Stable wireless home router?

dlandespub · 2006-06-29T20:01:49+00:00

The three major router brands (Linksys, D-Link, NetGear) seem to sufferfrom stability problems. Every model has a long list of userscomplaining that device drops/resets/hangs/etc randomly. This is notacceptable! I'd like a wireless router that just goes and goes. Itdoesn't have to be the fastest, or have the greatest range or whatever,it just has to work.Anyone know of any stability tests done on home routers, or have anopinion backed by some serious data? User reviews are totally bi-polar:("My XXX works great. Always on, never have a problem!" "Resets twice aday, never buying a XXX again!").People tend to have a favorite and a brand to avoid, but nobody agrees."Linksys Rox! Don't buy D-Link" "Linksys always has problems, go withNetGear!" "Had two NetGears die in two months. Switched to D-Link,never looked back." Firmware upgrades seem to either not fix stabilityproblems or worsen them.Reviews abound with speed, range, security features, etc, but nostabity stress tests. So what the hell am I missing? I'd like a routerto be able to handle heavy traffic for a year w/o brain-frying. Isthere a brand/model that excels above the rest for stability? MaybeSMC? I dunno. Thoughts?

Jun 29, 2006 21 Replies

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Jeff Liebermann 19 years ago

Spam Catcher hath wroth:

Now that I have a scheduled reboot, I don't need it. Sigh.

See:

for the available "keep alive" settings. Note that for the scheduled reboot to work, the "cron" scheduler needs to be enabled. Also, NTP (network time protocol) should be configured, hopefully with the correct time zones and daylight savings times, to insure that it actually happens at the correct times.

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