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Thread ID: 126346	2012-08-21 19:45:00	Thomson Router's suck!	goodiesguy (15316)	PC World Chat

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1296087	2012-08-21 19:45:00	Both of our Thomson TG585v7 which we got off a friend when our old Dynalink RTA1320 died have both pretty much gone kaput. We are having to alternate between the two. About once a day, I'll have to swap over routers so we can have internet. I even opened one of them up, and was able to take the whole thing completely apart, but nothing looked wrong with it. Thankfully we just bough a Belkin router off trade me brand new boxed for $40. Should arrive in a day or two. I also learned that at least in America and the UK, that a "Router" is what I would call a "Wireless Access Point" basically something you connected to a "Modem" to have wifi in your house. I did make sure with the seller that the Belkin does in fact have the "modem" built in, so we just have to wait for it to arrive, and we can finally have reliable internet back!.	goodiesguy (15316)
1296088	2012-08-21 21:06:00	I've been blogging about that since 2009... Glad to see you agree.	Chilling_Silence (9)
1296089	2012-08-21 22:07:00	I dont think you have a router problem at all, more likely a fault in the line.	prefect (6291)
1296090	2012-08-21 22:19:00	The T585 v7 is a well-known POS (Piece Of S***). However the Technicolor TG582n (the 'new' Thomson brand) that Telecom now give away are extremely robust - a huge improvement. In the project I have been working on recently (with almost exclusively TG582n devices), the uptime over two months is very impressive, with most of the 30-odd units having stayed alive for the whole period... For the devices that haven't, there are usually other reasons than device or connection failure - PEBKAC, power outage, deliberate user restart (for no discernible reason) etc...	johcar (6283)
1296091	2012-08-21 22:42:00	Many routers are let down by bad ventilation, overheating and cheap capacitors.	Agent_24 (57)
1296092	2012-08-21 23:06:00	I dont think you have a router problem at all, more likely a fault in the line. It's definitaley the router, as if we reset the router, or switch them over, the internet goes fine again. I just switched over routers just before, as one of them is a slow peice of ****.	goodiesguy (15316)
1296093	2012-08-21 23:38:00	You'll find that a 6 inch nail through the body of a TG585 v7 will improve its reliability, usefulness and resale value (for anyone looking for a 6 inch nail)...	johcar (6283)
1296094	2012-08-21 23:55:00	It's definitaley the router, as if we reset the router, or switch them over, the internet goes fine again. I just switched over routers just before, as one of them is a slow peice of ****. So the exact same as our router then. We use netgear, but still needs the reset several times a day to keep things sort of running.	Nick G (16709)
1296095	2012-08-22 00:35:00	My thomson used to randomly stop working and sometimes take a couple of power cycles to kick it back into life so I gave it away and got a better one. The people I gave it to say it work's fine and never gives them grief, weird. However when I was still using it I found online a recommendation to stand them on their side to improve ventillation and turn wi-fi off if you don't need it and that does seem to help the stability. Also I realised where I had it placed got direct sunlight for part of the day which is probably a factor. I've even constructed myself a "router cooler" out of an old 8cm PC fan, a 12V plugpack from a dead router, and some scrap timber. Copied the Idea from laptop coolers, the fan just blows cool air up under the router and definately lowers the temperature of the router. Incidentally I call them routers myself and consider it fair as they do incorporate a router, as well as a modem and in many cases a wifi access point. In truth they are a multifunction device but router is the closest to an accurate name without using a long descriptive "router/modem/wi-fi access point" type name.	dugimodo (138)
1296096	2012-08-22 00:41:00	However when I was still using it I found online a recommendation to stand them on their side to improve ventillation and turn wi-fi off if you don't need it and that does seem to help the stability. Also I realised where I had it placed got direct sunlight for part of the day which is probably a factor. I've had them standing on their sides for the past few days. Hasn't really done much, but they keep going for just that wee bit longer. But come tonight, I'll have to switch them over, the peices of crap.	goodiesguy (15316)
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