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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => Routers / COVR => DIR-857 => Topic started by: kargo27 on September 11, 2012, 02:52:27 PM
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Just an FYI.
I had placed my 857 on top of my LCD TV thinking it would get better air circulation. Well, even with having 75% of it hanging "in air" the core of it was laying on the 2" wide top of the TV. After a while the router quit broadcasting wifi on both 2.4Ghz and 5.2Ghz.
I rebooted it and moved it to a wire rack and it's working fine.
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Routers are not tested to withstand additional heat sources so it was getting additional heat from the TV which probably could not dissipate.
Always keep the router on a flat surface away from other electronics or use a perforated surface or rack system that allows good ventilation.
Enjoy.