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DrMacintosh
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My router has a stroke almost daily now. Speeds go from 120mbps down to 30 or as low as 5mbps....I have to restart the damn thing just to get the speeds back where they should be. 

 

Thankfully there is a wireless management portal where I can send the restart command without having to actually get up and pull the plug. 

  1. Nowak

    Nowak

    Sounds like there's some kind of hardware issue with it.

  2. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    Maybe. We should have just bought an AirPort Extreme. 

  3. ARikozuM

    ARikozuM

    You might want to physically check the router. You never know if one end keeps sending a faulty signal when it isn't needed. 

  4. Nowak

    Nowak

    What router ya got right now?

  5. ARikozuM

    ARikozuM

    Also, I thought you were talking about a workshop router. 

  6. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    It's a Linksys WRT 1200AC

  7. TheGlenlivet

    TheGlenlivet

    No airport?

  8. Nowak

    Nowak

    And how old is the router?

  9. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    @Nowak At least 3 years

  10. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    @TheGlenlivet I wanted to get an AirPort extreme, but they were too expensive and I thought this router would be good. It was a lie. I should have bought an AirPort. 

  11. Nowak

    Nowak

    Hm. Bit early for hardware issues.

  12. TheGlenlivet

    TheGlenlivet

    I've had the same one for about 5 years now.  If you can find a cheap one, even used I'd check it out.

  13. DrMacintosh

    DrMacintosh

    Hmm, seems like they are around $60 used on eBay. 

  14. TheGlenlivet

    TheGlenlivet

    I'm pretty sure the original HDD is still in there making images of the one IMAC in the house when it is turned on.  Thing is a tank...

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