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"F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Rod Speed wrote:
>>
>>
>> "F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Sandgroper wrote:
>>>> On 15-Aug-15 5:08 PM, F Murtz wrote:
>>>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>> Rod Speed wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "F Murtz" <haggisz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>> Anyone tell me what in the modem causes wi fi connected laptop
>>>>>>>>> running, for instance iview using adobe flash to cease 
>>>>>>>>> functioning?
>>>>>>>>> Reboot of modem fixes it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Which modem ?  Some are notorious for not doing the wifi very
>>>>>>>> well at
>>>>>>>> all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It is a TD-W8960N TP-LINK (Fairly cheap)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, that's one of them.
>>>>>> https://www.google.com.au/search?q=TD-W8960N+wifi+whirlpool
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> It works for everything else on wifi except for streaming tv catch up
>>>>> using flash,even then ity may work seamlessly for ages then iview,
>>>>> tenplay etc cease to function (normal browsing etc still functions)
>>>>> A reset of modem and streaming works again ???
>>>>
>>>> Your problem has nothing to do with flash or anything else on your
>>>> laptop.
>>>>
>>>> The problem you have is to do with  the TD-W8960N itself .
>>>>
>>>> TheTD-W8960N  is a cheap entry level modem that  only has a NAT size of
>>>> 5020 and 64 Mb of Ram and is not good for heavy torrenting or live
>>>> streaming as it overloads the NAT, fills up the Ram  and causes slow
>>>> network problems and at times drop outs in either the wifi or the adsl
>>>> connection.
>>>>
>>>> When you re-boot the modem , it clears the NAT and it is  empty to 
>>>> start
>>>> all over again until the live streaming and other usage fills up the 
>>>> NAT
>>>> again.
>>>>
>>>> The wifi on the TD-W8960N is also somewhat crappy and only single band
>>>> N300 wifi and it also only has 10/100 Ethernet ports on it.
>>>>
>>>> Nothing you do will fix your drop out problem other than either to the
>>>> stop live streaming or get a more powerful modem.
>>>>
>>>> These days , the TD-W8960N is only mainly used as a bridged  modem in a
>>>> separate modem + router set-up  , and at times  used as a standalone
>>>> modem/router all in one combo , by cheap sods that are too cheap to 
>>>> fork
>>>> out any money for a decent modem.
>>>>
>>>> Save yourself all the time and effort and just go out and buy a TP-Link
>>>> Archer D7 with dual band 1750 AC wifi  for $170 , it has a NAT size of
>>>> 10200 and 256 Mb of Ram that is more than sufficient to do live
>>>> streaming and heavy internet usage.
>>
>>> The reason for cheap routers is they cost less when they blow up, (
>>> about 5 in six months)
>>
>> Fark.
>>
>>> I have since put a surge suppressor in the line and have not had this
>>> one blow up yet,
>>
>> In how long ?
>>
>>> I think it is where I live
>>
>> Very likely, particularly if it happens during thunderstorms.
>>
>>> and telstra's crappy line.
>>
>> Unlikely.
>>
>>> The surges were not in the power supply but in the copper phone line.
>>
>> And presumably due to lightning tho not necessarily direct strikes.
>>
>> Makes sense to have a decent router behind it with the TD-W8960N
>> in bridged mode and cheap to replace if it happens again.
>
> what was happening was the ethernet ports outputs were blowing not the 
> power side of the modem, it kept going,even the wifi sometimes.

Were all those 5 routers the same model router ?  Presumably not.

> always had a crappy line,they had my broadband slowed down deliberately to 
> allow for it, the tech on the last fault has rerouted through different 
> pairs so hope it will be better,

Sure, but that wouldn't have been the reason
you went thru 5 routers in 6 months. 

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