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| Thread ID: 104997 | 2009-11-15 19:49:00 | Doh! My WAG160n is crapping out | wratterus (105) | Press F1 |
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| 830483 | 2009-11-16 07:53:00 | I gotta WAG160N. When I first got it I noticed how hot it got. One day I was wondering around the shopping mall as you do & drifted into a $2 shop & as I was aimlessly bumping from pillar to post (You guessed it. I love shopping malls) I saw a plate holder. I thought about the router & the stupid design, or lack of design in heat dissipation, coughed up $2 for 3 plate stands. I now have a router standing more or less vertically & it barely gets warm even in the summer, wireless speeds are faster, connecting at 270 - 300 regardless of how many walls the signal passes through & hasn't missed a beat. See attached pic Great idea! |
CliveM (6007) | ||
| 830484 | 2009-11-16 08:17:00 | One year warranty, mines just over 11 months old. I'm going to push for a store credit from PB, if that doesn't work it'll be straight to linksys, guess they'll probably send the same model back and the problem will re-occur when it's out of warranty? Just a guess. :( Probably too late, then. Yes, you really don't want another one, eh. My client's one is elevated but I like Phil's idea. |
linw (53) | ||
| 830485 | 2009-11-16 19:56:00 | Probably too late, then. Yes, you really don't want another one, eh. My client's one is elevated but I like Phil's idea. Yeah, no use shutting the door after the horse has bolted. +1 on Phil's idea, those routers do look awesome so there's no worries having them sitting up like that, that is a genius idea. You could even grab a 800RPM 120MM fan and mount it under the router, you'd barely hear it but that would keep it a lot cooler. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 830486 | 2009-11-16 20:53:00 | I gotta WAG160N. When I first got it I noticed how hot it got. One day I was wondering around the shopping mall as you do & drifted into a $2 shop & as I was aimlessly bumping from pillar to post (You guessed it. I love shopping malls) I saw a plate holder. I thought about the router & the stupid design, or lack of design in heat dissipation, coughed up $2 for 3 plate stands. I now have a router standing more or less vertically & it barely gets warm even in the summer, wireless speeds are faster, connecting at 270 - 300 regardless of how many walls the signal passes through & hasn't missed a beat. See attached pic :dogeye: My WRT310n never connects any faster than 130? :illogical |
nofam (9009) | ||
| 830487 | 2009-11-17 09:02:00 | Nofam. My router has the DNS settings for the ISP manually entered, WPA2 personal security with a nice long passphrase, ssid off, wireless mac filter set to permit only the pc's in the house, dhcp enabled with enough addresses (changed from the default setting) available only for pc's in the house & standing on top of my pc case. The router is roughly 1m from the floor. I found that if it is lower than that & the connecting pc's are low to the ground, it does slow the connection. All pc's in my house have static ip addresses. Other than that all settings are default. I never turn the router off & it's connecting at 300 with the media pc now & still barely warm. Try that with yours & see if makes any difference | Phil B (648) | ||
| 830488 | 2010-01-16 07:22:00 | The WAG160n has Serious firmware issues. Very Serious. After a few hours it fails to respond to ARP and RARP requests and its wireless speed and reliability drops to basically nothing. I can connect using linksys usb adapters, at 150mbps (135mpbs in the garage through one concrete and three plasterboard walls 15m away). I have gotten as far as Linksys' Headquarters in California with the issue as it is one had by hundreds posting on their "Linksys Community Forums" and the communication from them is even worse than the quality of their router. Dick Smith have already given me the option of changing to a Dlink DSL-2740B so I might just go with that |
justinsg (11165) | ||
| 830489 | 2010-01-16 22:45:00 | must agree about the overheating problem heats up heaps have tried putting a 120mm fan under it but didn't fix problem of overheating then again it was in push should have prob been pull about the wireless dropouts i had major ones when i got the router would dropout every two days permantly unless refreshed so upgraded to another firmware and then i would lose signals when 10meters away off and on but so far have found V1.00.14 of the firmware has been the most solid if any can be called solid so have you tried upgrading firmware? |
10880 (15431) | ||
| 830490 | 2010-01-17 00:29:00 | Yup. I've done everything. In fact - if you want the full explanation, diagnosis, faults, poor customer support, horror story and anger-fuelled commentary of this problem, check out the Linksys forums... forums.linksysbycisco.com This particular thread started in March last year and has now had 66 posts and links to another 20 odd threads discussing the same issue. My username over there is also justinsg Happy reading :) |
justinsg (11165) | ||
| 830491 | 2010-01-17 02:43:00 | hahahahahahahaha i feel very sory at their faults good luck :D wiht making it work prp[erly ok, wish u get cooler one.. keep on posting | Rydia (15432) | ||
| 830492 | 2010-01-17 03:13:00 | haha I know - at the moment I have it propped up on a baking mesh tray by two books with a 40cm fan blasting it at full speed. No improvement lol | justinsg (11165) | ||
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