Why are they returned from the field?
If it's a disconnect... then default and redeploy and should be okay.
Your installer should verify functionality before they leave. Granted
this is apples and oranges... but back in my WISP days using D-Link
802.11G routers it wasn't an issue.
If you replaced a router onsite for whatever reason... immediately put
it in the garbage bin.
Jacking around too much with a testing regimen is going to probably cost
as much as the truck roll long term :-)
I would question though why do you have consumer grade routers being
returned from the field? Make them a part of the install the customer
keeps, or better yet move on to a managed Wi-Fi system and get some
extra revenue.
My 2 cents
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TJ Trout wrote on 8/2/19 21:50:
Does anyone have a testing regiment for Wi-Fi routers that have been
returned from the field that are still serviceable?
I have a huge pile and I'm scared to deploy them as the cost of an
additional truck roll outweighs biting the bullet and giving each new
subscriber a brand new router but the cheap ass in me can't throw
these away so I was thinking that if I could somehow automate a
testing setup and run them for a week or two I would feel more
comfortable putting them back in the field... I'm talking about
Netgear Linksys D-Link etc
Or am I crazy
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