Nick Odell wrote
Chris French wrote
Graham. wrote
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 ;-)

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

None of mine have died yet.

or even that computers will still use the
same standards in n-times years time.

That's the reason the previous ones have been
replaced, first to get wifi and then to get ADSL2+

Not that the current one cost much, got it at a garage/yard
sale for peanuts because it has full voip support too.