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Router sulks, then works.
On one of these groups, I posted about 6 months ago about the adapter
for my router failing after a power outage. Apparently it's not a power surge but just normal unplugging and replugging that is bad for many things (especially maybe if they can cool off in between). I used a universal adapter for a while and bought the exact replacement adapter, with the D-Link label, on Ebay. Everything fine. Last night we had another power failure and today, after futile attempts to get my mail, I see that none of the lights on the router are on. I hadn't even gotten around to taking the universal adapter back to it's drawer in the basement! So I switched to that and it didnt' work, but after I unplugged and plugged it in 3 times, ALL the lights on the router went on and stayed on. I ended up unplugging it from the adapter at least 10 times before it finally started working. And now it's been fine for hours. |
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On Tue, 07 Jun 2016 20:17:00 -0400, Micky
wrote: On one of these groups, I posted about 6 months ago about the adapter for my router failing after a power outage. Apparently it's not a power surge but just normal unplugging and replugging that is bad for many things (especially maybe if they can cool off in between). I used a universal adapter for a while and bought the exact replacement adapter, with the D-Link label, on Ebay. Everything fine. Last night we had another power failure and today, after futile attempts to get my mail, I see that none of the lights on the router are on. I hadn't even gotten around to taking the universal adapter back to it's drawer in the basement! So I switched to that and it didnt' work, but after I unplugged and plugged it in 3 times, ALL the lights on the router went on and stayed on. I ended up unplugging it from the adapter at least 10 times before it finally started working. And now it's been fine for hours. As a general rule, based on typical product design of older equipment, a power reset is only reliably achieved through disconnection of power for a few minutes. I use a 5 minute rule, based on worst case experience with larger machines - with experience this can be reduced. Reset buttons and even on-off switches can not always be counted on to do this. If you only want to do this only once, it's worth the extra wait, particularly if there are many suspect devices (including PCs) in the possible fault chain. With experience, some fault-specific components in the chain may be identified to reduce any running around. RL |
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On 6/7/2016 5:17 PM, Micky wrote:
On one of these groups, I posted about 6 months ago about the adapter for my router failing after a power outage. Apparently it's not a power surge but just normal unplugging and replugging that is bad for many things (especially maybe if they can cool off in between). I used a universal adapter for a while and bought the exact replacement adapter, with the D-Link label, on Ebay. Everything fine. Last night we had another power failure and today, after futile attempts to get my mail, I see that none of the lights on the router are on. I hadn't even gotten around to taking the universal adapter back to it's drawer in the basement! So I switched to that and it didnt' work, but after I unplugged and plugged it in 3 times, ALL the lights on the router went on and stayed on. I ended up unplugging it from the adapter at least 10 times before it finally started working. And now it's been fine for hours. By any chance, are you on Southern California Edison (SCE)? Despite being plugged into a surge suppressor, a SCE outage late last year fried my router, possibly when power was restored. I had to go out and buy a new one. SCE denied any responsibility and refused to reimburse the cost of the router. All they did was apologize for the inconvenience. Last Saturday, we had another SCE outage. I rushed to unplug my router before the electricity came back on. This time, my router survived. SCE has outages sufficiently often, that I refuse to surrender my land-line phone service. AT&T powers the phones independently of SCE, which means I can call SCE when there is an outage. Such calls are impossible during an outage with VoIP phone service, and even some cell towers die when SCE dies. SCE repeatedly tells me that I can report outages through their Web site. It does not tell me how to reach their Web site when my PC, my router, my modem, and the Internet cable service all fail to work without electricity. -- David E. Ross http://www.rossde.com/. Donald Trump claims he is a successful businessman. If so, how does he explain the number of his enterprises that have gone bankrupt? |
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On 06/08/2016 09:39 AM, David E. Ross wrote:
[snip] SCE repeatedly tells me that I can report outages through their Web site. It does not tell me how to reach their Web site when my PC, my router, my modem, and the Internet cable service all fail to work without electricity. During the last multi-day power outage here, I was using a laptop and mobile hotspot. I ram my generator only part of the time to keep them charged. BTW, I have seldom (if ever) benefited from reporting a power outage. The system is usually busy from others reporting outages. However, I still liked checking the map that shows outages. -- Mark Lloyd http://notstupid.us/ "If the answers to prayer are merely what God wills all along, then why pray?" Dan Barker, Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist (Madison, WI: FFRF, 1992), p. 108. |
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[Default] On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 09:43:45 -0400, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Wolf K wrote: On 2016-06-07 20:17, Micky wrote: On one of these groups, I posted about 6 months ago about the adapter for my router failing after a power outage. Apparently it's not a power surge but just normal unplugging and replugging that is bad for many things (especially maybe if they can cool off in between). I used a universal adapter for a while and bought the exact replacement adapter, with the D-Link label, on Ebay. Everything fine. Last night we had another power failure and today, after futile attempts to get my mail, I see that none of the lights on the router are on. I hadn't even gotten around to taking the universal adapter back to it's drawer in the basement! So I switched to that and it didnt' work, but after I unplugged and plugged it in 3 times, ALL the lights on the router went on and stayed on. I ended up unplugging it from the adapter at least 10 times before it finally started working. And now it's been fine for hours. Avoid the problem: buy an uninterrupted power supply. I have one, but I didn't think to connect the router to it. Thanks Have a good day, |
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[Default] On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 11:43:34 -0500, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Mark Lloyd wrote: BTW, I have seldom (if ever) benefited from reporting a power outage. The system is usually busy from others reporting outages. However, I still liked checking the map that shows outages. I don't report them because I know there are others more impatient than I. I just sit in the dark. Plus these days, I wonder if they self-report? I think night before last was just for a moment. I have a UPS on my DVDR, but it doesn't work as well as I'd hoped for, and iirc even with the UPS, the DVDR forgets what shows to record if the outage is more than a few moments. (testing would be very inconvenient.) Or I could compare with my analog clocks. |
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"Micky" wrote in message news On one of these groups, I posted about 6 months ago about the adapter for my router failing after a power outage. Apparently it's not a power surge but just normal unplugging and replugging that is bad for many things (especially maybe if they can cool off in between). Its fairly common for items with an SMPSU to have an inrush limiting NTC thermistor, these reduce in resistance when current flow heats them up - they take a few minutes to cool back to room temperature and return to the higher resistance. They're mainly to limit the charging surge for the reservoir capacitor - some items don't have the NTC device, but don't seem to be conspicuously any less reliable. After a certain manufacture date; anything over 50W had to have a PFC front end - basically a switch mode regulator that preceeds the reservoir capacitor - soft start is easier and cheaper to do electronically than include the NTC device. |
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[Default] On Wed, 8 Jun 2016 22:13:39 +0100, in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general "Ian Field" wrote: "Micky" wrote in message news On one of these groups, I posted about 6 months ago about the adapter for my router failing after a power outage. Apparently it's not a power surge but just normal unplugging and replugging that is bad for many things (especially maybe if they can cool off in between). Its fairly common for items with an SMPSU to have an inrush limiting NTC thermistor, these reduce in resistance when current flow heats them up - they take a few minutes to cool back to room temperature and return to the higher resistance. They're mainly to limit the charging surge for the reservoir capacitor - some items don't have the NTC device, but don't seem to be conspicuously any less reliable. After a certain manufacture date; anything over 50W had to have a PFC front end - basically a switch mode regulator that preceeds the reservoir capacitor - soft start is easier and cheaper to do electronically than include the NTC device. Well this thing is pretty old. 8 years at least but I can't remember where I bought it. Maybe it was used. D-link DI-524 |
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On 6/7/2016 8:17 PM, Micky wrote:
On one of these groups, I posted about 6 months ago about the adapter for my router failing after a power outage. Apparently it's not a power surge but just normal unplugging and replugging that is bad for many things (especially maybe if they can cool off in between). I used a universal adapter for a while and bought the exact replacement adapter, with the D-Link label, on Ebay. Everything fine. Last night we had another power failure and today, after futile attempts to get my mail, I see that none of the lights on the router are on. I hadn't even gotten around to taking the universal adapter back to it's drawer in the basement! So I switched to that and it didnt' work, but after I unplugged and plugged it in 3 times, ALL the lights on the router went on and stayed on. I ended up unplugging it from the adapter at least 10 times before it finally started working. And now it's been fine for hours. It would seem that the logical thing would be to simply buy a new router from a good maker. If the router uses a 12V supply and your area has bad power problems something like a Belkin BU3DC001-12V instead of a 'normal' wall-wart supply might be advisable too if the plug is fully compatible. I use the Belkin on my AT&T modem (it came with one) and another on my main switch in the equipment room (I had a spare one just sitting there) while each of the computers has their own 1200VA AC UPS supplying it and any important ancillary network equipment, etc, in their vicinity. I have five of these AC UPS units. The power in my area really sucks big time and I eventually learned my lesson... But I never did see any symptoms such as you describe -- everything reset fine after being powered off for a few seconds or when the reset button was pressed (in the old days where there were actual reset buttons on small network equipment). |
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 19:05:53 -0400, Micky
wrote: Well this thing is pretty old. 8 years at least but I can't remember where I bought it. Maybe it was used. D-link DI-524 Garbage. I had nothing but problems with that vintage D-Link hardware due to line glitches. The stock 5V 2.5A JTA0302B power supply is a known headache. They tend to last about 3-5 years before the capacitors bulge. If you put a scope on the PS line, you'll find it full of switching trash. If you're good at brain surgery and working in tight spaces, you can possibly fix it. This is unusual, but cute: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMVyFy_pb7E (1:41) Look through the Linksys refurbished collection for a cheap replacement: http://stores.ebay.com/Linksys-Official-Store?_dmd=2&_nkw=refurbished -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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