Toshiba TR-653A Router

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I am using one now. It was a great price and a painless setup experience.
The "quick" setup procedure has defaults that support DHCP for my home
network, and NAT so both computers can access the ISP, which is a 128k
dynamic IP account. I was accessing the internet from both computers 10
minutes after I got the router.

I have no experience with other routers and I can't say how the Toshiba will
perform over time, but it sure is a neat package at a low cost.

Download the manual from Toshiba if you want more info on the 653's
features.

--Martin

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My first P-100 was fine for about 5 months, then it starting
locking up, or not responding, requiring frequent reboots.
After a couple weeks of similar behavior it would no longer
give me an ISDN Link indication, so as per Zyxel support,
I sent it back.

2nd one lasted about a month, then one of the pots ports
died, this was possibly due to lightning damage, there was
a very distant storm that evening, but I'll never know for sure
what the cause was.

Now my third unit is doing some crazy things. Sometimes
it locks up and I have to power down 2 or 3 times for a
couple minutes each attempt before it will finally boot correctly.
Other times people will call voice on the spid assigned to pots
port #2 yet the phone on pots #1 will ring, yet when I pick up
the phone, I get a busy signal. Then I *69 from that phone
and ask the caller what number they called, only to discover
they called my normal voice # on the OTHER pots port.
Also during heavy use, say d/ling a group of binary usenet
posts and web surfing will often cause a router lockup.

It's just not reliable. I can't count the number of times my
wife has had to go next door to call me at work to ask how
to get the router unlocked, etc.

Dave

Dave[dont_believe@I_know.net] wrote in <7vkkgu$
I've got the Toshiba TR-600 and have had pretty good luck with it. I think
the main differences between it and the 653 are the POTS ports.

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what were exatly the problems you encountered if I may ask so ?
I have tested many ZYXEL routers so far and I never ever have had a single
failed unit.

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Couldn't find anything on Dejanews except one small post stating
that it worked great for this one guy. Didn't find anything on remarq.

I guess a lack of "problem" posts is a good thing?!

Thanks,

Dave

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I have not used the router but I saw a glowing report in a newsgroup
post. I recall finding scant information about it on the Web
nor on Toshiba's website. The posting I believe did not go into
too much detail on the person's setup. You may want to
check remarq or a similar site putting in the toshiba # to
maybe get the posting.
Or check # for that alternative(s) although
some on the links may be out of date

Jeff