On Monday, October 13, 2014 10:19:29 PM UTC+1, Graham. wrote:
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.



Apart from that, you havn't given us the model number.


Oh I didn't think I'd bother. I didn't think a sample size of 1 was going to influence you one way or the other. Don't you recognize and excuse to vent ? (model TD-W8961ND Ver 3.0 S/N 12986703642).
A sample size of 1 may be statistically insignificant, but there is a significant chance that if something happens, it happens more than once (because its due to an underlying design factor). Or is it because I split my coffee in it ?
Simon.