Router Netgear question

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GunJack wrote: »

it's ALWAYS worth having a spare router to hand, if for nowt else other than confirming your current one is/is not duff. Plus, the best methods of tech support from ISPs tend to be from the online parts....darn difficult to access if your one and only router has bitten the dust......

IMHO, it's also worth running a router that works with DMT or RuterStats so you can monitor your line's behaviour (invaluable for fault diagnosis) and tweak it's performance

Don't most people confirm things are duff by using them, and if they are, then they look at sourcing a replacement?

Buying 2 of everything, for a very remote eventuality seems a waste of money, the failure rate of routers must be miniscule.

The one she has already works with routerstats.

Figment

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Don't most people confirm things are duff by using them, and if they are, then they look at sourcing a replacement?

Buying 2 of everything, for a very remote eventuality seems a waste of money, the failure rate of routers must be miniscule.

The one she has already works with routerstats.

Following this principal I'd better buy two new cars!;)

Simplistik

+1 for keeping a spare router, in fact i have several


I've had a number of failures, including PSU fails, Poor WiFi range, modem issues and broken/corrupted boot config.

Much easier and quicker to swap out something when fault finding,

I would much prefer that to having NO internet and stuck on the 'phone to some incompetent %!@^

Spare Router/modem? Priceless!!