Comments on: Linksys and Internet connection disconnecting, needs constant rebooting http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2008/09/03/linksys-and-internet-connection-disconnecting-needs-constant-rebooting/ Computer and technology questions and answers from Andy Kaiser Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:16:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Rob Steenwyk http://www.andybrain.com/qna/2008/09/03/linksys-and-internet-connection-disconnecting-needs-constant-rebooting/#comment-894 Rob Steenwyk Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:46:31 +0000 http://www.andybrain.com/qna/?p=146#comment-894 This could be caused by a lot of traffic going over the router, such as bit torrent. Consumer grade routers, like Linksys, don't have a whole lot of memory and if a fair amount of traffic gets sent over them their databases can get filled up and stop accepting new connections. Depending on the model of your router, you could try putting DD-WRT on it http://www.dd-wrt.com/. DD-WRT does a better job of managing the routers limited hardware resources, and also gives you a lot more options on what you want to do with certain types of traffic. Otherwise, do a little research and find a nice router for under $100 that meets your needs. This could be caused by a lot of traffic going over the router, such as bit torrent. Consumer grade routers, like Linksys, don’t have a whole lot of memory and if a fair amount of traffic gets sent over them their databases can get filled up and stop accepting new connections.

Depending on the model of your router, you could try putting DD-WRT on it http://www.dd-wrt.com/. DD-WRT does a better job of managing the routers limited hardware resources, and also gives you a lot more options on what you want to do with certain types of traffic.

Otherwise, do a little research and find a nice router for under $100 that meets your needs.

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