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Why Do We Have To Restart Routers?

Posted by kdawson on from the buildup-of-bogons dept.

jaypaulw writes "I've owned a WRT54G, some cheap D-Link home Wi-Fi/firewall/routers, and now an Apple Airport Extreme (100/10 ethernet ports). In the context of the discussion about the worst uses of Windows — installation in places where an embedded device is superior — I've gotten to wondering why it's necessary to reboot these devices so frequently, like every few days. It seems like routers, purpose-built with an embedded OS, should be the most stable devices on my network."

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  1. Slow news day? by kwabbles · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I mean, seriously.

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  2. VxWorks doesn't. by bersl2 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Discuss.

  3. Did you see the ghost? by edmicman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It ran through here; it sli-it slimed me!

  4. Re:I never have to by jez9999 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Does anyone know if there's a nice replacement firmware for Speedtouch routers? I have an ST585 (my ISP gave it to when I signed up). The hardware quality seems quite good, and the router is very configurable, but the builtin web interface is truly a piece of shit. The only way to configure it properly is to use a telnet interface, which is incredibly complicated and enigmatic, as well as not being documented anywhere on the internet (I just about managed to get it to do what I wanted, function as a bridge so my machine has a dedicated IP address, but it was from instructions posted in a forum). I'd like a nice replacement firmware for that, with a nice web interface.

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