similar sounding
problem -  
but not for me.

Unfortunately having set up the WAG200G I gave the Netgear
to a  
friend. Asking for trouble that was.

I can't be arsed with thrice daily router reboots. What's
recommended  
for ADSL <-> Wireless duties?

-- 
Andy Armstrong, Hexten

Andy Armstrong wrote:
> Had a Netgear thing that worked OK. Swapped it for a
Linksys WAG200G  
> because the Netgear was long in the tooth. WAG200G
doesn't recover  from 
> a dropped connection - unknown whether connection
dropped because  
> 
> I can't be arsed with thrice daily router reboots.
What's recommended  
> for ADSL <-> Wireless duties?
> 

Snap, I recently got a linksys, and this is very annoying.
I'm thinking 
of taking it back to the shop, if I can find the receipt.

My old D-link was good, but not wireless. I will probably
investigate them.

/R

> I can't be arsed with thrice daily router reboots.
What's recommended
> for ADSL <-> Wireless duties?

Doesn't do ADSL and is stunningly overpriced, but the Apple
Airport
does the wireless bit very nicely for me.  You can plug in a
usb
printer or disk and have network printer/storage setup
pretty much out
of the box.  We have an (iffy) upstream ethernet supply
rather than
ADSL, and we eventually gave up on linksys/dlink as being
unable to
recover from dropped ethernet connections without reboot. 
Thus far,
the Airport has worked a charm.

No web interface afaik, so not much use for linux only
users.

I have (ADSL+Wireless) Netgear WGR614 at home, which
requires a kick
every few weeks, but otherwise does the job nicely.

Minty writes:
> > I can't be arsed with thrice daily router reboots
> 
> I have (ADSL+Wireless) Netgear WGR614 at home, which
requires a kick
> every few weeks

So, Andy has a Linksys which needs regular reboots.

Minty has a Netgear which needs regular reboots.

I have a D-Link which needs regular reboots.

Does _anybody_ manufacture wireless ADSL routers which can
be plugged
in, configured, and then ignored for a year?

-- 
Aaron Crane

>
>
> Does _anybody_ manufacture wireless ADSL routers which
can be plugged
> in, configured, and then ignored for a year?
>

<gloat>
Cisco 837-K9. I bought it Dec 2004. I had to reboot it about
3 months ago.
It was working fine, but I noticed the SNMP counters were
getting screwed
up. It had been up for more than 2^32 centi-seconds == 497
days.
</gloat>

Cheers,

Alistair

Alistair McGlinchy writes:
> > Does _anybody_ manufacture wireless ADSL routers
which can be
> > plugged in, configured, and then ignored for a
year?
> 
> <gloat>
> Cisco 837-K9. I bought it Dec 2004. I had to reboot it
about 3 months
> ago.  It was working fine, but I noticed the SNMP
counters were
> getting screwed up. It had been up for more than 2^32
centi-seconds
> == 497 days.
> </gloat>

Nice.

My next question: does anybody manufacture wireless ADSL
routers which
can be plugged in, configured, and then ignored for a year,
and sell
them at no more than, say, £100 retail?

-- 
Aaron Crane

On Dec 12, 2007 12:26 PM, Aaron Crane <perlaaroncrane.co.uk> wrote:
> Does _anybody_ manufacture wireless ADSL routers which
can be plugged
> in, configured, and then ignored for a year?

Do AVM sell their "FritzBox" line of products in
the UK?

I've not had trouble with them except in the "many
TCP/IP connections"
case (BitTorrent in some circumstances), which have caused
my box to
drop the connection (but it'll reacquire it after a minute
or so
without needing to be prodded externally). (This may be a
case of some
NAT table filling up too quickly and confusing the box; I
don't know.)

Cheers,
-- 
Philip Newton <philip.newtongmail.com>

* at 12/12 12:31 +0000 Aaron Crane said:
> My next question: does anybody manufacture wireless
ADSL routers which
> can be plugged in, configured, and then ignored for a
year, and sell
> them at no more than, say, £100 retail?

I have a draytek vigor of 2003ish vintage that does that.
ISTR it was
a bit pricey at the time but it just works. 

Struan

On Wednesday 12 December 2007 12:31, Aaron Crane wrote:
> Alistair McGlinchy writes:
> > > Does _anybody_ manufacture wireless ADSL
routers which can be
> > > plugged in, configured, and then ignored for
a year?
> >
> > <gloat>
> > Cisco 837-K9. I bought it Dec 2004. I had to
reboot it about 3 months
> > ago.  It was working fine, but I noticed the SNMP
counters were
> > getting screwed up. It had been up for more than
2^32 centi-seconds
> > == 497 days.
> > </gloat>
>
> Nice.
>
> My next question: does anybody manufacture wireless
ADSL routers which
> can be plugged in, configured, and then ignored for a
year, and sell
> them at no more than, say, £100 retail?

get yourself the cheapest adsl modem you can find from ebay,
they tend not to 
have the "advanced" firewall features that cause a
few of the linksys modems 
to mess up, its worth trying.

i have a linksys AG241V2 which has been connected for 487
days running web and 
email server traffic, but have seen new models give a
similar problem to what 
you're having.

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