Question about NetGear RangeMax WPN824 Router

WPN824 Keeps rebooting itself at different Intevals

Hi The wpn824 will be working fine then all of a sudden it will reboot, can be when no one is actually doing anything on the net other times can be when there are a few users connected. I have updated to the latest firmware, is there anything i can do to stop this from happening Thanks in advance Craig

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Craig Steven Jan 23, 2007

Yeah I have reset it, and its not in a place where it is getting overly hot. Since the original post it has not done it yet i am sure it will soon, any other ideas? is there any other firmware you can use of this router?
hamazasp Jan 27, 2009

just the same problem, it reboots itself over and over
Anonymous Mar 15, 2009

Mine does the same thing. I think it must be a faulty bored or something. just will not stop rebooting. I am going to have to send it back to netgear I think

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It could be a general hardware problem, but check it's not getting very hot as there may be a cut out. When you updated the firmware, did you do a factory reset as on some routers it may not of saved the update, check the firmware type in the properties of the router.

Posted on Jan 22, 2007

andrew pester Jan 23, 2007

No you've done all you can, it's got to be a hardware fault, as it's re-booting says there is a powerdown of the supply or it's simply restarting.

It's not as if you are losing the ISP broadband connection first, it's just turning off.

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