The one I experienced first hand was at least 5 years old, it was a linksys with an aircard interface - presumably supplied by AT&T - I didn't get the model number. It does seem like it maybe worked alright for a very short amount of time and then deteriorated quickly - although they did not claim to have that issue when using it with the aircard.
On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:52 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > How antiquated? 5 years, 10 years? > > Some of the really old routers had connection tracking table as small as > 200 entries or less. One website (or one smartphone) can chew through that. > > Does it get better after power cycling the router, but then quickly get > bad again? > > > *From:* Jason McKemie <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2015 1:38 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Pages not loading properly > > I noticed it with a few pages when I tried. Facebook seemed to load OK > when I opened it in a browser on which I was already signed in. When I > loaded it on another browser, I got text only. AOL loaded with no images, > as did a couple others that I tried. However, when I bypassed the router > everything seemed to clear up. I installed a new router at that customer's > location and did not see the problem afterwards. The customers who I have > heard this from all are using fairly antiquated routers, but they're all > different brands. Just seems strange that I would see similar symptoms > arising from more than one of them. > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All pages, or just some pages? If only some pages, what is the common >> thread? HTTPS? Third party ads and trackers? HTTPS pages tend to be most >> affected by network issues. Ads and trackers can actually be an issue with >> servers in your region, but other customers would be reporting it also. >> Some customers only go to a handful of websites that are laden with third >> party content and if those ads/trackers don’t load the whole page can >> fail. Other customers go to lots of websites and realize the problem is >> only with certain sites. >> >> I saw the problem you describe one time with a customer whose computer >> was infected with a clickbot, it was consuming a ton of upstream bandwidth >> plus exceeding the connection table in his router, causing other TCP >> sessions to be dropped, with the reported symptoms “pages load slow or not >> at all”. >> >> >> *From:* Jason McKemie <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Monday, August 31, 2015 12:51 PM >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* [AFMUG] Pages not loading properly >> >> I've had a couple situations where someone asks about pages not loading >> correctly. Generally it is images not loading, but that appears to be mixed >> with pages sporadically not loading at all. I've only seen it once in >> person, and replacing the customer's router appeared to fix the issue. I've >> heard from at least one other person that has the issue on a specific >> device, but only while on their home network. I have not tried replacing >> the router at their location. Does this sound like symptoms of a router >> going bad or something else? Thanks. >> >> -Jason >> > >
