SNMP reset / reboot

fordem wrote:

If it is that reproducible, it suggests that there may be a problem that causes it to lock up, have you ever tried to pin point it? I've seen routers that literally run out of resources and appear - see below - to lockup when there are too many connections - as in torrents - or when a spam mailing virus gets loose on the network. The reason I said appear to lockup, is that some routers and access points can only be managed through a web interface, I've had Cisco product that appears to be locked solid, no routing, no web interface, but still accessible through telnet or the console port, thus allowing me to actually determine why it had apparently locked up. At one installation, I went so far as to leave a console cable connected and hyperterminal running so that I could capture all of the console messages. Ever wondered why every other Wednesday and not every Wednesday?

I haven't tried that hard to pinpoint it. But it does seem to be a common complaint from more then just a few users of this product. And like I siad, if i reboot the access points once a week, they don't lock up. It would seem odd that if i simply reboot the access point, before the traffic hit, it would then be able to handle a virus , or spam or BT 'storm'.

It's not every other wed...but thats just the day it gets the most use. The device will run longer under lighter loads...and locks up quicker under heavier loads. And the device hang issues is consistent with the 2 devices i have in service.

If they do somehow survive on their own for longer then a couple of weeks with out a reboot...i have seen a few times where the devices will hang, and then lose their configuration information. I then need to reconfigure, or upload the config file that i learned to save off the device.

Again, if i reboot the devices about once a week...they work like a charm.