Hi all,
does the Netgear router occasionally lock up?It appears mine did this evening.I had to unplug it momentarily and then plug it in again ::),and then all was well again :).Any ideas why this happens? or is it another of those weird and wonderful unexplainable electronic faults that happen(Gremlins) ;)
regards.....Alan
The NetGear I use locks up every 100ish days; a simple restart fixes it. It could perhaps be the logs filling up the memory or some other inexplicable thing.
Thanks Adam....I have only had mine a couple of weeks,although I have been tatting about in the lofile area a bit tonight,probably my fault then :(.
Regards....Alan
Hi Alan
As Adam says, Netgears do tend to lock up once in a while, a bit like Sky boxes. :) One thing I have noticed which seems to provoke it is the use of Routerstats. The early version didn't, but the later versions, with the ability to telnet into the router do. I think. :-\
Gm Rik,
when you say use of Routerstats.Do you mean displaying the graphs etc.cos that's what I was doing when it locked up! ;)
Regards....Alan
That's the one. :) I've had regular lockups when using that.
Thanks Rik ....I will use it very sparingly from now on :D.regards....Alan
That's the best way, Alan, and avoid using the telnet functions as much as possible! ;)
I also have this problem with Routerstats on my linksys router. It would seem that when left unattended for a longish period of time it starts to create a fuss (processor usage 100%), and then half the time you end task, it locks up the router.
It would be a great program if it had fewer bugs!
The earlier version, which wasn't as fancy, ie it logged but only had an on-screen graph and no telnet functions, seemed a more stable product.