Router Issue

[Snowreap]

dunno about D-Link, but certain Linksys routers had problems where they would eventually stop working due to an internal table filling up, typically due to peer-to-peer traffic. running third-party firmware (Tomato in my case, but there are other more popular options) fixed it.

one thing's for sure -- if there are firmware updates available for your router, you should install them unless you have a *very* good reason not to (e.g. the new version is broken in some way).

nowadays I use a dedicated PC with a 4-port NIC as a router (I use OpenBSD but for most people pfSense would probably be better), and I use consumer routers only as wireless access points (i.e. I disable the DHCP server and leave the WAN port empty). among other benefits, this lets me place my router near where my cable and DSL modems are (in the basement), while my wireless access point is located in a more central part of the house. actually I have 2 access points, one G and one N.

the dedicated router is industrial-strength enough to never have problems, and because the 'consumer' hardware does nothing more complicated than bridging packets between the wired and wireless network, they don't usually have any problems either.

I do not expect this to be a good solution for most people.

-ken