Re: Newbie: Router has died twice in the last 2 weeks, why ?

From: Barry (no_at_ta.com)
Date: 07/04/04 

Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 20:47:34 GMT

"Steve H." <steve2470@funfunfunyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:wRAFc.13559$uK.7088@twister.tampabay.rr.com...
> Hi all and TIA,
> My D-Link DI-604 router died about 2 weeks ago. It would not
> transmit from the WAN properly. I traded it in for a brand new one
> (DI-604) two weeks ago, and it worked fine for 2 weeks. I am not running
> any servers or anything special. Just surfing the net and using Real
> Player 10 to listen to AAR.
> This morning the router would not work again, same problem. I
> reset the cable modem and the router a few times. The router WAN light
> would come on for about 30 seconds and blink (as it should), and then
> the light would go back out. All cables were fastened correctly. The
> cable modem was functioning perfectly (I also had to trade that in about
> a week ago to my ISP). I know the cable modem is working perfectly
> because right now I am "naked" and only running Zone Alarm 5.0 free
> edition and I am getting web pages just fine. Oh yeah, the firmware on
> the router has also been upgraded to the latest version.
> Question: Am I a) just having bad luck, b) experiencing a
> common defect with DI-604 routers, or c) experiencing something more
> nefarious ? I came here instead of accessing D-Link because I don't want
> their propoganda. I am a newbie, so I have no clue. TIA.
> Steve
>
> (remove the obvious to reply to my email)
>
>
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>

hm i've got one of them., had it a week. I'll let you know how it goes!

I've given up on VPN pass through though - see previous post - and I'm using
it as a switch with intenet connection sharing. hardly ideal, but it
works...

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