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Wireless Zyxel P-660HW modem problems

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  • 04-11-2009 6:53pm
    #1
    hello932
    Closed Accounts Posts: 325 ✭✭


    Hi

    Im currently using this modem http://www.zyxel.com/web/product_family_detail.php?PC1indexflag=20040812093058&CategoryGroupNo=AC5783AE-9475-41AD-BDA5-0997187F44AA and am experiencing quite a few problems.

    Im on the wireless and when i download large files say >200mb the connection just drops and i have to reconnect.

    Also sometimes while on the wireless when i connect to the network via wireless i get a unnamed network with with WEP security settings even though i set the modem to use WPA..dont know this is.

    Am i the only one who has these problems with this modem? Do other people use this modem-if so please post back to let me know what problems you might have had.


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    hello932 wrote: »
    Am i the only one who has these problems with this modem?

    Nope, I binned mine, and got a better modem/router. had 3 Zyxel modems, and they each gave up after about 2 years.


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    hello932
    Closed Accounts Posts: 325 ✭✭hello932


    jor el wrote: »
    Nope, I binned mine, and got a better modem/router. had 3 Zyxel modems, and they each gave up after about 2 years.

    ok so what modem/router are you using now?


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    torourke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭torourke


    I'm having similar probs with Zyxel modem. What is a better alternative?


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    TskTsk
    Registered Users Posts: 229 ✭✭TskTsk


    torourke wrote: »
    I'm having similar probs with Zyxel modem. What is a better alternative?

    Good question. Having tried pretty much every brand over the past few years, I've come to the conclusion that consumer grade DSL modems are ****e.


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    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Try a Linksys or Netgear. I moved from DSL to cable, so it's not relevant.


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    CivilEx
    Registered Users Posts: 687 ✭✭✭CivilEx


    hello932 wrote: »
    Hi

    Im currently using this modem http://www.zyxel.com/web/product_family_detail.php?PC1indexflag=20040812093058&CategoryGroupNo=AC5783AE-9475-41AD-BDA5-0997187F44AA and am experiencing quite a few problems.

    Im on the wireless and when i download large files say >200mb the connection just drops and i have to reconnect.

    Also sometimes while on the wireless when i connect to the network via wireless i get a unnamed network with with WEP security settings even though i set the modem to use WPA..dont know this is.

    Am i the only one who has these problems with this modem? Do other people use this modem-if so please post back to let me know what problems you might have had.
    Its funny that you are having problems with this. I used one for about two years, then transferred to an Eircom Netopia router...which couldn't hang on to the signal at all and I ended up going back to the Zyxel six months ago. It's been good since.

    If you are losing the signal, you might need to consider moving to a lower speed..that normally improves things?


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