On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:45:43 +0100, Chris French
wrote:

In message , Graham.
writes
On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 13:25:33 -0700 (PDT), sm_jamieson
wrote:

Dont't buy a tp-link ADSL wireless router ! Mine only lasted just over
a year. It was working but I could not access its http console
(visitor wanted the pass phrase), so I restarted it (power cycled).
After that it acted as an ethernet switch but nothing else. It was as
if the control part of the device had failed.
It would not even respond to the reset button, so no return to factory
presets possible.
Replaced with a netgear one - the previous netgear router I had lasted years.
I know none of these are high end devices, but they should do the job.
DIY ? Well I bought it myself and plugged it in myself ;-)
Simon.

Thanks, but I don't think a sample size of 1 as going to influence me
one way or the other.


Indeed, my TP link wireless AP has been running ok for a few years now

My TP Link router replaced my Belkin router which died earlier this
year but as each of them only cost about a tenner I tend to think of
them as consumables like paper and ink. I could buy a really nice
router for Belkin/TP price x n where n is a big number but I'm not
convinced a nice router would stay alive n-times longer than my
cheapies or even that computers will still use the same standards in
n-times years time.

Nick