Solve : NETGEAR Wireless Router shuts off couple of times a day.?

1.	Solve : NETGEAR Wireless Router shuts off couple of times a day.?
Answer» I have a NETGEAR 4 port Wireless router that shutoffs a COUPLE TIMES during the day and when im on... how can i FIX this from happening? Do you mean that it shuts itself off, stops responding or just just denies network access? How hot does it get? If the router is not raised off a good insulating surface i.e. a carpet it will over heat and probably shut off to cool. If it is just freezing up on you then nothing you can do but reset it or buy a new one.Does the whole router shuts off or just the wireless connection? 'cause my router has a wireless connection which too closes the network when it's not active, but once my laptop is trying to connect to wireless network it becomes active automatically.both.. all the lights go off to everything except for the power light otherwise everything is offkutless, and how do you recover from the loss? Sometimes due to an excessive volume of data passing through the modem it will stop processing and of course the result will be that the router does not receive anything. The solution to that is to just power down the modem (and i usually do the sending wireless router at the modem as well) and it always returns to full service. REMEMBER that if you are disconnecting the router (receiver) at the computer to treat it with the "safely remove hardware" option. It needs to be treated as any other USB connected device. truenorthI have to unplug power cord then plug back in and wait 1 minute and then internet works. Quote from: Accessless on February 10, 2009, 06:04:43 AM How hot does it get? If the router is not raised off a good insulating surface i.e. a carpet it will over heat and probably shut off to cool. This was never answered. lol its probably gets way to much air... yea its just sitting on my desk with nothing on top (all the airvents are on top) kutless, Well assuming that what you are "unpluging" is the "modem" then that is exactly what i said earlier.I don't know if that type of issue is more relevant to certain brands of modems or routers than others but from conversations with my DSL ISP it seems to be fairly common and the fix is as you/I are doing .truenorth P.S. My DSL modem is provided by my ISP and the sending router is an "Air Link" and the recieving wireless at the computer is a "Trend Net".I have to unplug router not modem... I have comcast RCA Cable Modem. but its the netgear router not the modem, modem works fine.kutless, Actually from what my experience has been and the information i have gleaned over time (as much as you may not like it) your system is actually working fine. As i mentioned earlier when i power off mine i do both the router (sending) and modem at the same time. So it may well be that i could get away with only the router but as they are both side by each it is no extra effort to do both. As an experiment (not knowing your usage) to see if it makes a difference on a day when your not using (very much) your on-line connection see if the powering off become necessary. In my case it is very common to have 4 computers running all connected to the same DSL modem via wireless routers and depending on use it can occur that every day or 2 i might have to unplug. I don't know if changing any of the hardware would make any difference. truenorth... I had my modem hooked up to 15 port router then i hooked up to wireless router but i dont use my 15 port anymore so i just go modem to router and i only have 1 computer on it...and HOPEFULLY my gaming computer will get fixed and then i'll have 2 or 3 on the network but thats it.. i have all computer equipment besides actual computers on 24/7No consolation or advice but the last 2 NetGears i had both did the same thing...ok thx for the help guys

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I have a NETGEAR 4 port Wireless router that shutoffs a COUPLE TIMES during the day and when im on... how can i FIX this from happening? Do you mean that it shuts itself off, stops responding or just just denies network access?

How hot does it get? If the router is not raised off a good insulating surface i.e. a carpet it will over heat and probably shut off to cool.

If it is just freezing up on you then nothing you can do but reset it or buy a new one.Does the whole router shuts off or just the wireless connection? 'cause my router has a wireless connection which too closes the network when it's not active, but once my laptop is trying to connect to wireless network it becomes active automatically.both.. all the lights go off to everything except for the power light otherwise everything is offkutless, and how do you recover from the loss? Sometimes due to an excessive volume of data passing through the modem it will stop processing and of course the result will be that the router does not receive anything. The solution to that is to just power down the modem (and i usually do the sending wireless router at the modem as well) and it always returns to full service. REMEMBER that if you are disconnecting the router (receiver) at the computer to treat it with the "safely remove hardware" option. It needs to be treated as any other USB connected device. truenorthI have to unplug power cord then plug back in and wait 1 minute and then internet works. Quote from: Accessless on February 10, 2009, 06:04:43 AM

How hot does it get? If the router is not raised off a good insulating surface i.e. a carpet it will over heat and probably shut off to cool.

This was never answered. lol its probably gets way to much air... yea its just sitting on my desk with nothing on top (all the airvents are on top) kutless, Well assuming that what you are "unpluging" is the "modem" then that is exactly what i said earlier.I don't know if that type of issue is more relevant to certain brands of modems or routers than others but from conversations with my DSL ISP it seems to be fairly common and the fix is as you/I are doing .truenorth
P.S. My DSL modem is provided by my ISP and the sending router is an "Air Link" and the recieving wireless at the computer is a "Trend Net".I have to unplug router not modem... I have comcast RCA Cable Modem. but its the netgear router not the modem, modem works fine.kutless, Actually from what my experience has been and the information i have gleaned over time (as much as you may not like it) your system is actually working fine. As i mentioned earlier when i power off mine i do both the router (sending) and modem at the same time. So it may well be that i could get away with only the router but as they are both side by each it is no extra effort to do both. As an experiment (not knowing your usage) to see if it makes a difference on a day when your not using (very much) your on-line connection see if the powering off become necessary. In my case it is very common to have 4 computers running all connected to the same DSL modem via wireless routers and depending on use it can occur that every day or 2 i might have to unplug. I don't know if changing any of the hardware would make any difference. truenorth... I had my modem hooked up to 15 port router then i hooked up to wireless router but i dont use my 15 port anymore so i just go modem to router and i only have 1 computer on it...and HOPEFULLY my gaming computer will get fixed and then i'll have 2 or 3 on the network but thats it.. i have all computer equipment besides actual computers on 24/7No consolation or advice but the last 2 NetGears i had both did the same thing...ok thx for the help guys

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