Bypassing router

Yea this is a bit less consumer Netgear router...at least it looks respectable appearance wise.

Now last night I did direct to modem uploads with both computers, the IBM T60 and the Macbook and both went through fine, I did a test with the router and it failed.

Tonight if I get home in time I will install the new router and run the same tests.

It's really starting to looking like a defective router, I guess what threw me is everything works fine except for FTP uploads and they worked for a year through the router.

I will let you know how things go with the new router.....to be honest I never knew these things can fail like this.

QUOTE=whytheheckme;653840]I'm really liking the new router idea....

If there aren't firmware updates available, then this would definitely be my route.

I have a total of 18 routers and switches operating in my data-center right now. None of them are D-Links. I have replaced every D-Link product I own (typically with Cisco or *shiver* Linksys (which isn't so bad, now that it's part of Cisco), or Dell Switches (they have really really nice managed switches), or believe it or not, Intel switches seem to do fine) because I have never had anything but problems with D-Link firmware. My first wireless router was 9 years ago, and it was a D-Link (713P maybe?), and that crapped out after a few years. As recently as a year ago I purchased a D-Link (with the hopes that maybe they had improved their software design), with no avail... only a few months after purchasing it did the software become sound bound up that simply accessing the web portal for the router became a 45 minute process.

In short, ditch the D-Link. Personally, I'm not the hugest fan of Netgear (seems way too consumer oriented for me), but it should be better than what you have. If you have no problems uploading directly through the modem, then I highly doubt that your service is the problem.

My 2 cents,
Jacob

P.S., looking forward to hearing how your new router works. Let us know![/quote]

[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by STORMCENTRE

I will let you know how things go with the new router.....to be honest I never knew these things can fail like this.

Sadly, routers fail all the time. I know in my history of networking (I'm fairly a n00b, only starting about 7 years ago (granted I'm 15 now)) I've probably 'burnt out' 10 or 11 routers. But then again, thats probably my fault for passing ridicules amounts of traffic through consumer products

Jacob

I am happy to report the problem is solved and yes it was the d-link router, I guess I just didn't know these things burn out like that and same here I was uploading alot of broadcast grade news video through a consumer grade router and I guess it burned out.

The NetGear WNR854T has been working since 11pm last night with 10 large files all uploading successfully and it's still going like the energizer bunny.

Thanks again for all you're help everyone here, this was the only place on the net where I could get knowledgeable answers....you guys sure know you're stuff.

mark

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

Sadly, routers fail all the time. I know in my history of networking (I'm fairly a n00b, only starting about 7 years ago (granted I'm 15 now)) I've probably 'burnt out' 10 or 11 routers. But then again, thats probably my fault for passing ridicules amounts of traffic through consumer products

Jacob

[synth3tk]

Glad to hear that your problem is solved! Also nice to know that it was good getting rid of my own D-Link. But yeah, anything electronic (or made by man for that matter) will always have some sort of limitation or malfunction. It's just how we are.

[threadjacking="blatant"] I might get that Linksys router that runs on open source software (Don't know the exact model number). I heard a lot of great things about it, so I'm hoping to give it a whirl. I hate the Wireless Gateway that's coming with my AT&T DSL order, though it's cheap and will get me through. Yea for 3.0MBps speeds! Although I would've gotten 6.0, but the apartment complex has one of those phone systems to buzz in guests, which limits speeds. [/threadjacking]

Yes I'm glad too, now I have to think of something to do to celebrate tonight and then start thinking about my next project

Sure anything can break but I really didn't know/think that routers could so easily "burn out" like this, and this unit still worked fine except during ftp uploads so that's why it was NOT a prime suspect early on. Sure learned something and that's good.

Originally Posted by blakcheez

Glad to hear that your problem is solved! Also nice to know that it was good getting rid of my own D-Link. But yeah, anything electronic (or made by man for that matter) will always have some sort of limitation or malfunction. It's just how we are.

[threadjacking="blatant"] I might get that Linksys router that runs on open source software (Don't know the exact model number). I heard a lot of great things about it, so I'm hoping to give it a whirl. I hate the Wireless Gateway that's coming with my AT&T DSL order, though it's cheap and will get me through. Yea for 3.0MBps speeds! Although I would've gotten 6.0, but the apartment complex has one of those phone systems to buzz in guests, which limits speeds. [/threadjacking]

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by whytheheckme

(I'm fairly a n00b, only starting about 7 years ago (granted I'm 15 now))

Think of it in terms of percentage of a lifetime instead.

I am also impressed that you maintained the integrity of your parentheses; you must be a software guy...

Don

It has been a couple of weeks and 15 gigs of video later and I just wanted to let everyone know that my ftp system is working perfectly so it is 100% confirmed that I had of all things a defective router.

The Netgear router has been working fine and all is good.

Of all the things....an intermittently defective router.....

[synth3tk]

That's great to hear!!! Right now I'm surviving a 2Wire wireless router from AT&T, and it's... meh.