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Internet go out?

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 1:57 am
by Skeithex
Does your internet ever go out often? Is it ever due to your ISP or your hardware?

Re: Internet go out?

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 6:16 am
by froggyboy604
I used to have my ISP disconnect me for a few minutes from the internet at random times per year. Sometimes it happens on a monthly basis. I think it is caused by the ISP's modem, or my ISP connection being down for maintenance or to update the modem's firmware.

Re: Internet go out?

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 6:33 am
by Skeithex
That sucks, my recently went out but I simply needed to hard rest my router and modem

Re: Internet go out?

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 1:44 am
by froggyboy604
Skeithex wrote:That sucks, my recently went out but I simply needed to hard rest my router and modem
I notice hard resetting a router or modem usually works at fixing most problems unless the devices are broken.

Re: Internet go out?

Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:44 am
by Skeithex
froggyboy604 wrote:
Skeithex wrote:That sucks, my recently went out but I simply needed to hard rest my router and modem
I notice hard resetting a router or modem usually works at fixing most problems unless the devices are broken.
that can be a pain to do, and I always fear that settings may be changed or devices won't hook up right.

Re: Internet go out?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:41 am
by froggyboy604
Skeithex wrote:
froggyboy604 wrote:
Skeithex wrote:That sucks, my recently went out but I simply needed to hard rest my router and modem
I notice hard resetting a router or modem usually works at fixing most problems unless the devices are broken.
that can be a pain to do, and I always fear that settings may be changed or devices won't hook up right.
I think there are power bars and power plugs where you can turn off on on the power with a remote, or with an app on your smartphone, tablet, or PC.

There is a chance that settings would be lost if the router rely on a battery to store information, and the battery, and power is unplugged. I think more advance routers may have an internal battery like PCs and laptops which store BIOS/CMOS information on the motherboard, and require a battery to keep the settings up.

I think some routers let you backup the settings to a PC in the router control panel page.

Re: Internet go out?

Posted: Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:12 am
by Skeithex
None of my stuff has a battery or back up supply, when the power goes out everything is out unfortunately.