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1 posted on 06/02/2025 4:49:50 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes
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I have changed nothing in any Settings for last several weeks.


2 posted on 06/02/2025 4:51:24 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (Only thing that scares me now is my age number. I am older than Biden, but in very good health!)
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Do you have the latest firmware for your router?


3 posted on 06/02/2025 4:52:29 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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The malware has been successfully installed and there is no further need for rebooting. 🤡


4 posted on 06/02/2025 4:53:49 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Democrats are the Party of anger, hate and violence.)
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Get rid of TP-Link. It’s Chinese trash, and who knows what they embedded in it.


5 posted on 06/02/2025 4:54:00 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux - The Ultimate Windows Service Pack )
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That ain’t nothin’ every time I make a few posts on this website my Win 10 laptop seizes up. Hard reboot. I am serious.


6 posted on 06/02/2025 4:54:21 PM PDT by kawhill ("If you ain't got nowheres to run from, you must not have no place to run to." Cormac McCarthy)
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If you live in a condo or busy neighborhood, there could be someone tapping into your bandwidth. Consider changing your router password. Also, I name my router “backup dialer modem” so that it might be ignored by the neighborhood or drive by hacker. 🤪


8 posted on 06/02/2025 4:57:41 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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Very mysterious behavior by wifi Router, please comment

The only comment is, I prefer comedies myself.

11 posted on 06/02/2025 5:02:00 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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If it is running, it is running for a reason only known to it and the manufacture.

It would not surprise me if China was using unused computer time from their products as a collaborative super computer.


14 posted on 06/02/2025 5:06:32 PM PDT by Jonty30 (I have invented a pen that can write underwater. And other words. )
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Unfortunately, routers don’t have an infinite life. (I can’t tell you how many I’ve replaced.)

It sounds like you may be ok for now. For proactive maintenance, you might start looking for a replacement.


19 posted on 06/02/2025 5:12:04 PM PDT by 2111USMC (Aim Small Miss Small)
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Replace it with NETGEAR55-5G - best going.


20 posted on 06/02/2025 5:12:45 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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TP-Link is owned by chy-na. Use at your own risk.


21 posted on 06/02/2025 5:13:08 PM PDT by ChuckHam
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"9 years"

Invest in a new router.

22 posted on 06/02/2025 5:13:12 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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9 years…time to update.


23 posted on 06/02/2025 5:13:59 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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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.
25 posted on 06/02/2025 5:14:58 PM PDT by Waverunner
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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.


30 posted on 06/02/2025 5:18:31 PM PDT by doomtrooper99 (We went to sleep in America. We woke up in a banana republic.)
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Get rid of wifi, go hard wire.


32 posted on 06/02/2025 5:21:18 PM PDT by Cold Heart (It's a good time to be ashamed to be a democrat)
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Does the router have a log file?


33 posted on 06/02/2025 5:21:23 PM PDT by jasonandtheb
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Is it the same router you’ve been using for nine years? You might need a new one.


35 posted on 06/02/2025 5:25:26 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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I’ve two TP-Link routers, and I reboot them about once every couple of weeks.
These latest two are less than a year old, but it was always the same for the many earlier ones I’ve had...


49 posted on 06/02/2025 5:34:08 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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NSA finally uploaded their spyware?


52 posted on 06/02/2025 5:37:13 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (Your oath of enlistment has no expiration date)
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