Just a general question about routers. I've only set up a few, ever, and whenever I have they are always a bit buggy in the beginning. But all of these routers have been budget routers (under $50 retail when new). For example, my parents had this belkin router that worked like a champ for several years with no dropped connections ever... after a few years they needed something with more range so I got them a refurbished netgear router. It kept dropping connections for the first 2 days, they would just unplug and replug it back in, and it would work for a while. After 2 days of unplugging and replugging it in... it stabilized and stopped dropping connections for days... what the heck? Not wanting to take a chance I decided to reinstall their old belkin router that never dropped connections. I never did anything to it, just reinstalled it (making sure to follow the basic instructions of powering off modem, powering on modem, making connections, powering on router). At first their devices wouldn't connect to them even though the information hadn't changed (same ssid and password)... what the heck? I had to actually use the install CD to get it to work. Finally worked but then it was bit buggy with some of their laptops and media devices. Some recognized it and could connect, others couldn't connect, and others couldn't recognize it. Mind you, this is the same router that worked like a champ for years on all of these devices. Finally, I just hit the reset button on the router and it seems to have done the trick so far. Also, for my own personal home, I had a used belkin router that worked at first, then would drop connections occasionally the first week I got it. After a week of dropping connections, it stabilized too and hasn't dropped in a month.... once again... what the heck? LOL, why is this happening?? hahaha
So my question is, why is this happening to me all the time. I will admit I've had fewer problems with the initial setup if the routers were brand new. If they were refurbished or used I tended to have more issues with the initial setup. Which makes me wonder if I should always do a hard reset (using a pin, etc) any time I buy a refurbished or used router prior to finalizing my initial setup. Am I doing something wrong with setting up these routers? Some of them have been used, some have been refurbished, and some new. I don't get why they stabilize after some time without me doing anything to them besides unplugging and replugging them in. On a few occasions I would do the reinstallation process too, but on some I only powered the routers on and off and they would work indefinitely after that.
What do you think I'm doing wrong with setting up these routers? Or are most budget routers like this? Or does this tend to happen to used/refurbished routers due to the router needing to be reset since it is attaching to a modem that "remembers" the older router?
So my question is, why is this happening to me all the time. I will admit I've had fewer problems with the initial setup if the routers were brand new. If they were refurbished or used I tended to have more issues with the initial setup. Which makes me wonder if I should always do a hard reset (using a pin, etc) any time I buy a refurbished or used router prior to finalizing my initial setup. Am I doing something wrong with setting up these routers? Some of them have been used, some have been refurbished, and some new. I don't get why they stabilize after some time without me doing anything to them besides unplugging and replugging them in. On a few occasions I would do the reinstallation process too, but on some I only powered the routers on and off and they would work indefinitely after that.
What do you think I'm doing wrong with setting up these routers? Or are most budget routers like this? Or does this tend to happen to used/refurbished routers due to the router needing to be reset since it is attaching to a modem that "remembers" the older router?
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