router prob

[alcav]

Hi all,

on two occasions over the weekend I have had to re-boot my Netgear router.

Anyone tell me what the reason for this is?,is it commonplace to have to do this occasionally?.

The router is less than 12 months old

TIA....Alan

[psp83]

What netgear router do you have?

[Rik]

Are you using Routerstats by any chance, Alan?

[alcav]

Hi

DG834G  v3

Alan

[Rik]

I use the same router, Alan, and rarely have to re-boot. It has happened when using Routerstats, which I found tended to confuse the router somewhat through the telnet access it can do. Otherwise, BT work on the line can cause confusion or mains spikes.

[alcav]

Hi Rik..

yes I do use stats from time to time.......Alan

[Rik]

Try turning off the telnet interface, Alan - hit the cog, then Netgear Telnet tab and uncheck 'enable telnet'. That worked for me.

What firmware version are you running?

[alcav]

Hi Rik


Try turning off the telnet interface, Alan - hit the cog, then Netgear Telnet tab and uncheck 'enable telnet'. That worked for me.


I found this to be already unchecked Rik................Alan

[Rik]

In that case, did you notice anything happening around the time you needed to re-boot, eg did the line drop, did the router freeze?

Which firmware version?

[Ray]

Well I use one of these routers and I had this problem but since I've downgraded to firmware version V4.01.20, fitted a Clarity filtered faceplate to the master socket and replaced the lead between the router and phone socket I haven't had a problem. In fact the router has been connected continuously for 438 hours now, prior to these changes I was lucky if it would run for more than 150 to 180 hours without falling over and needing a reboot.

[Gary]

I rarely have to reboot my router (DG834G) at all, maybe if there has been a power cut it may fall, but normally it runs for huge amounts of time,

[alcav]

What firmware version are you running?

Hi
It's the original firmware,don't know what that is

Must admit tho' it has only needed rebooting 3 times since Jan of this year.The concern is that two of them were this weekend

Alan








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[Rik]

When you log into the router, Alan, the firmware is own on the top line of the page.

What happened this weekend that forced you to re-boot, ie what symptoms were you seeing?

[alcav]

What happened this weekend that forced you to re-boot, ie what symptoms were you seeing?

My tray icon was constantly searching,( i am wireless connected),could not achieve a connection to the web.

Cannot log in to router for the version No.,keeps on throwing my password out .........Alan




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[Rik]

I'm wondering if you have a wireless problem, Alan. Is there any way you can run a cable to see if things are more stable? Alternatively, try re-orienting the antenna to see if you get a better connection. You may be experiencing interference from a nearby router, are any visible to you?

The default password for a Netgear is password. If it was supplied by IDNet, it will be your login password. If neither works, then perhaps it would be best to do a hard reset, use a paper clip in the hole on the rear of the router, hold it down for 20 seconds, with power on, then release. The router will re-boot in factory condition. You'll need to enter your IDNet login details again, but it should auto-detect the line.

[alcav]

Hi Rik...

I do get the occasional disconnect,mainly very late at night or early hours of the morning,very very rarely,if ever during the daytime.According to the stats graph my noise margin goes sometimes to -2 from around 20:00 onwards.I have chosen to ignore this tho' as I am very rarely on line late at night

I will give things a week or so,and if still probs I will take your advise and re-set. .We have lots of local building work going on ,so........who knows.

Rgds....Alan

ps would a different firmware version make that much difference?

[Rik]

Hi Alan

Your pattern is fairly normal - ADSL is more susceptible to noise during the hours of darkness, partly because of the laws of physics, partly because that's when most traffic is around, so cross-talk plays a part.

Some versions of the firmware are better than others. I recommend 4.01.20, 4.01.28 has some bugs. A new version, 4.01.30 is out and Gary is testing it at the moment.

[alcav]

Many thanks for all your help Rik, and everybody else too.


Best wishes.........Alan

[Rik]

Keep us posted how you get on, Alan. If you haven't already done it, removing the ring wire from terminal three on all your phone sockets might pay dividends.

[Gary]

A new version, 4.01.30 is out and Gary is testing it at the moment.

If she holds together without a warp core breach I will let you know 

[Rik]

My core has been warped for years... 

[Gary]

My core has been warped for years... 

Shhhh people will want to look Rik

[Rik]

 

Not if they want to preserve their sanity. 

[Gary]

Well 24 hours on the new adsl firmware, had a power blip last night so dropped connection but recovered fine, but it didn't loose sync in the latter part of the evening when my line gets noisy as it sometimes does, but going to give it a week to see how it runs then pass comment

[Rik]

We'll be waiting. My line started getting noisy yesterday, then lost sync during the evening - enough to drop me a profile step. Back to normal speeds today, but of course the profile will take a while to follow.