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How often do you replace your router?
Posted on 11/9/15 at 8:34 am
Posted on 11/9/15 at 8:34 am
I just went through my fourth router in six years. It's plugged into the same surge protector as a couple other devices and I don't have trouble with anything else. Is this normal? The latest casualty was a D-link.
Posted on 11/9/15 at 8:44 am to NewIberiaHaircut
quote:
I just went through my fourth router in six years. It's plugged into the same surge protector as a couple other devices and I don't have trouble with anything else. Is this normal? The latest casualty was a D-link.
Woah! thats way too many routers, bro. Are you getting refurbed cheap ones or have you gone through 4 brand new routers in 6 years? Hopefully you got some warranty love on a few of those...
Posted on 11/9/15 at 9:10 am to NewIberiaHaircut
every 4-6 years, which is too long tbh. I got a Belkin Pre-N in 2005 and it lasted me until 2011 when I bought an Airport Extreme. I should get a new one in the next year or so. Hell, I just replaced my cable modem that I bought as a freshman at LSU back in 2002.
This post was edited on 11/9/15 at 9:13 am
Posted on 11/9/15 at 9:24 am to NewIberiaHaircut
I don't get anything too fancy but I don't get a refurb either. I was using a d-link dir-615 which was about $70 when new. The one before that was a Netgear purchased through Cox.
Posted on 11/9/15 at 9:26 am to NewIberiaHaircut
Where do you keep your router? Is it well ventilated? You might have an overheating issue.
Posted on 11/9/15 at 9:31 am to NewIberiaHaircut
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The one before that was a Netgear purchased through Cox.
Posted on 11/9/15 at 9:44 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
I went through Cox because the ones I bought kept shitting the bed.
Ventilation could be an issue.
Ventilation could be an issue.
Posted on 11/9/15 at 9:47 am to NewIberiaHaircut
shittiness is the issue.
Posted on 11/9/15 at 9:56 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
Just bought a Linksys AC1200+ so we'll see how long this one lasts.
Posted on 11/9/15 at 10:53 am to colorchangintiger
quote:Man that is Xtreme!
every 4-6 years, which is too long tbh. I got a Belkin Pre-N in 2005 and it lasted me until 2011 when I bought an Airport Extreme
Posted on 11/9/15 at 8:42 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Mine is 6 years old.
This post was edited on 1/16/21 at 9:25 pm
Posted on 11/9/15 at 9:00 pm to Bestbank Tiger
We are approaching the 12 hour mark. Things are looking good so far.
Posted on 11/9/15 at 9:16 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Every 5 years or so. Might get an AC router once it becomes cheaper
Posted on 11/10/15 at 3:55 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
> It's plugged into the same surge protector as a
> couple other devices and I don't have trouble
> with anything else.
You might be ready to learn what surge protectors do. A protector adjacent to appliances must somehow 'block' or 'absorb' a surge. It cannot. It does not even claim to. Numbers make that obvious.
How does its 2 cm protector part 'block' what three miles of sky could not? How does its hundreds of joules 'absorb' a surge that can be hundreds of thousands of joules? It cannot.
Worse, an adjacent protector can provide even more paths destructively inside adjacent appliances.
Are all appliances damaged? Obviously not once we include some facts. For example, all appliances already contain robust protection. But that surge must find both an incoming and an outgoing path to earth. Incoming is easy. Incoming from that protector into all appliances. Outgoing is selective. Which appliance makes the best outgoing connection to earth?
Is modem connected to a cable? That cable is required to already have effective protection - a hardwire that connects from the cable (low impedance - ie less than 10 feet) to an earth ground electrode. So the modem makes a best outgoing path. The modem (not that protector) is doing protection of all other appliances - destructively. Since a better connection to earth is destructively via that modem, then a surge need not overwhelm superior protection in other appliances.
Everything here is layman simple. Unfortunately, many forget simple things (ie how electricity works) to automatically believe myths that promote a plug-in protector.
To have damage means electricity found a best and destructive outgoing path to earth via each modem. Your mistake was to all but invite that surge current to be inside the house.
For over 100 years, facilities, that cannot have damage, earth a surge BEFORE it enters the building. A 'whole house' protector has been the proven solution for that long. It costs about $1 per protected appliance. A protector does not do protection - does not absorb hundreds of thousands of joules. That protector is so effective because it connect that energy low impedance (ie less than 10 feet) to earth. Earth is where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate.
One final note. Only useful recommendations always include reasons why and numbers. The soundbyte summary: A protector is only as effective as its earth ground (which your protector does not have and will not discuss). Protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate outside a house. A protector is only as effective as its earth ground.
> couple other devices and I don't have trouble
> with anything else.
You might be ready to learn what surge protectors do. A protector adjacent to appliances must somehow 'block' or 'absorb' a surge. It cannot. It does not even claim to. Numbers make that obvious.
How does its 2 cm protector part 'block' what three miles of sky could not? How does its hundreds of joules 'absorb' a surge that can be hundreds of thousands of joules? It cannot.
Worse, an adjacent protector can provide even more paths destructively inside adjacent appliances.
Are all appliances damaged? Obviously not once we include some facts. For example, all appliances already contain robust protection. But that surge must find both an incoming and an outgoing path to earth. Incoming is easy. Incoming from that protector into all appliances. Outgoing is selective. Which appliance makes the best outgoing connection to earth?
Is modem connected to a cable? That cable is required to already have effective protection - a hardwire that connects from the cable (low impedance - ie less than 10 feet) to an earth ground electrode. So the modem makes a best outgoing path. The modem (not that protector) is doing protection of all other appliances - destructively. Since a better connection to earth is destructively via that modem, then a surge need not overwhelm superior protection in other appliances.
Everything here is layman simple. Unfortunately, many forget simple things (ie how electricity works) to automatically believe myths that promote a plug-in protector.
To have damage means electricity found a best and destructive outgoing path to earth via each modem. Your mistake was to all but invite that surge current to be inside the house.
For over 100 years, facilities, that cannot have damage, earth a surge BEFORE it enters the building. A 'whole house' protector has been the proven solution for that long. It costs about $1 per protected appliance. A protector does not do protection - does not absorb hundreds of thousands of joules. That protector is so effective because it connect that energy low impedance (ie less than 10 feet) to earth. Earth is where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate.
One final note. Only useful recommendations always include reasons why and numbers. The soundbyte summary: A protector is only as effective as its earth ground (which your protector does not have and will not discuss). Protection is always about where hundreds of thousands of joules harmlessly dissipate outside a house. A protector is only as effective as its earth ground.
This post was edited on 11/10/15 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 11/10/15 at 6:24 pm to westom
Baw, all of your posts are on the subject of surge protectors. Show me on the doll where the power strip touched you.
Wut?
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For over 100 years, facilities, that cannot have damage, earth a surge BEFORE it enters the building.
Wut?
This post was edited on 11/10/15 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 11/10/15 at 6:29 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
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Baw, all of your posts are on the subject of surge protectors.
Holy shite
Posted on 11/10/15 at 6:50 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
They're almost all very long-winded, borderline-angry posts. I mean, I tend to ramble about hardware more than people care to read, but damn. I at least socialize a little too.
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