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bdt said:
That's not my experience with TP-Link, can you say what model you have please? (not a rep, but buy their stuff a lot)
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OK

I have a TP-LINK WR743ND and it decided that it no longer connects to the internet. All I ever see in the router log is "timeout waiting for PADO packets" when I am trying to use it as my main router...updating firmware doesn’t help at all, it just refuses to connect to the internet, thankfully I can use it as a bridge and do.
I have read of people having the same problem, and if I look through my history I am pretty sure I can find someone saying the same thing.

Now other one is a mr3220 and it freezes once every 12 hours this is the one I use to actually connect to the internet,
This morning the mr3220 started showing the same symptoms the first router showed before it decided that connecting to the internet was too good for it.

Go onto tp-links site, you will see that they don’t even make hardware Version 1 anymore, (which is the one with this freezing problem) only V2 which probably has this problem fixed.

A whole bunch of people on this site experience the exact same problem with it freezing up : http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/370386-TP-LINK-MR3420-Needs-Restart-every-couple-of-hours!!

The Mr3420 and the Mr3220 both freeze up after prolonged use.

So yeah, you can say I am not having good luck with TP-link's routers..
 
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Voodoomon said:
OK

I have a TP-LINK WR743ND and it decided that it no longer connects to the internet. All I ever see in the router log is "timeout waiting for PADO packets" when I am trying to use it as my main router...updating firmware doesn’t help at all, it just refuses to connect to the internet, thankfully I can use it as a bridge and do.[/url]!!
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Have you considered tossing that (arguably) craptastic default firmware and going with something (a lot) more finely tuned?
 
Anyone else in JHB incredibly slow today or am I just the lucky one?
 
International died again today and when it came back I couldnt log into any MMO's, I am getting sick and tired of this.
 
diegoa said:
International died again today and when it came back I couldnt log into any MMO's, I am getting sick and tired of this.
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Problems with international here in Cape Town as well.

Code: 
$ traceroute www.theregister.co.uk
traceroute to www.theregister.co.uk (92.52.96.89), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  mikrotik (192.168.88.1)  0.352 ms  0.499 ms  0.651 ms
 2  lac2.cpt.wbs.co.za (41.56.192.1)  37.883 ms  47.907 ms  52.784 ms
 3  vl75.cs2.cpt.wbs.co.za (41.56.254.3)  57.754 ms  62.831 ms  67.773 ms
 4  ge0-1.75.cr2.cpt.wbs.co.za (41.56.254.31)  72.757 ms  72.832 ms  112.694 ms
 5  ldn-b4-link.telia.net (80.239.135.233)  247.777 ms  247.808 ms  247.861 ms
 6  ldn-bb2-link.telia.net (80.91.249.133)  272.722 ms * ldn-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.249.131)  261.967 ms
 7  * * ldn-b3-link.telia.net (80.91.251.165)  225.112 ms
 8  * * xe-5-2-0.lon20.ip4.tinet.net (213.200.78.237)  214.456 ms
 9  xe-1-3-0.lon80.ip4.tinet.net (89.149.182.94)  234.819 ms  229.384 ms *
10  * rackspace-gw.ip4.tinet.net (77.67.75.182)  213.808 ms  213.817 ms
11  * coreb-edge4.lon3.rackspace.net (164.177.137.36)  219.471 ms corea-edge4.lon3.rackspace.net (164.177.137.34)  219.533 ms
12  core6a-coreb.lon3.rackspace.net (164.177.137.23)  224.371 ms * *
13  aggr324a-1-core6a.lon3.rackspace.net (92.52.77.49)  229.314 ms *  199.685 ms
14  * * *
...
30  * * *

Code: 
$ traceroute www.ebay.com
traceroute to www.ebay.com (66.211.181.181), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
 1  mikrotik (192.168.88.1)  0.450 ms  0.616 ms  0.883 ms
 2  lac2.cpt.wbs.co.za (41.56.192.1)  41.991 ms  46.946 ms  52.011 ms
 3  vl75.cs2.cpt.wbs.co.za (41.56.254.3)  76.878 ms  76.969 ms  77.025 ms
 4  ge0-1.75.cr2.cpt.wbs.co.za (41.56.254.31)  81.973 ms  82.029 ms  86.943 ms
 5  ldn-b4-link.telia.net (80.239.135.233)  367.078 ms  371.850 ms  371.901 ms
 6  * ldn-bb2-link.telia.net (80.91.249.133)  245.828 ms *
 7  * ash-bb1-link.telia.net (80.91.246.68)  325.211 ms *
 8  192.205.36.133 (192.205.36.133)  314.906 ms  284.523 ms *
 9  * cr2.wswdc.ip.att.net (12.122.220.250)  343.833 ms  348.682 ms
10  * cr1.cgcil.ip.att.net (12.122.18.21)  329.648 ms *
11  * * cr2.dvmco.ip.att.net (12.122.31.85)  344.957 ms
12  12.123.38.141 (12.123.38.141)  349.812 ms  349.789 ms *
13  * * *
...
30  * * *

Trying to open these websites in a browser just gives the following error:
504 Gateway Timeout
The following error occurred:
Code: 
 A gateway timeout occurred. The server is unreachable. Retry the request.
Could not open error file[/quote]
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Also in cape town and having major issues with international

Code: 
C:\Users\bianca>tracert www.eveonline.com

Tracing route to www.eveonline.com [87.237.39.180]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  router [192.168.1.1]
  2   143 ms    49 ms    49 ms  lac1.cpt.wbs.co.za [41.56.212.1]
  3    62 ms   104 ms    55 ms  vl75.cs1.cpt.wbs.co.za [41.56.254.2]
  4   147 ms    55 ms    52 ms  ge0-1.75.cr2.cpt.wbs.co.za [41.56.254.31]
  5     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  6     *        *       74 ms  196.7.21.14
  7    80 ms    49 ms    85 ms  tb-nt-1--jp-nt-1-b.mtnns.net [196.44.31.158]
  8    62 ms    57 ms    49 ms  tb-cr-2.za--tb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.5]

  9   211 ms   260 ms   253 ms  ls-cr-1.uk--tb-cr-2.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.241]

 10   228 ms   248 ms   214 ms  ls-pr-1.uk--ls-cr-1.uk-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.83
]
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 17     *
....
 30
 
So this is happening:

Code: 
C:\Users\bianca>tracert www.eveonline.com

Tracing route to www.eveonline.com [87.237.39.180]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     3 ms     1 ms     1 ms  router [192.168.1.1]
  2    67 ms    49 ms    49 ms  lac1.cpt.wbs.co.za [41.56.212.1]
  3    71 ms    49 ms    49 ms  vl75.cs1.cpt.wbs.co.za [41.56.254.2]
  4    58 ms    49 ms    44 ms  ge0-1.75.cr2.cpt.wbs.co.za [41.56.254.31]
  5   162 ms    49 ms    49 ms  fe11-0-0.gw1.cpt1.za.mtnbusiness.net [66.8.33.45]
  6    61 ms   124 ms    74 ms  196.7.21.14
  7    63 ms    44 ms    44 ms  tb-cr-1.za--tb-cr-2.za-a.mtn.net [196.44.31.158]
  8    73 ms    54 ms    49 ms  tb-cr-2.za--tb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.5]
  9   231 ms   233 ms   239 ms  ls-cr-1.uk--tb-cr-2.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.241]
 10   244 ms   228 ms   216 ms  ls-pr-1.uk--ls-cr-1.uk-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.83]
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 13     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 14     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 15     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 16     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 17     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 18     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 19     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 20     *      217 ms   204 ms  srv180-h.ccp.cc [87.237.39.180]

Trace complete.

And then a few seconds later

Code: 
C:\Users\bianca>tracert www.eveonline.com

Tracing route to www.eveonline.com [87.237.39.180]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms     1 ms    <1 ms  router [192.168.1.1]
  2    63 ms    44 ms    44 ms  lac1.cpt.wbs.co.za [41.56.212.1]
  3    83 ms    49 ms    49 ms  vl75.cs1.cpt.wbs.co.za [41.56.254.2]
  4    72 ms    94 ms   109 ms  ge0-1.75.cr2.cpt.wbs.co.za [41.56.254.31]
  5   303 ms   270 ms   298 ms  ldn-b4-link.telia.net [80.239.135.233]
  6   191 ms   219 ms   189 ms  ldn-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.249.131]
  7   262 ms   264 ms   214 ms  ldn-b3-link.telia.net [213.155.133.31]
  8     *      234 ms   199 ms  eveonline-ic-138015-ldn-b3.c.telia.net [213.248.83.198]
  9   236 ms   205 ms   208 ms  srv248-e.ccp.cc [87.237.36.248]
 10   222 ms   214 ms   231 ms  srv180-h.ccp.cc [87.237.39.180]

Trace complete.

Looks like there is a problem with a link somewhere
 
bdt said:
Have you considered tossing that (arguably) craptastic default firmware and going with something (a lot) more finely tuned?
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I wil try it out, thanks.

[edit] downloaded that firmware, and did as they suggested to change the firmware filename to a stock tp-link firmware filename, but it just keeps telling me "Error code: 18005 Upgrade unsuccessfully because the version of the upgraded file was incorrect. Please check the file name."

Even tried downgrading the firmware on the router and renaming the file to the latest version.

Google isnt helping much either
 
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Same here:mad: happened more then 5 times today:mad:No Gumtree,Facebook etc. nothing seems to connect properly.
I even tried unplugging modem several times & still nada!!! Can`t bear this anymore:(
 
noswal said:
well if its an internet link outside of SA then you cant blame iburst. well, you can if you feel better for it :p
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Yeah but funny how always my other ISP accounts are never effected, just iburst.
 
Can't load the Guardian, just after 06h00 on 2012.08.26:

Pinging guardian.co.uk [77.91.248.30] with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 77.91.248.30:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),
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Tracing route to guardian.co.uk [77.91.248.30]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 62 ms 42 ms 44 ms lac7.jhb.wbs.co.za [41.213.48.1]
2 99 ms 43 ms 39 ms iburst-41-213-1-3.iburst.co.za [41.213.1.3]
3 104 ms 49 ms 43 ms 192.168.0.114
4 71 ms 53 ms 39 ms pgw02-int-ge03.jhb.wbs.co.za [41.213.126.21]
5 252 ms 261 ms 237 ms ldn-b4-link.telia.net [213.248.95.177]
6 * 242 ms 233 ms ldn-bb2-link.telia.net [80.91.249.133]
7 256 ms 225 ms 243 ms adm-bb2-link.telia.net [80.91.245.109]
8 276 ms 379 ms 235 ms adm-b4-link.telia.net [213.155.132.175]
9 268 ms 235 ms 243 ms 4.68.70.25
10 265 ms 235 ms 257 ms ae-52-52.csw2.Amsterdam1.Level3.net [4.69.139.185]
11 269 ms 305 ms 249 ms ae-57-222.ebr2.Amsterdam1.Level3.net [4.69.153.205]
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.
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My WebAfrica account same issue as well, seems like a broader problem.
 
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