Linksys/PC5750 - Reset required every 12 hrs?

laserone · EVDO User Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 29

This seems too regular to be coincidence that every 12 hrs I cannot move traffic back and forth across my connection. The router shows I'm connected but traffic is a dead stop even if I'm in the middle of something. I can still access the router and when I've checked its always right at 12 hrs of being connected. Sometimes simply disconnecting/reconnecting within the web interface works but other times I have to do a reboot of the entire router.

Linksys Firmware v2.00.9
PC5750 Firmware D5750ALM03_4.242 1 [Feb 02 2007 15:00:00] [May 17 2007 11:44:50]

Anyone else experience this?

karlyn · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:30 am Post subject:

About once every couple of weeks I have this happen -- it's just about at 12 hours for me, too. It sounds like the firmware that's in beta now might fix this silly problem. Meanwhile, I just reboot the router.

allej0ly · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:47 am Post subject: Disconnects after 12 hours

My aircard (KPC650) ALWAYS disconnects after 12 hours. I was wondering if there was a way around that...

karlyn · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:56 am Post subject:

LOL -- I've been reading too many of those "Why do I have to reboot my router 20 times a day" threads! Thanks for posting that your Kyocera aircard does the same thing, allej0ly.

suasion

karlyn · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:36 am Post subject:

Thanks, suasion! I've never had the card in my old laptop for 12 hours straight. FWIW, I've been real happy with my Linksys router.

suasion · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:34 am Post subject:

laserone · EVDO User Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 29

This seems like a firmware issue to me and no the beta firmware doesn't fix it. In fact, the beta firmware is junk - it locks out the remote interface after using it for a minute or two. My guess is there is something in the firmware that isn't allowing it to renew the lease on the IP. I'm thinking that Alltel probably leases IPs for a maximum of 12 hrs and after that point, a good router (I hate linksys) would sense the IP has been dropped and renew the lease. My experience with Linksys is they make junk but I was hoping this product was different. Every linksys router I've used is subject to frequent disconnects and freezing and has to be reset on a daily basis whether is cable, dsl, or now EVDO. Usually takes a half dozen firmware updates for them to get a product working mostly right. They really need to find some top notch programmers over there.

thorcomm · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 8:38 am Post subject:

I have a KPC650 in a D-Link DIR-450.

I don't have the 12 hour reset problem, so it is probably related to the Linksys router.

I DO have the problem that my download speeds are not as fast this past week as the week before. Sad

suasion · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:50 am Post subject:

suasion · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:

karlyn · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:07 pm Post subject:

@suasion -- the beta software is for the router.

suasion · Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 12:24 pm Post subject:

Bigdave · EVDO Addict Joined: 08 Nov 2006 Posts: 1069

FWIW, my pc5740 card running in the KR1 router never disconnects. Well, never as in only once every few weeks or so but even then it reconnects pretty quickly.

JAyliffe · EVDO Newbie Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Posts: 4 Location: USA