Why do routers fail so often, anyway? Isn't the entire thing solid state? Shouldn't they last longer than, say, your television?
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
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Jon B. - Nov 12, 2009 5:09:50 am PST #11632 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jessica - Nov 12, 2009 5:12:41 am PST #11633 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've had my current router longer than my TV.
flea - Nov 12, 2009 5:23:03 am PST #11634 of 25501
information libertarian
I am pretty sure my television dates from before there were internet routers. (It was my husband's grandmother's, and she died several years before I met him in 1995).
Vortex - Nov 12, 2009 5:39:14 am PST #11635 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Why do routers fail so often, anyway? Isn't the entire thing solid state? Shouldn't they last longer than, say, your television?
Well, I've had this one for at least 4 years (possibly longer), and I got it from Ginger, so she'd used it for a while before that.
Ginger - Nov 12, 2009 5:43:50 am PST #11636 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My router and the CRT monitor that refused to die have been my longest lasting computer-related equipment. I wish I could find a printer that lasted that long.
Gudanov - Nov 12, 2009 5:57:27 am PST #11637 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Our Samsung SCX-4521F multifunction printer has been a rock, it works great, though the automatic document feeder can be finicky at times when running a lot of paper through.
My Athlon XP 1700+ and ASUS motherboard have also lasted forever. It was my computer for a couple of years, then a kid's computer for a year or so, and now is our DVR and has been running 24-7 for about 4 years.
Jon B. - Nov 12, 2009 6:43:58 am PST #11638 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Must just be my perception then? It seems like people complain about routers failing a lot.
tommyrot - Nov 12, 2009 6:47:12 am PST #11639 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I dunno. I've had a flaky router or two.
Gudanov - Nov 12, 2009 6:50:38 am PST #11640 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I went through three Linksys (returned 2, kept 1) and the one that works was never great. My Dad had a Belkin router than turned into a brick. OTOH, I have an SMC that probably still works fine today, but didn't have wireless and my Netgear one that has never failed. So I've seen unreliable and solid.
Vortex - Nov 12, 2009 6:56:18 am PST #11641 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The cable internet help guy recommended linksys, but he says that's what they used at comcast. I can't help wondering if its because they're good or they got a deal.