[ubuntu-za] Which ADSL router?

[Jan Greeff]

Salient comments Dave. This may spark some interesting discussion...

On 26/01/2016 09:41, dave.apter wrote:
> Do routers die slowly/gradually? Or are they 'binary',  ie either work 
> or not.  I believe the latter.
> I suspect your problems may lie 'outside' the router.  I experience 
> similar problems to what you describe but my router then repairs 
> itself, for a while,  before going bad again.  I do a lot of manual 
> router reboots during the bad periods (ie daily!), then may not have 
> to reboot for months. ISP says they are not to blame and I don't have 
> the router admin/pwd so I dont/can't fiddle with settings.
> Will be great to get more insight from the gurus.
> Thanks&Rgds,  Dave
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung device
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson at gmail.com>
> Date: 26/01/2016 08:37 (GMT+02:00)
> To: Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net>, Ubuntu South African Local 
> Community <ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-za] Which ADSL router?
>
> http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/wiki/index.php/ADSL_Router
>
> *Hilton Gibson*
> Stellenbosch University Library
> _http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X_
>
>
> On 26 January 2016 at 07:27, Jan Greeff <jan at verslank.net 
> <mailto:jan at verslank.net>> wrote:
>
>     Good morning Ubuntu,
>
>     My 5-year old D-Link DSL 2750U router seems to be on its way out,
>     I have checked the firmware - its the latest. My isp, Afrihost,
>     has reset the port and checked the line, but the router drops its
>     connection every now and again, seems worse when its been working
>     a while and is warm. If I reboot it, the connection is restored
>     but then it disconnects again after a while.
>
>     I have been around Price Check and the array of available routers
>     is confusing to say the least.
>
>     I have two computers running via ethernet connection and also
>     require a Wi-Fi facility.
>
>     Any suggestions/comments please?
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Jan
>
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