Help my router just died I think

[Panzerknacker]

So I was playing some CS:source, and suddenly it began to lag like hell, my teamspeak went lagging and everything else as well. It took one minute or something and it returned to normal. I played for a hour, and left my pc. When I came back, my internet didnt work anymore.

So I thought, ok I'm going to the router control panel using my webbrowser, IP = 192.168.2.1. But I never got to the control panel, it just didnt work anymore. All the lights on the router were still on, cables all plugged in correctly. I looked at my network settings and it appeared that the DHCP didnt work. So I rebooted, tried the other PC's but none of them could get on the router.

So I unplugged all the cables, even the power cable, put the power cable back in, reset the router, and tried again with only 1 pc plugged in. But I still couldnt get on the control panel. I tried again for 3 times, hard resetting by holding the reset button for 6 seconds, power off and on, didnt work. I tried all of my PC's again, and none of them get a IP from the DHCP (the router has built in DHCP which I'm using).

Normally, after I reset it and stuff, it should at default settings, so I can acces it thru the 192.168.2.1 IP adress. This time nothing works.

It a EDIMAX broadband router, BR-6104. In my opinion it's just broken. What do u guys think?

[Panzerknacker]

hm, I already it, although 'fixed' is not the good word. I just tried again after 30 minutes and it works again. I think it's just a piece of crap that needs to be thrown out of the windows very soon. If it does this one more time I get a good one.

[don256us]

It could be that a chip is failing with heat. I would look at getting a new one and in the mean time, make sure the unit gets good air flow.

[jajmon]

I agree w/Don on the heat issue. Make sure you have good air flow, maybe point a small 8in personal fan on it, or take the cover off. You could even go so far as to mount a heat sync on the chipset to help.

[Flip-Mode]

Hey, I got the same router.......damn it you are scaring me....

[gorilly]

mod it!! cut a few holes, add a few fans, put some cathodes inside it and then post some poor quality pics of it in the dark!

[winterhavok]

Depending on the type of router, you don't really have to mod it, just stick a nice portable fan up there and it will cool it effectively enough till you are able to diagnose what the problem is or come up with the money to buy a new one. Of course, you could always use one of the DIY jobs and make your own router using an old computer.

[Panzerknacker]

yeah thanks for the replies. It worked for a week or something then started acting funny again. I'm going to get a new one I already made a thread about it. But cool idea of modding it, I might do that with my new one LMAO!