Get the latest tech news
The cases of consumer-grade routers on puny power supplies
Guest Post: Investigating the least likely suspect in router configuration.
A fire in a cable trench at the local network company a few months after installation left us as the only house in the suburb with lights and Internet on, and the odd refugee steak from neighbours’ thawing freezers in ours. Mine came off a professionally chosen and installed 4500W peak solar sinewave inverter deemed fit for the job by the local lines company (from whom we were leasing the system). We’ve recently replaced our Tarawa router with a sturdier one, with an extra sturdy power supply, and a filter in the DC line like the one used here.
Or read this on Hacker News
