Toasted Router Saga
Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:45 am
At the end of last week I suddenly lost all network operation. No local or internet service was available. I traced the issue to a bad router, a chip actually overheated and turned its markings brown! Funny thing is that when I looked at the addresses (DHCP is being used) on the network aware printers, they were all way out of the expected range. I guess the router had a really bad few moments. Just after it stopped sending TCP/IP signals and bad addresses it started sending ISS (Internal Smoke Signals). A new router and it's back on line again. Also the older Linksys 3 port print server could not be ID'd so I'm replacing it with stand alone servers.
Anybody else ever experience a similar 'undocumented' feature?
All the time you save using computers is paid back when they crash, and often with interest!
Len
Anybody else ever experience a similar 'undocumented' feature?
All the time you save using computers is paid back when they crash, and often with interest!
Len