Mega100WR and Axxess 24 hr reset problem?

Razotter

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I posted a while ago about a problem I was having. Well I've experienced the problem further and perhaps I can clarify it now and hopefully get some help.

I've got a Telkom Mega 100WR router, and use an Axxess Basic account. For the first month of use it was all hunky dory. No problems (although I was using an Axxess Now account then).

Sometimes, although not every time, when the 24 hour reset rolls around, the router will suddenly become completely unaccessible. Can't ping it, can't access it's admin panel, can't access the internet at all. DHCP won't allocate addresses, nothing.

The only resort is to reset the router, and once it's done restarting, things seem to just come right again.

Axxess tech support denies it's a problem their side with anything they've changed.

Can anyone help me? As far as I can figure, the router must either not be detecting something automatically or is just plain ****ty. If I can set it manually maybe I can avoid this irritating process of having to reset my router every day.
 
IMO, dump the router and get a proper one. I'd suggest going for a Netgear.

What you can do is sign up for a prepaid account at a different ISP and check if that is the same. Web Africa has a nice offer for R70 per gig which rolls over so you don't need to use everything up.

That way you can test if it's the router or the ISP before making a decision in buying a new router.
 
maybe its ur version there are three MEga 100WRs that i know of. There's the "Closer" one and 2 versions of the other.

Mine is fine noramlly but occasionally there is a lockup that needs a hard reset but it seems unrelated to the 24hr reset.
 
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