DLink 524 router locked up...solved?

My DLink 524 router started locking up randomly. All 5 wired and power
LEDs on. Happened from 2 min to 8 hrs or so. But I found that
constantly pinging the router keeps it up. Why?

A little more info; The 1 computer connecting wirelessly kept losing
connection when streaming mms: with mplayer (after 1-2 min). But not
when I used vnc to watch it. Pinging the router from it kept it going.
When not streaming, the router did its lockup tricks. So I started
pinging it always from the wired connection.

Oh, and no bttorrent running either 8-)

Brian

I had the similar issue with the di-524, it was version d

I had to upgrade the firmware and that solved the issue.
My recoomnedation is to goto http://support.dlink.com/products/revision.asp
choose the version of your router ans upgrade your firmware by follwing the
instructions.

gene
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> My DLink 524 router started locking up randomly. All 5 wired and power
> LEDs on. Happened from 2 min to 8 hrs or so. But I found that
> constantly pinging the router keeps it up. Why?
>
> A little more info; The 1 computer connecting wirelessly kept losing
> connection when streaming mms: with mplayer (after 1-2 min). But not
> when I used vnc to watch it. Pinging the router from it kept it going.
> When not streaming, the router did its lockup tricks. So I started
> pinging it always from the wired connection.
>
> Oh, and no bttorrent running either 8-)
>
> Brian
>

Hello,

It seems that D-Link routers are pretty unstable, particularly when the
e-mail log server is activated. Mine locked up after every logfile sent.
Friends had the same problem with their D-Link router and it runs now 24/7
since the log e-mail is deactivated.

Ciao @+


slowtuna@gmail.com wrote:

> My DLink 524 router started locking up randomly. All 5 wired and power
> LEDs on. Happened from 2 min to 8 hrs or so. But I found that
> constantly pinging the router keeps it up. Why?
>
> A little more info; The 1 computer connecting wirelessly kept losing
> connection when streaming mms: with mplayer (after 1-2 min). But not
> when I used vnc to watch it. Pinging the router from it kept it going.
> When not streaming, the router did its lockup tricks. So I started
> pinging it always from the wired connection.
>
> Oh, and no bttorrent running either 8-)
>
> Brian

My firmware is the latest and I don't have any log emails.

I'm just wondering why pinging it would help. I've ordered a LinkSys.

adios


F8BOE wrote:
> Hello,
>
> It seems that D-Link routers are pretty unstable, particularly when the
> e-mail log server is activated. Mine locked up after every logfile sent.
> Friends had the same problem with their D-Link router and it runs now 24/7
> since the log e-mail is deactivated.
>
> Ciao @+
>
>
> slowtuna@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > My DLink 524 router started locking up randomly. All 5 wired and power
> > LEDs on. Happened from 2 min to 8 hrs or so. But I found that
> > constantly pinging the router keeps it up. Why?
> >
> > A little more info; The 1 computer connecting wirelessly kept losing
> > connection when streaming mms: with mplayer (after 1-2 min). But not
> > when I used vnc to watch it. Pinging the router from it kept it going.
> > When not streaming, the router did its lockup tricks. So I started
> > pinging it always from the wired connection.
> >
> > Oh, and no bttorrent running either 8-)
> >
> > Brian

If you have a d version the latest version of firmware is 4.03
which fixed my di-524 router.

gene
slowtuna@gmail.com wrote:
> My firmware is the latest and I don't have any log emails.
>
> I'm just wondering why pinging it would help. I've ordered a LinkSys.
>
> adios
>
>
> F8BOE wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > It seems that D-Link routers are pretty unstable, particularly when the
> > e-mail log server is activated. Mine locked up after every logfile sent.
> > Friends had the same problem with their D-Link router and it runs now 24/7
> > since the log e-mail is deactivated.
> >
> > Ciao @+
> >
> >
> > slowtuna@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > My DLink 524 router started locking up randomly. All 5 wired and power
> > > LEDs on. Happened from 2 min to 8 hrs or so. But I found that
> > > constantly pinging the router keeps it up. Why?
> > >
> > > A little more info; The 1 computer connecting wirelessly kept losing
> > > connection when streaming mms: with mplayer (after 1-2 min). But not
> > > when I used vnc to watch it. Pinging the router from it kept it going.
> > > When not streaming, the router did its lockup tricks. So I started
> > > pinging it always from the wired connection.
> > >
> > > Oh, and no bttorrent running either 8-)
> > >
> > > Brian