>except when you get one that insists on resetting itself every 15-30 
>minutes :(
>it, well at least mine, also suffers from overheating
I have had similar problems with my Belkin ADSL Router(s).

My original 7630 was great for the first year.  Then I had nothing but 
problems.  I think it didn't discipate heat very well - the metal heatsink was 
on the bottom of the unit, so heat would rise up through it.  I found it 
slightly more stable when I ran the unit upside down!  It got to a point where 
my ADSL downspeed was running at 40% of maximum, if I had wireless enabled.

>on the upside, the tech support isn't bad at all, once you get past 
>level 1.
>
After lots of calls and chats on their instant messaging web component, they 
agreed to replace the unit.  This was good service - they don't make the 7630 
any more, so they gave me the newest equivalent, a 7633.  They even agreed to 
send me the new one, before I sent the old one back, and then paid for return 
delivery.

However, the 7633 is giving me more grief than the 7630.  DHCP doesn't seem to 
work too well, Port Forwarding doesn't seem to work if I redirect to different 
ports, Web Management allows anyone to see details about the router, such as 
SSID, encryption type, etc, before they are requested to enter a password.  The 
firmware is much worse than the model from 2 years ago (in fact, the help pages 
in the firmware are still for the previous model!).

Phil

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