Anyone ever run into "overheating a router" syndrome which results in the router no longer being able to handle its switching tasks? LOL I'm runnin a Belkin Router ( http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Product_Id=113464 ) and I'm overheating the damn thing heehee .. damn now i get to mod my router
Well Praetor.... You cant, i repeat CANT overclock everything you know, unless you have damn good cooling for it, lol. You and your overclocking...... Regards CoZZa _X_X_X_X_X_[small][/small]
LOL wasnt OCing a clock-less router I think i will have to put cooling into it though... that should be interesting
Do you mean over heating to the touch? I use my SMC router to keep my feet warm. I leave it on the floor and it get crazy hot. But havn't lost the commnication. Are you losing computer transfer or just the switch?
There are two (important) lights on the router: the WAN light and the SWITCH light ... the switch light keeps going out ... whenever the unit gets excessively hot... i think i solved it now (put two fans on/in it)... was just wondering if anyone ever encountered a similar problem
Praetor, I have not had THAT problem, but I did have a problem due to stupidity. I live out in the country, on a lake. We have had cable television since we moved here 12 years ago. Our cable system finally got broadband up and running right before Christmas. I was the first one to get connected to the system. LOL At any rate, I have 2 computers networked, so I got a Linksys router (WRT54G). I did not realize that they got a tad warm. For Christmas, one of my nieces gave me a box of chocolate covered cherries. lol She knows that I love them. I had them sitting by my computer and for whatever reason, put them on top of my router. The next morning, when I got up, I happened to see them sitting there, opened up the box, and they were all melted. LOLLOL Dumb, true story, but I learned that routers do give off heat.
I am not a big fan of that router, I like the old style that fit like servers slots. They are big but easy to cool, also perfect foot stools in the winter. Mine is this one: http://www.smc.com/index.cfm?sec=Products&pg=Product-Details&prod=243&site=c GandpaBW, sorry to hear about your cherries. I love the ones with the liquor inside.
Yeah I like that design too but at the time i didnt have the money for it Thinking of getting a modem-router combo and a 24 port switch instead now.
Since at home all I have is dialup, a modem one I was thinking of. But were too expensive and didn`t seem to work the way I wanted. Atleast the print server on it works, for all 5 of my computers
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lol Prisoner. If I ate about 6 of those, I would mess up my keyboard due to the drool from my drunken stupor.
