modem/router longevity, recommendations

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#1

My combo modem/router is going after only a couple of years. The AT&T tech who was here said this is typical. I do have a good quality UPS, so I’m pretty sure that is not the issue. And, the unit is well ventilated. (I don’t need wireless.)

A bit of search on modem/router longevity gave me nothing useful. Is it so hard to make a modem/router that is going to last 5 or 10 years? It’s not like there are any moving parts.

If anyone has a brand they recommend, I would love to hear about it. AFAIK, the big companies (Toshiba, LinkSys) as well as AT&T (my connection service) all start failing and have to be replaced ever couple of years.

#2

I’ve never gone wrong with Netgear.

#3

I have a Netgear DG834G. I’ve had it for at least 5 years.
It has only one problem, which it has had since new: when it starts up, it takes an hour before it connects to my ISP. So I (almost) never switch it off.

#4

Cisco SRP527W here. Never looked back to those shitty consumer units.

Cas :slight_smile:

#5

They all suck, seriously.

If you have a lot of connections going, wifi, low latency needs… its all a mess

especially wifi - its so weak with almost all routers - never mind the channel, 2-3 rooms and its so weak and disconnects and stuff… forget about playing games
I have lived as a gamer with wifi for like 3 years when I still lived with my parents. So I know like aaaaall the tricks, but they dont really seems to matter, its like placebo.

I currently have a CISCO modem which is really really good and a DLink router which is SUPPOSED to be good. But even without any strain you just cannot connect to wifi often times - even annoying for using wifi on android n stuff

NetGear was horrible imo, but most of them are.

So yeah go Cisco…

#6

I’ve got an intellinet. Only one problem. occasionally i’ll lose the DNS server, but powercycling the router fixes it. it doesn’t happen very often anyways.

#7

Thanks for all the replies! I meant to follow up sooner, but I haven’t made a decision yet, am living with the problem until, at least, we get past tax day.

#8

I’ve killed 2 Linksys (one wired, one wireless), and a Belkin (wireless) so far and am now working on destroying a Netgear N600. To be fair to the Belkin, I think the problem is that there is so much contention on 2.4GHz here, it couldn’t cope with all the retrys and went into a sulk. 5GHz is much better, but not all my kit supports it. Fortunately I’ve got wired connections too.