Very mysterious behavior by wifi Router, please comment

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[Bobbyvotes]

I have been using this TP-Link router for 9 years. In the beginning years, it ran without any problems or freezes. Last 6 months, it froze once every day like clockwork. Every morning I had to reboot by unplugging and plugging power. Usually it only froze once every day. On rare occasions it froze twice in a day but that was rare. I was getting ready to buy a new one thinking it is just getting old..

But.... Strangely, during last two weeks it has not frozen or crashed even once! Nothing has changed. Same PC's and phones and security cameras in place for ever. Every morning I check if wi-fi is on, and to my surprise it is running. I am totally confused. I am guessing something changed by Xfinity.

[Bobbyvotes]

I have changed nothing in any Settings for last several weeks.

[ConservativeMind]

Do you have the latest firmware for your router?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The malware has been successfully installed and there is no further need for rebooting. 🤡

[ShadowAce]

Get rid of TP-Link. It’s Chinese trash, and who knows what they embedded in it.

[kawhill]

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.

[Bobbyvotes]

That I do not know. I will investigate how to do that.

[LittleBillyInfidel]

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. 🤪

[wally_bert]

Netgear Orbi has been a solid piece of gear for me. Other than checking the status of the firmware, never have to touch it.

I’ve never liked TP Link.

[Fledermaus]

A guy near me named his FBI Unmarked Car

[higgmeister]

Very mysterious behavior by wifi Router, please comment

The only comment is, I prefer comedies myself.

[Bobbyvotes]

Me thinks get rid of malware.

[Bobbyvotes]

TP-Link has caused no security problems. No hacking at all.

[Jonty30]

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.

[Bobbyvotes]

I did check into that issue few months ago, I can see you is logged on to my router with the http://192.168.1.1/ link. I changed passwords just to make sure. But the freezing behavior continued for 6 months. Now it has suddenly stopped. I did switch XFINITY internet plan in May. I signed up for a cheaper plan with one year contract. That could be the reason!

[Bobbyvotes]

Haha my PC is an old Dell tower I bought used. Probably 10 years old, hardly a super-computer.

[bigbob]

I like “Child Porn Task Force”. Nobody gonna try to access that.

[Bobbyvotes]

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

[2111USMC]

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.

[SkyDancer]

Replace it with NETGEAR55-5G - best going.