Reseting a Netgear DG814

Hey everyone. I've recently started using this router and alothugh it
offers on wireless access, it seems to be a very solid router.

However, I am having an occasional problem whereby every 2-3 weeks the
router will stop providing internet access to everyone who is
connected. The obvious solution si to just reset the router, however I
can't find any mention of reseting the router from the web inferface at
192.168.0.1. Since this often happens at around 1am when when my
housemate, who has the router in the room, has gone to bed, he's
naturally getting a bit pissed off with me waking him up every other
week and asking him to reset it.

Every other router I have ever used has the ability ot reset the router
from the web interface, so it seems bizarre that netgear do not provide
one for this router. I've already tried upgrading the Firmware, but it
appears the router already had to most up-to-date firmware already
isntalled, so that didn't help.

Can anybody help?

Kind Regards,

Matt

On 16 Nov 2006 03:44:19 -0800, "Matt" <mattb95@hotmail.com> wrote in
<1163677459.032300.161550@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups .com>:

>Hey everyone. I've recently started using this router and alothugh it
>offers on wireless access, it seems to be a very solid router.
>
>However, I am having an occasional problem whereby every 2-3 weeks the
>router will stop providing internet access to everyone who is
>connected. The obvious solution si to just reset the router, however I
>can't find any mention of reseting the router from the web inferface at
>192.168.0.1. Since this often happens at around 1am when when my
>housemate, who has the router in the room, has gone to bed, he's
>naturally getting a bit pissed off with me waking him up every other
>week and asking him to reset it.
>
>Every other router I have ever used has the ability ot reset the router
>from the web interface, so it seems bizarre that netgear do not provide
>one for this router. I've already tried upgrading the Firmware, but it
>appears the router already had to most up-to-date firmware already
>isntalled, so that didn't help.
>
>Can anybody help?

Options:

1. Reduce the number of peer-to-peer filesharing connections, which are
probably causing the problem.

2. Replace it with something better (e.g., Buffalo).

3. Add a X-10 power switch that you can trigger remotely.

4. Put it on a power timer that turns it on and off once a day.

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> 3. Add a X-10 power switch that you can trigger remotely.

I've had aquick look on the obvious places such as Dabs for one of
these but I couldn't find one. Where would I get one from?


> 4. Put it on a power timer that turns it on and off once a day.

I also quite like this idea, but wouldn't it be bad for the router ot
be turned on and off every single day?

Kind Regards,

Matt

On 17 Nov 2006 02:23:20 -0800, "Matt" <mattb95@hotmail.com> wrote in
<1163759000.061844.52690@j44g2000cwa.googlegroups. com>:

>> 3. Add a X-10 power switch that you can trigger remotely.
>
>I've had aquick look on the obvious places such as Dabs for one of
>these but I couldn't find one. Where would I get one from?

<http://www.smarthome.com/prodindex.asp?catid=10>
<http://www.smarthome.com/prodindex.asp?catid=4>

>> 4. Put it on a power timer that turns it on and off once a day.
>
>I also quite like this idea, but wouldn't it be bad for the router ot
>be turned on and off every single day?

Not at all. I do this routinely with balky hardware that will
eventually lock up if left running 24x7.

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"Matt" <mattb95@hotmail.com> hath wroth:

>> 4. Put it on a power timer that turns it on and off once a day.
>
>I also quite like this idea, but wouldn't it be bad for the router ot
>be turned on and off every single day?

It works quite well. Over the years, I've had some equipment that
required regular reboots in order to remain usable. My previous
BEFW11S4v4 is one example. Telecom boxes located on remote mountain
tops are another, mostly due to lightning hits. However, I would not
use a power cycle with a device that has a hard disk or uses an
operating system that requires a graceful shutdown. I've also had
minor problems power cycling data loggers and SCADA systems. The
problems are not that the devices will fail or do anything
catastrophic. It's that the log files will get corrupted and contain
some garbage due to the sudden power off.

Be sure to use a battery operated electronic times and not a
mechanical motorized timer as extended power outages will cause the
timing cycle to move.
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