devonwoody
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Have to get the common market EU judgement sorted out on this one :mrgreen:
They always go the opposite way to local government :mrgreen:
They always go the opposite way to local government :mrgreen:
Is my wireless router dying and replacement recommendation?
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9fingers
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Hi Pete,
I have come across progressive failure mechanisms in high power radio frequency transistors and ultra low noise RF FETs both of which employ numbers parallel devices but these are specialist devices and I've not come across this type of effect in (relatively) low speed digital parts even when deployed in arduous military conditions. But it could explain the failures that quite a few people are seeing.
Fortunately, routers are relatively cheap but can be a PITA to set up though! It took me quite a lot web trawling to find how how to persuade mine to accept incoming FTP requests and forward them to my solar power system. I don't want to have to do that again anytime soon.
Bob
I have come across progressive failure mechanisms in high power radio frequency transistors and ultra low noise RF FETs both of which employ numbers parallel devices but these are specialist devices and I've not come across this type of effect in (relatively) low speed digital parts even when deployed in arduous military conditions. But it could explain the failures that quite a few people are seeing.
Fortunately, routers are relatively cheap but can be a PITA to set up though! It took me quite a lot web trawling to find how how to persuade mine to accept incoming FTP requests and forward them to my solar power system. I don't want to have to do that again anytime soon.
Bob
TobyT
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I've gone through a few modem/routers in my time and their ability to break slowly can be frustrating, as you don't know whether it's the kit or the software. Surfing t'interweb there doesn't seem to be any conclusive documents on why they break, but heat and power spikes are the most likely causes of issues. I've certainly lost at least one to the latter, but it's possible that smaller surges have just fried a less critical component on others; and I now sit on a surge protected ring (or so my electrician told me when he wired the house, I'm not sure whether he was wearing his Stetson at the time). My router now conveniently sits on a metal trunk with plenty of airflow around. Probably no guarantee though.
What I did find last year while trying various fixes to a breaking router is that most of the commercial ones are based on on a few chip designs. Convenient for finding a 3rd party firmware upgrade but it does mean that there isn't going to be much disparity in failure rates amongst brands. This common chipset probably means that a home router/modem isn't a high profit margin device, leading to cost cutting on circuit design, manufacturing quality and firmware creation.
What I did find last year while trying various fixes to a breaking router is that most of the commercial ones are based on on a few chip designs. Convenient for finding a 3rd party firmware upgrade but it does mean that there isn't going to be much disparity in failure rates amongst brands. This common chipset probably means that a home router/modem isn't a high profit margin device, leading to cost cutting on circuit design, manufacturing quality and firmware creation.
