[ubuntu-za] Which ADSL router?

[Matthew French]

On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 9:41 AM, dave.apter <dave.apter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Do routers die slowly/gradually? Or are they 'binary',  ie either work or
> not.  I believe the latter.
>

I think the more common case is sudden failure. It either works or it
doesn't.

But there are many reasons why electronics can die slowly. Moisture, dry
joints, expansion cracks from heating, etc. I remember one server that had
a microscopic crack on the motherboard and would reboot at random.

High frequency applications such as WiFi can be especially tricky as
electrical flaws can start to have radio effects.

But with today's manufacturing volumes it doesn't make sense to try
understand why something fails unless you are the manufacturer. Just
replacing the router is a fraction of the cost of doing a thorough
technical analysis.

Talking of which: a common problem with ADSL is water in the phone lines. A
new router won't solve this problem. Getting fibre will - if you are lucky
enough to have that option... :-)

- Matthew
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