18th August 2005, 12:11 PM
Ah, I misunderstood.
Well the next question is this. How often does your HOUSE router go down? I ask because I've been "through" too many routers in the past few years and I just need to figure out if this is a common problem or if I am cursed by the lag demon.
First of all, most routers I've had burn through ports at an all too steady rate. I did of course consider the possibility that it was actually the thing I had hooked up to that port that killed it (when I say killed, I mean that router port in particular has been physically shorted out to the point where usability is no longer possible). However, even replacing my ethernet card is not sufficient.
I then go on to wonder exactly why my router would even need to be reset. Overheating shouldn't be an issue. Any "cache" it stores should be designed internally to flush before any crash occurs. From what I understand of the ethernet system and routers in general, a data collision shouldn't ever occur in my setup. So, I am left wondering if I actually managed to do something wrong or if router technology in general is just not truly "ready".
Your thoughts?
Well the next question is this. How often does your HOUSE router go down? I ask because I've been "through" too many routers in the past few years and I just need to figure out if this is a common problem or if I am cursed by the lag demon.
First of all, most routers I've had burn through ports at an all too steady rate. I did of course consider the possibility that it was actually the thing I had hooked up to that port that killed it (when I say killed, I mean that router port in particular has been physically shorted out to the point where usability is no longer possible). However, even replacing my ethernet card is not sufficient.
I then go on to wonder exactly why my router would even need to be reset. Overheating shouldn't be an issue. Any "cache" it stores should be designed internally to flush before any crash occurs. From what I understand of the ethernet system and routers in general, a data collision shouldn't ever occur in my setup. So, I am left wondering if I actually managed to do something wrong or if router technology in general is just not truly "ready".
Your thoughts?
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)