Avian Gamers Network

The other day my router's Diag light lit up and stayed on.... thus I lost internet access.

I tried to reset... no good. So I connected directly to the modem and downloaded the newest firmware.... however the installer could not access the router. So I directed my browser at the router.... no good, nothing to access.

I called Tech Support, after failing to reset he pronounced my router dead.

So I ask you, what would kill a router? Old age? Power surge? Would a power surge kill my router behind a surge protector, yet not kill the printer and scanner on the same surge protector?




Anyway after this post I will replace my old router with a new one. If you guys do not see me in a few days, something went terribly wrong

Cyrus, here is my guess... YOur router is protected from power surge at the power end, but not the phone end. Sometimes if there is a storm, your equipment can be damaged by lightning through the phone line.

I could be totally wrong, of course.

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Retired Weaponsmith

Maybe.... I lost an old modem back in 1995 exactly how you explain it: Surge through the phone line. You could see the burnt resisters when you took it out the tower.

This go around I have a cable modem, and I learned from my 1995 troubles... the cable has a surge protector protecting it. But those surge protectors are not 100% perfect