overloading a router????

[high_revs]

hmm... have 2 wrt-54g with dd-wrt. been working fine until last weekend... maybe d/l'ing too much? what i added was someone's laptop (streams many videos) and a nas (not really used yet still configuring)....

this was an upgraded dd-wrt with more memory added + heatsink, but i'm finding myself restarting it more (never really had to). have total 12 IP #'s but not all current.

can you overload a router? wondering if there's a "ram" thing i can add more to it? hate to go 802.11n when i just bought a 2nd dd-wrt configured already wrt-54g as my wireless repeater.

not much network traffic (between machines, i.e. data transfers)... mostly maybe 2 or 3 tops accessing internet. me on vpn or streaming/email/web stuff and 2 others for streaming/email/web browsing. no really heavy users (the other 2)

[shooterfpga]

yeah you can overload them. you did good by loading dd-wrt or buying one with it preloaded. ive yet to come across a linksys/cisco router that has a long life.

[high_revs]

been with ddwrt since 08 or 07 o something like that. Can I beef this up more?

[shooterfpga]

you could try forced induction. i dunno if the style of heatsink you have installed has a cut out in the body. but you could try cooling it off manually with a fan. its already been upgraded which should have solved the issues those routers are known to have. but youre pushing those limits too.

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[shooterfpga]

dont get me wrong its a great router in the combo you have it as. i think if you add another as an ad hoc ap it would help spread the load. but you said you have two already.

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[r3dn3ck]

if you're getting heat related space-cadet-ing of your wifi router then it's time to consider replacing it. Heat induced failures in electronics only get worse with time. Once you've gone over temp 1 time you can have physical problems at the solder joints, especially (ala X-box 360) problems with solder flowing from connections and causing spotty contact. Apart from the desoldering problem one or more of the IC's in the device may be damaged. We're talking 60 nanometer circuit sizes so it doesn't take a lot to literally fry one. All you have to do after it's been damaged is expose it to heat again and you'll get these sort of random failures. Your hose be leaky, get a new hose. Same principle applies here.

[high_revs]

thanks for replies. i don't think it's heat related per se. the events that happened after i added the bridge/repeater are: another laptop streaming videos now and then, nas, i forgot... another hub/switch since i ran out of the lan connections on the wrt-54g (only has 4). i added another hub for it since i like to hardware as much i can. but it probab does get overloaded with the work asked of it. i haven't even xferred my data to the nas (still figuring it out).

[Syst3m Ov3rrid3]

Yeah you can overload them. They will usually over heat or freeze, the freezing is usually packet translation issues or other packet issues. I have DD-WRT loaded on my WRT54GL with a Fan on top of it. Keeps the router real cool.

[ivanimal]

I was going to say buy a Bosch then realized where I was....................

[Peter.Steele]

yeah you can overload them. you did good by loading dd-wrt or buying one with it preloaded. ive yet to come across a linksys/cisco router that has a long life.

I've got a WRT-54GS that's been going strong since 2006. Only replaced it because I needed (wanted, really) Wireless-N.

[high_revs]

lol ivanimal. what part of a car is a router?

i'm thinking of switching my wrt-54's. my original was pretty strong but can't remember which wrt-54 version it was (l, m, etc.). hope it's as easy as exporting the settings and reimporting them after switching.

else, i have to learn about ip tables, or learn the QoS setup, or just buy the version of dd-wrt that allows bandwidth control per mac.

[loose_electron]

if you're getting heat related space-cadet-ing of your wifi router then it's time to consider replacing it. Heat induced failures in electronics only get worse with time. Once you've gone over temp 1 time you can have physical problems at the solder joints, especially (ala X-box 360) problems with solder flowing from connections and causing spotty contact. Apart from the desoldering problem one or more of the IC's in the device may be damaged. We're talking 60 nanometer circuit sizes so it doesn't take a lot to literally fry one. All you have to do after it's been damaged is expose it to heat again and you'll get these sort of random failures. Your hose be leaky, get a new hose. Same principle applies here.

two possibles here - newer chips in ultra small CMOS geometry (90nm and smaller) are less reliable. Faster, but less relaible in many cases -

RoHS soldering is less relaible than good old fashioned lead-tin mixes.

R&R the thing would be my suggestion.

[loose_electron]

I was going to say buy a Bosch then realized where I was....................

Porter-Cable...

[ibanezfoo]

lol ivanimal. what part of a car is a router?

It connects the rotator splint to the radiator bearings. Just be careful when plugging it in so you don't leak any of your hub cap fluid.

[paul0660]

maybe d/l'ing too much?

Like how much?