Anyone experience this problem on their home router?

Have a NetGear VPN Router. This morning I couldn't get online. Went down to my "network closet" and checked out the modem. Seemed fine. Ran an ipconfig /all on my machine and it said this:

Default gateway: 0.0.0.0
192.168.1.1

What is up with the 0.0.0.0????

Just restarded the router and rebooted. Everything seemed fine then.

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dynamik

Is this a consumer-grade router? I occasionally have to power cycle my router and/or cable modem from time to time when they stop working.

I wouldn't worry about it unless it's happening frequently.

sthomas

If it does happen a lot you may want to update the firmware in the router. Actually you may want to do that anyway if there is an update available.

vCole

sthomas wrote:

If it does happen a lot you may want to update the firmware in the router. Actually you may want to do that anyway if there is an update available.

+1 for this. Occasionally mine will do the same. Consumer grade != best quality.

NetAdmin2436

sthomas wrote:

If it does happen a lot you may want to update the firmware in the router. Actually you may want to do that anyway if there is an update available.

+2

You get what you pay for. It's common to have to do that with cheap toys. So I wouldn't worry to much if it's only once a month or so

undomiel

You can try an alternative firmware as well. dd-wrt or openwrt have done wonders for increasing the stability of my home router. It has been a whole lot better than the standard Linksys or Buffalo firmwares.

Sie

+1 to firmware, I had an Netgear at one point that kept doing this till FW was updated and all was fine after.

Mmartin_47

NetAdmin2436 wrote:

sthomas wrote:

If it does happen a lot you may want to update the firmware in the router. Actually you may want to do that anyway if there is an update available.

+2

You get what you pay for. It's common to have to do that with cheap toys. So I wouldn't worry to much if it's only once a month or so

I paid $130 for that VPN Router! Not like this has happened before however. First time within 3 months or so. At least it doesn't seem to be happening every week or month.

Slowhand

Mmartin_47 wrote:

I paid $130 for that VPN Router! Not like this has happened before however. First time within 3 months or so. At least it doesn't seem to be happening every week or month.

What NetAdmin2436 means is that it's not a business or enterprise-grade router, (which would set you back anywhere from $800 - $5,000,) and you can't expect business-level uptime and performance out of it. If it's a bug in the operating system, upgrade the firmware. If it's something that begins to happen more and more, I'd contact Netgear and find out if this is a known issue, and if there is the possibility of getting a replacement. If it continues to happen every few months, it'll be something to accept as part of life and just keep powercycling the router. As for why it happens. . . hard to say, but contacting Netgear would be the best way to go if you're curious to find out.

NetAdmin2436

Slowhand wrote:

Mmartin_47 wrote:

I paid $130 for that VPN Router! Not like this has happened before however. First time within 3 months or so. At least it doesn't seem to be happening every week or month.

What NetAdmin2436 means is that it's not a business or enterprise-grade router, (which would set you back anywhere from $800 - $5,000,) and you can't expect business-level uptime and performance out of it. If it's a bug in the operating system, upgrade the firmware. If it's something that begins to happen more and more, I'd contact Netgear and find out if this is a known issue, and if there is the possibility of getting a replacement. If it continues to happen every few months, it'll be something to accept as part of life and just keep powercycling the router. As for why it happens. . . hard to say, but contacting Netgear would be the best way to go if you're curious to find out.

Excatly!

Mmartin, I hope you didn't take my comments the wrong way. I have a rather cheap DSL modem at my house too which I have to power cycle it ever few months. it's worth under 100 bucks or so. The Watchguard X500 firewall/router we have at my company i think I've only had to reboot 1 time in 3 years. The Watchguard was about 3k upfront and about 500 a year for maintance (software updates, virus updates, web blocker updates, IPS, ect...). So that is what i'm talking about in regards to 'you get what you pay for'. I know you (and I) can't afford a 3k firewall at our home, so I'm not knocking you. We have to live with what we got and can afford. Check for firmware upgrades, and if it get's worse contact NetGear.

jbaello

sthomas wrote:

If it does happen a lot you may want to update the firmware in the router. Actually you may want to do that anyway if there is an update available.

+1 Sthomas what are you using for studying CCNA?

sthomas

jbaello wrote:

sthomas wrote:

If it does happen a lot you may want to update the firmware in the router. Actually you may want to do that anyway if there is an update available.

+1 Sthomas what are you using for studying CCNA?

I am using the Todd Lammle book, The Wendell Odom book, packet tracer, GNS3/dynamips, and a couple of 2600 series routers and 2950 switches I am using from work.

I actually might take the CCENT first since for me it seems there are a lot of topics in the CCNA just for one exam.

shednik

sthomas wrote:

jbaello wrote:

sthomas wrote:

If it does happen a lot you may want to update the firmware in the router. Actually you may want to do that anyway if there is an update available.

+1 Sthomas what are you using for studying CCNA?

I am using the Todd Lammle book, The Wendell Odom book, packet tracer, GNS3/dynamips, and a couple of 2600 series routers and 2950 switches I am using from work.

I actually might take the CCENT first since for me it seems there are a lot of topics in the CCNA just for one exam.

Yea there is thats why when i took the previous version's I split them up...

vsmith3rd

Count yourselves lucky. I have a Linksys router that I have to power cycle weekly. Sometimes twice a week. Annoying, but it still works, so I'm not getting a new one just yet.

averyjas

I have a Linksys router at home and have only had one issue where it started slowing down considerably one day. An update to the firmware and power cycle did the trick. As others have said, the firmware is usually the culprit when this stuff happens.

Mmartin_47

Slowhand wrote:

Mmartin_47 wrote:

I paid $130 for that VPN Router! Not like this has happened before however. First time within 3 months or so. At least it doesn't seem to be happening every week or month.

What NetAdmin2436 means is that it's not a business or enterprise-grade router, (which would set you back anywhere from $800 - $5,000,) and you can't expect business-level uptime and performance out of it. If it's a bug in the operating system, upgrade the firmware. If it's something that begins to happen more and more, I'd contact Netgear and find out if this is a known issue, and if there is the possibility of getting a replacement. If it continues to happen every few months, it'll be something to accept as part of life and just keep powercycling the router. As for why it happens. . . hard to say, but contacting Netgear would be the best way to go if you're curious to find out.

Woops, didn't know you were comparing to enterprise routers! My fault there.