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re: Home WiFi router- do they go bad?
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:33 am to tigerinthebueche
Posted on 3/9/18 at 8:33 am to tigerinthebueche
They don't go bad. If they're exposed to extreme heat, or have no ventilation, maybe. If the software isn't kept up to date, it may be exposed to a security vulnerability. If you have it plugged into the ups where it's up all the time and its software has a memory leak, it may need to be rebooted.
Basically, there's no moving parts, the hardware will stay good as long as it's kept up to date. I know a few Linksys WRT54G's are still out there with 3'd party firmware humming along years later.
If you're having issues, it's likely a firmware thing, not a hardware thing.
Basically, there's no moving parts, the hardware will stay good as long as it's kept up to date. I know a few Linksys WRT54G's are still out there with 3'd party firmware humming along years later.
If you're having issues, it's likely a firmware thing, not a hardware thing.
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Posted on 3/9/18 at 9:09 am to BitBuster
Disagree, its electronics like any other item. They go bad, capacitors, ports, etc can all go out from surges or just being plain old.
Posted on 3/9/18 at 4:38 pm to BitBuster
quote:They do, all the time.
They don't go bad.
quote:All metals expand when heated, and the components that make up a router are no exception. So the parts do move. Heat sinks (if there are any) will eventually loosen and chips will overheat. As someone else mentioned, caps and other components eventually go bad too. And the fact that consumer routers typically have zero fans (so they can be silent) means that they are basically designed to fail. Every single off the shelf router begins killing itself the second it is turned on.
Basically, there's no moving parts, the hardware will stay good as long as it's kept up to date.
Posted on 3/10/18 at 3:51 pm to BitBuster
If it's technology it will go bad
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