Networking question

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Any network specialists here? It appears ports 2 and 4 on my Linksys 4-port router have gone belly up. Is this common, and is D-Link better? Going to have to replace this one before it dies compeletely...

[Bruce MacMillan]

what are the symptons? are the activity lights functional?
try reflashing the firmware in case its a logical death, not a physical one. I support a network with about 150 of the linksys routers and have very few failures (1 or 2 over several years) They are now owned by Cisco so there quality control may be changing.

[JD Baillie]

Reboot it and check connections. If it still doesn't work throw the thing away and buy another Linksys. They are cheap and not worth much time in repair or trouble shooting. DLinks are fine but tend to be somewhat fussier to set up and program. As Bruce states Linksys is now owned by Cisco.. I guess they knew a good thing when they saw it.

JD

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Well, I said screw it this morning. Had to go get the girls a GeForce card to play their games on their mother's machine, so I bought a spare router at the same time. I'll hold onto it until the existing one gives up the ghost.

Geez, the prices on this stuff have sure come down in 2 1/2 years!

Thanks guys,

Geoff

PS: Endles reboots failed to stop the problem. Ports two and four simply ceased to function after a few minutes into a fresh reboot. I'm using one and three right now, but will replace the box once one of them dies too.

Originally posted by Geoff Winnington-Ball
Had to go get the girls a GeForce card to play their games on

Ah, I had to do that and was surprised how little a GeF 4MX440 AGP8X actually cost. 'Course it now handles graphics faster than greased weasel SH 1 t off a shiny shovel.



R.

[Frank Misztal]

I've been using a 3Com Ethernet Gateway for the past 5 years on my 3-machine network without any problems. The built-in hardware firewall has been protecting my network flawlessly.

Originally posted by Frank Misztal
I've been using a 3Com Ethernet Gateway for the past 5 years on my 3-machine network without any problems. The built-in hardware firewall has been protecting my network flawlessly.

Probably owing to the diminutive size of the typical British dwelling which is not the size of a small hotel so jealously evident on the N. American continent, domestic LANs are rare to nonexistent.

However, as a new signals type and still functioning professionally, I can tell you they are often the bane of my life since the computer people have no comprehension of radio and do not understand the infinite frequency necessity of making a fast edged pulse. We have serious trouble with LAN generated broad-band noise compromising radio circuits even to UHF 450MHZ - 470MHz.

R.
Tiny house dweller.

[Frank Misztal]

Originally posted by FV623
Probably owing to the diminutive size of the typical British dwelling which is not the size of a small hotel so jealously evident on the N. American continent, domestic LANs are rare to nonexistent.

However, as a new signals type and still functioning professionally, I can tell you they are often the bane of my life since the computer people have no comprehension of radio and do not understand the infinite frequency necessity of making a fast edged pulse. We have serious trouble with LAN generated broad-band noise compromising radio circuits even to UHF 450MHZ - 470MHz.

R.
Tiny house dweller.

Master R., I will state to you that, although not diminutive, I do not live in a typical N. American small hotel. There are a number of summer cottages out in the country that are very much bigger than my humble (but comfortable) abode.

I should also inform you that my LAN is not of the wireless persuasion. Being an old Sigs type who understands and appreciates communication security, I do not have radio frequencies emanating from my house. My LAN is of the cable variety and my broadband connection (@ 3Mbps) is through my telephone wires. Having a network at my home has been necessitated by the fact that I have 2 sons (a new Sigs type approaching 20 years and the other going on 13 years of age).

Frank ...
(not a small hotel dweller)

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

I chose a wired network as well, mainly for security purposes. X-number of feet of cable, some connectors and imaginative routing and it's been functioning fine for more than two years (except for the router itself).

Geoff
(Not a tiny house, but not a small hotel either)

[JD Baillie]

Originally posted by FV623
However, as a new signals type and still functioning professionally, I can tell you they are often the bane of my life since the computer people have no comprehension of radio and do not understand the infinite frequency necessity of making a fast edged pulse. We have serious trouble with LAN generated broad-band noise compromising radio circuits even to UHF 450MHZ - 470MHz.

Boy oh boy have you ever said it there! Computer people think 'mutual interferance' means conflicting LAN IP addresses. With 'wireless' as the new Buzz in the boardroom not so localized spectrum coflicts have soared through the roof. It continues to amaze me that anything at all works in a downtown core. I can sit in my living room (of my medium sized North American Palace) and log into at least three neighbor's networks from the laptop with cordless NIC.

Biggest laugh is when I 'slip' and ask for a cordless router. The young'in behind the counter looks confused and then politely corrects me saying " you mean WIRELESS? Don't you sir?"
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Whoah! Soap box!

JD
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[Bruce MacMillan]

Todays users are so into "plug and pray". To be able to open the box and get immediate gratification the devices are in their simplest state, no security whatever. But most people don't take the time or interest to learn what the box does.

I guess thats the difference between a "user" and a "geek".

Originally posted by Frank Misztal
Master R., I will state to you that, although not diminutive, I do not live in a typical N. American small hotel. There are a number of summer cottages out in the country that are very much bigger than my humble (but comfortable) abode.

Well, my biggest room is 12ft², the bog is smaller that the unit found on a 747.

The esteemed Ballray-Suntonwinning can attest accordingly.

I should also inform you that my LAN is not of the wireless persuasion. Being an old Sigs type who understands and appreciates communication security, I do not have radio frequencies emanating from my house.

Nope, I was not inferring wireless, even the wired types leak broadband noise because of the lack of screening and fast edges, we need to remember a perfect square wave defines everything between DC and light to make the perfect leading and trailing edges. Slow the rise and fall times and the spectra decreases. See also "key clicks".

Fast edges = Harmonic city.

R.