I'm having a problem with my router dropping connection about once a day. I know it's the router and not the net because a simple reset of the router fixes the problem. It's not JUST internet connection that gets lost though, it's the whole router. I can't access the router from any computer connected to it, whether it be wired or wireless. When this happens and I try to go to 192.168.1.1, it just hangs there like a webpage trying to connect when the net is down.
I have had this problem with routers in the past, and those had all been older routers and so I figured that they were just due for a replacement. It's always fixed the problem, so I just figured that they were dying out, and indeed, one or two of them are truly just dead. So a couple of the routers I have replaced have been older WRT54G's that I had found at a thrift store, and I just assumed those were dying because they were second model WRT54G's, and they're old. There was a Netgear something or another I bought new, and it lasted maybe 3 months before it was dropping connection maybe once every 3 hours.
Now this last time I bought a WRT54GL because that series is supposed to be some of the best routers from what I understand. It was purchased the first week of August, 2014. In the last month, it's gone from just dropping the wireless signal, to "dying" once or twice a day.
I have a quite a lot of traffic if I'm honest, Netflix and HULU are on a fair chunk of the day, and I like to try new games, so I'm quite frequently downloading a few hundred megs to a few hundred gigs in games in a week. I know from Comcast whining about my usage(when I had them, I don't now) that my usage is much higher than average. Although I feel the "2GB monthly average" usage they claimed was probably bull, but that's another point entirely.
Am I just frying these things out from over usage? I mean, I feel like a brand new router with 4002 5 star reviews on Newegg should last more than 6 months.
I have had this problem with routers in the past, and those had all been older routers and so I figured that they were just due for a replacement. It's always fixed the problem, so I just figured that they were dying out, and indeed, one or two of them are truly just dead. So a couple of the routers I have replaced have been older WRT54G's that I had found at a thrift store, and I just assumed those were dying because they were second model WRT54G's, and they're old. There was a Netgear something or another I bought new, and it lasted maybe 3 months before it was dropping connection maybe once every 3 hours.
Now this last time I bought a WRT54GL because that series is supposed to be some of the best routers from what I understand. It was purchased the first week of August, 2014. In the last month, it's gone from just dropping the wireless signal, to "dying" once or twice a day.
I have a quite a lot of traffic if I'm honest, Netflix and HULU are on a fair chunk of the day, and I like to try new games, so I'm quite frequently downloading a few hundred megs to a few hundred gigs in games in a week. I know from Comcast whining about my usage(when I had them, I don't now) that my usage is much higher than average. Although I feel the "2GB monthly average" usage they claimed was probably bull, but that's another point entirely.
Am I just frying these things out from over usage? I mean, I feel like a brand new router with 4002 5 star reviews on Newegg should last more than 6 months.
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