Hello, What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card. Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on. The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet. I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced. Thanks. Dave.
Hi, It doesn't really have anything to do with distanse; the reason why your laptops are having the problem is because you will have made configuration changes to the wlan which are being lost for some reason but you've probably left the ethernet side more or less untouched - E.G. no mac filtering, router runs a dhcp server, so the desktops are working perfectly well with the out of box configuration. I'd see if there are any firmware updates for it in the hope that this is a known bug; if it continues to give you problems I'd probably just buy another one and use it as a switch. Cheers, Ben. On 1/7/13, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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Hi, It doesn't really have anything to do with distanse; the reason why your laptops are having the problem is because you will have made configuration changes to the wlan which are being lost for some reason but you've probably left the ethernet side more or less untouched - E.G. no mac filtering, router runs a dhcp server, so the desktops are working perfectly well with the out of box configuration. I'd see if there are any firmware updates for it in the hope that this is a known bug; if it continues to give you problems I'd probably just buy another one and use it as a switch. Cheers, Ben. On 1/7/13, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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Sounds to me like your CMOS battery is going in the router itself. Your LAN settings are unimpacted because generic settings work. You lose your WiFi settings though and the radios won't sync. Might be time for a new router. On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:45 PM, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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Hello, Thanks everyone for your replies. I did have Mac filtering going on the ethernet side but didn't put it back since it's a local thing and no one unknown will be plugging in. So far it has not gone down today yet. I am concerned. If the router's CMOS battery is going I'm assuming that's the kiss of death for it? The router itself did report a firmware upgrade when I asked it to look. It's also I believe supported by dd-wrt, but I don't know it's series number to get the right version, plus firmware upgrade is something I've not done. Any pointers? I'd also like to get an idea from my laptop of the wireless signal it should be strong, but sometimes xp reports a very low connection, sometimes it's good. I also wouldn't mind getting a speed test done via the wireless? Thanks. Dave. On 1/8/13, Scott Granados <scott@granados-llc.net> wrote:
Sounds to me like your CMOS battery is going in the router itself. Your LAN settings are unimpacted because generic settings work. You lose your WiFi settings though and the radios won't sync. Might be time for a new router.
On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:45 PM, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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Hello, Thanks everyone for your replies. I did have Mac filtering going on the ethernet side but didn't put it back since it's a local thing and no one unknown will be plugging in. So far it has not gone down today yet. I am concerned. If the router's CMOS battery is going I'm assuming that's the kiss of death for it? The router itself did report a firmware upgrade when I asked it to look. It's also I believe supported by dd-wrt, but I don't know it's series number to get the right version, plus firmware upgrade is something I've not done. Any pointers? I'd also like to get an idea from my laptop of the wireless signal it should be strong, but sometimes xp reports a very low connection, sometimes it's good. I also wouldn't mind getting a speed test done via the wireless? Thanks. Dave. On 1/8/13, Scott Granados <scott@granados-llc.net> wrote:
Sounds to me like your CMOS battery is going in the router itself. Your LAN settings are unimpacted because generic settings work. You lose your WiFi settings though and the radios won't sync. Might be time for a new router.
On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:45 PM, David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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It is rare that routers have CMOS batteries, they usually store configuration in Flash memory and handle time of day functions by setting time via sntp when a network connection is available. They don't even have an RTC clock chip usually running the time of day clock off the main clock oscilator used for clocking the CPU. If you bring up a router without internet access and check the time and it is either the time of shutdown or some default value then it is using sntp to set it. I've used pcs in the past as routers, and if they can autodetect the hard disk and won't halt on CMOS checksum missmatch you can simply set time after boot with ntpdate and they are fine. Come to think of it, many wireless routers don't even store time of day at all, TKIP only requires key changes after a certain time has elapsed and it doesn't care what the real time is. Regards, Kerry. On 9/01/2013 12:29 AM, Scott Granados wrote:
Sounds to me like your CMOS battery is going in the router itself. Your LAN settings are unimpacted because generic settings work. You lose your WiFi settings though and the radios won't sync. Might be time for a new router.
On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:45 PM, David Mehler<dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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I don't think time was the issue here but rather losing the config on power down or randomly. You're dead on correct though, NTP is your friend. It should set on the way up. On Jan 10, 2013, at 5:19 PM, Kerry Hoath <kerry@ciscovision.org> wrote:
It is rare that routers have CMOS batteries, they usually store configuration in Flash memory and handle time of day functions by setting time via sntp when a network connection is available. They don't even have an RTC clock chip usually running the time of day clock off the main clock oscilator used for clocking the CPU.
If you bring up a router without internet access and check the time and it is either the time of shutdown or some default value then it is using sntp to set it. I've used pcs in the past as routers, and if they can autodetect the hard disk and won't halt on CMOS checksum missmatch you can simply set time after boot with ntpdate and they are fine. Come to think of it, many wireless routers don't even store time of day at all, TKIP only requires key changes after a certain time has elapsed and it doesn't care what the real time is.
Regards, Kerry.
On 9/01/2013 12:29 AM, Scott Granados wrote:
Sounds to me like your CMOS battery is going in the router itself. Your LAN settings are unimpacted because generic settings work. You lose your WiFi settings though and the radios won't sync. Might be time for a new router.
On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:45 PM, David Mehler<dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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Hi, Thanks everyone for your responses. Situation, flashed updated firmware on the router and after three days it's still working. It also seemed a little quicker. Also, just changed, under channel and SSID my transmission power from 20/40 mhz to just 20 mhz and wow the difference is noticeable. Thanks. Dave. On 1/11/13, Scott Granados <scott@granados-llc.net> wrote:
I don't think time was the issue here but rather losing the config on power down or randomly.
You're dead on correct though, NTP is your friend. It should set on the way up.
On Jan 10, 2013, at 5:19 PM, Kerry Hoath <kerry@ciscovision.org> wrote:
It is rare that routers have CMOS batteries, they usually store configuration in Flash memory and handle time of day functions by setting time via sntp when a network connection is available. They don't even have an RTC clock chip usually running the time of day clock off the main clock oscilator used for clocking the CPU.
If you bring up a router without internet access and check the time and it is either the time of shutdown or some default value then it is using sntp to set it. I've used pcs in the past as routers, and if they can autodetect the hard disk and won't halt on CMOS checksum missmatch you can simply set time after boot with ntpdate and they are fine. Come to think of it, many wireless routers don't even store time of day at all, TKIP only requires key changes after a certain time has elapsed and it doesn't care what the real time is.
Regards, Kerry.
On 9/01/2013 12:29 AM, Scott Granados wrote:
Sounds to me like your CMOS battery is going in the router itself. Your LAN settings are unimpacted because generic settings work. You lose your WiFi settings though and the radios won't sync. Might be time for a new router.
On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:45 PM, David Mehler<dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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Hi, Thanks everyone for your responses. Situation, flashed updated firmware on the router and after three days it's still working. It also seemed a little quicker. Also, just changed, under channel and SSID my transmission power from 20/40 mhz to just 20 mhz and wow the difference is noticeable. Thanks. Dave. On 1/11/13, Scott Granados <scott@granados-llc.net> wrote:
I don't think time was the issue here but rather losing the config on power down or randomly.
You're dead on correct though, NTP is your friend. It should set on the way up.
On Jan 10, 2013, at 5:19 PM, Kerry Hoath <kerry@ciscovision.org> wrote:
It is rare that routers have CMOS batteries, they usually store configuration in Flash memory and handle time of day functions by setting time via sntp when a network connection is available. They don't even have an RTC clock chip usually running the time of day clock off the main clock oscilator used for clocking the CPU.
If you bring up a router without internet access and check the time and it is either the time of shutdown or some default value then it is using sntp to set it. I've used pcs in the past as routers, and if they can autodetect the hard disk and won't halt on CMOS checksum missmatch you can simply set time after boot with ntpdate and they are fine. Come to think of it, many wireless routers don't even store time of day at all, TKIP only requires key changes after a certain time has elapsed and it doesn't care what the real time is.
Regards, Kerry.
On 9/01/2013 12:29 AM, Scott Granados wrote:
Sounds to me like your CMOS battery is going in the router itself. Your LAN settings are unimpacted because generic settings work. You lose your WiFi settings though and the radios won't sync. Might be time for a new router.
On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:45 PM, David Mehler<dave.mehler@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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Hello David First you might have an option under your administrative tools to save the configuration to a file. Once you have it the way you want it to run, save your settings then you can restore them. Second, if your router is not hanging on to the settings, the battery, usually a five year lithium one, may not have any charge left. Third wireless devices can run rather warmly. This can cause havoc with the components and solder connections. I figure if a low end router lasts more than three years then I am doing well. some higher end models are built better and will last longer of course. HTH. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 5:45 PM To: blind-sysadmins Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] wireless router testing? Hello, What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card. Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on. The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet. I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced. Thanks. Dave. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
Hi, Thanks. I think i've had this one for about 1.5 years approximately. I just did a firmware upgrade. from my laptop now it seems more snappy let's see if it holds settings. Thanks. Dave. On 1/8/13, vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca <vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
Hello David
First you might have an option under your administrative tools to save the configuration to a file. Once you have it the way you want it to run, save your settings then you can restore them.
Second, if your router is not hanging on to the settings, the battery, usually a five year lithium one, may not have any charge left.
Third wireless devices can run rather warmly. This can cause havoc with the components and solder connections. I figure if a low end router lasts more than three years then I am doing well. some higher end models are built better and will last longer of course.
HTH.
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Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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Hi, Thanks. I think i've had this one for about 1.5 years approximately. I just did a firmware upgrade. from my laptop now it seems more snappy let's see if it holds settings. Thanks. Dave. On 1/8/13, vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca <vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca> wrote:
Hello David
First you might have an option under your administrative tools to save the configuration to a file. Once you have it the way you want it to run, save your settings then you can restore them.
Second, if your router is not hanging on to the settings, the battery, usually a five year lithium one, may not have any charge left.
Third wireless devices can run rather warmly. This can cause havoc with the components and solder connections. I figure if a low end router lasts more than three years then I am doing well. some higher end models are built better and will last longer of course.
HTH.
-----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 5:45 PM To: blind-sysadmins Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] wireless router testing?
Hello,
What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card.
Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on.
The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet.
I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced.
Thanks. Dave.
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Hello David First you might have an option under your administrative tools to save the configuration to a file. Once you have it the way you want it to run, save your settings then you can restore them. Second, if your router is not hanging on to the settings, the battery, usually a five year lithium one, may not have any charge left. Third wireless devices can run rather warmly. This can cause havoc with the components and solder connections. I figure if a low end router lasts more than three years then I am doing well. some higher end models are built better and will last longer of course. HTH. -----Original Message----- From: Blind-sysadmins [mailto:blind-sysadmins-bounces@lists.hodgsonfamily.org] On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 5:45 PM To: blind-sysadmins Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] wireless router testing? Hello, What do you all use for wireless testing? I've got a home router, its's a belkin f5d7234 I believe it is, and it's starting to give me concern. It's an n router, but it can do g, which is good since the card in my laptop is g. I also have an n USB card. Two days ago I got back after a weeks absence. I was told of an internet problem that required resetting the router, unplugging it for 30 seconds. I got back, couldn't get on the net, yesterday I got on to a box, wired in to the router and checked it out. It had reset itself to first day experience, default wpa security password wish I knew what that was, and no admin password. Well, not thinking of it I reset everything. Today, it did the same thing, I couldn't get on wirelessly. Instead of saying wireless which is my network's SSID it reverted once again to Belkin.a1c. So, I got back on that box and looked again and again it had gone back to day one settings. This time I just gave it a new wireless password so I could get on. The router is maybe 1.5 to 2 years old but probably closer to 1.5 years. The distance between my laptop which is the only wireless device on, the others are wired and do not have the problem, is from back room of a one bedroom apartment to front room distance wise say 40 to 50 feet. I'd like to know if this thing is going bad how to test and to know it's going bad before I get it replaced. Thanks. Dave. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/listinfo/blind-sysadmins
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