Very mysterious behavior by wifi Router, please comment

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[ChuckHam]

TP-Link is owned by chy-na. Use at your own risk.

[yesthatjallen]

"9 years"

Invest in a new router.

[jacknhoo]

9 years…time to update.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I named mine “BATFE Surveillance” but my husband made me change it.

So I named it “DNR Wireless” and he made me change it again.

I then named it “Unobtrusive Van” and he told me I was not allowed to name things any more.

[Waverunner]

make sure your router admin password is not the default.
This is separate from the access password.
have a rd wire connection to the router and most routers use 127.0.0.0 to access the admin menus.

[Bobbyvotes]

Probably all routers use Chinese chips. But you are right TP-Link is a Chinese outfit.

[Jonty30]

But a billion of yiur Dell computers would give China a lot of computer.

[Waverunner]

hard wire connection.

[Bobbyvotes]

Yes, I changed it from “admin” to my own. Also changed the wi-fi password. That was a big job, since all PC’s, Phones, Security camera etc needed passwords changed. The security camera is mounted neat roof line, I had to climb up on ladder to take a picture of QR-code to change password for camera.

[doomtrooper99]

I suspect that 6 months ago you got a bad firmware update that messed everything up.

You probably got a new update recently that fixed everything.

Many routers install firmware automatically.

[wally_bert]

I sometimes use a 12 year old Dell laptop that is for a few old games every so often.

A CMOS battery and a HDD is all I ever did to it.

Still Windows 7 and it does NOT talk to any network and only on when I play a game.

It has sat for weeks at times.

[Cold Heart]

Get rid of wifi, go hard wire.

[jasonandtheb]

Does the router have a log file?

[Tell It Right]

I should name mine “Hillary’s Email Server” so the govt won’t spy on me.

[mass55th]

Is it the same router you’ve been using for nine years? You might need a new one.

[Openurmind]

“Just dawned on me, I switched to a cheaper internet promotion plan last month, and no more router freezing!”

That is probably it, they most likely did a firmware update on it and are now using different IP addresses and such.

[Kudsman]

That is profound. Good job. Is it an orginal?

[Tell It Right]

I just now made it up. LOL

You can learn more on a day on FR than you can all day with the "news".

[Openurmind]

“I suspect that 6 months ago you got a bad firmware update that messed everything up.

You probably got a new update recently that fixed everything.

Many routers install firmware automatically.”

Yep, the provider can do it with plan changes Etc.

[epluribus_2]

if you been surfing sources for replacement router, it may have seen that or even heard when you were cursing about it. on the other hand it’s always been a rule that one shouldn’t let an electronic device realize that you’re in a hurry or frustrated.