Having to reset my Linksys router

JSquier · 08-31-2006, 09:42 PM

It seems like I have to do this alot. Sometimes while playing BF2 online, I will loose connection. I don't know if it's do to the router or BF2. If this is the problem, what router would you recommend that WON'T have this problem?

**DCIScouts** · 08-31-2006, 10:54 PM

How often do you have to do this? I have to do it with my D-Link router about one every 4-6 months at least. And it usually takes 15 minutes to get it fully working properly again. In my experience, it's just the nature of these cheaper routers, as opposed to the couple hundred dollar ones from Apple, 3Com and so on...

JSquier · 08-31-2006, 10:55 PM

I do it probably every week or two, but I reset it for 30 seconds and it works fine

**DCIScouts** · 08-31-2006, 10:57 PM

Oh wow, well, one Comcast technician tried to tell me that it was the hardware firewall in the cable modem and the firewall in the router were interfering with eachother. Don't know how true that is, but worth looking into at least...

JSquier · 08-31-2006, 11:01 PM

I think he gave you a load of BS

I doubt that could be anything. I've had this problem with Linksys before. I've actually have another one just like it with the same problem. Another Linksys router with a different provider did it too.

**DCIScouts** · 08-31-2006, 11:08 PM

Ok, yeah, I didn't really care since it doesn't happen that frequently (I really didn't think so either, sounded really far-fetched). Maybe try a D-Link or Netgear then, I know a few people that have had some similar problems with Linksys, so maybe it is a manufacturer thing..., good luck!

08-31-2006, 09:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
JSquier Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 208	Having to reset my Linksys router It seems like I have to do this alot. Sometimes while playing BF2 online, I will loose connection. I don't know if it's do to the router or BF2. If this is the problem, what router would you recommend that WON'T have this problem? __________________ LIAN LI PC-60BPLUSII Black Case ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 Athlon 64 4200x2 Manchester 2.2ghz-stock w/Zalman cooler CORSAIR 2 gig (4x512M) DDR400 PC3200 Sapphire x1800XT 256mb MAXTOR 320 gig 3.0gb and 300 gig ATA150 2 NEC DVD±RW drives 500-Watt Antec p/s Dual Dell 17" LCD

08-31-2006, 10:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 26 Posts: 5,103	How often do you have to do this? I have to do it with my D-Link router about one every 4-6 months at least. And it usually takes 15 minutes to get it fully working properly again. In my experience, it's just the nature of these cheaper routers, as opposed to the couple hundred dollar ones from Apple, 3Com and so on... __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

08-31-2006, 10:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
JSquier Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 208	I do it probably every week or two, but I reset it for 30 seconds and it works fine __________________ LIAN LI PC-60BPLUSII Black Case ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 Athlon 64 4200x2 Manchester 2.2ghz-stock w/Zalman cooler CORSAIR 2 gig (4x512M) DDR400 PC3200 Sapphire x1800XT 256mb MAXTOR 320 gig 3.0gb and 300 gig ATA150 2 NEC DVD±RW drives 500-Watt Antec p/s Dual Dell 17" LCD

08-31-2006, 10:57 PM	#4 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 26 Posts: 5,103	Oh wow, well, one Comcast technician tried to tell me that it was the hardware firewall in the cable modem and the firewall in the router were interfering with eachother. Don't know how true that is, but worth looking into at least... __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

08-31-2006, 11:01 PM	#5 (permalink)
JSquier Silver Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 208	I think he gave you a load of BS I doubt that could be anything. I've had this problem with Linksys before. I've actually have another one just like it with the same problem. Another Linksys router with a different provider did it too. __________________ LIAN LI PC-60BPLUSII Black Case ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe CrossFire Radeon XPRESS 3200 Athlon 64 4200x2 Manchester 2.2ghz-stock w/Zalman cooler CORSAIR 2 gig (4x512M) DDR400 PC3200 Sapphire x1800XT 256mb MAXTOR 320 gig 3.0gb and 300 gig ATA150 2 NEC DVD±RW drives 500-Watt Antec p/s Dual Dell 17" LCD

08-31-2006, 11:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
DCIScouts Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Age: 26 Posts: 5,103	Ok, yeah, I didn't really care since it doesn't happen that frequently (I really didn't think so either, sounded really far-fetched). Maybe try a D-Link or Netgear then, I know a few people that have had some similar problems with Linksys, so maybe it is a manufacturer thing..., good luck! __________________ In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. -Martin Luther King Jr. The most overlooked advantage to owning a computer is that if they foul up there's no law against wacking them around a little. -Joe Martin FOLDING FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND :F@H Team 44358 Posting and you - CF Edition Cheers CF

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