WRT54G Dead in under a week, one of 4 routers within a year.

Question

Right, i'm getting tired of this. Over the past year, this is the... fourth or so Router to be placed in this same position. They keep dying for no real reason. The worst part is, as soon as they are disconnected for any space of time, they return to a functioning state. For about a week or a few days. Then they return to the broken status. The Setup; 4 Dekstops, 3 laptops intermittently accessing the network. All have Wireless B or G cards. All function in the sense that when something goes bad, it goes bad for everyone, not just one machine. My machine has to access through a pair of floors, which is why there is a Wireless Access Point in between. Nothing fancy is being run by either; Wireless MAC filtering is setup as a matter of convenience (It's easier to take down MAC addresses than to sit down in front of a computer for a few minutes to figure out how to insert the WEP key behind a chinese version of windows), and DMZ is routing to my machine. The Modem connects directly to the router. There is a 1990s era clock about a foot over the router (Digital clock, radio, small), and a computer about 1 meter away through a small wall. There is a light above of the Wireless access point (No fluorescent). There is a monitor and a bunch of cables between the Wireless access point and my machine, but that's irrelevant, because the problem seems to be the router, not just my machine. The Problem; This WRT54G is brand new. And is replacing a D-link which died within 3 days. Which was replacing a WRT54G which held up for about 6 months, before it started requiring factory default resets every 8 hours just so that it could function at a very slow speed (My cable connection would run like a 56k, and wouldn't properly forward ports). This new WRT54G requires resets every 4-12 hours, which just started TODAY, otherwise it plain doesn't function. No connection to the internet. Physically reseting the router resolves the issue. It's under a week old, and I don't feel like replacing it quite yet. Firmware updates have yet to be issued on it. What I think; The house is somewhat old, being made in the 1970s/80s. It's got a fuse box opposed to a circuit breaker. My only and best guess as to why things keep breaking is that the power line might be sagging a bit, but all systems seem to be just fine, so it's a shot in the dark I could also be jinxed. Any thoughts/input/witty observations/lol butts?
Message Edited by Strangepork on 11-28-2007 05:14 PM

Answer 1

As you are using cable connection ..........open routers set up page using http://192.168.1.1  ..... leave username blank & in password use admin .....
Click on mac address clone subtab ....... enable the service ..... click clone your pcs mac ......click save settings ....
Click on status sub tab .....look for internet Ip address ......