Re: Anyone else seen this.

On 03/07/2026 19:28, Pancho wrote:
> On 7/3/26 16:21, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> Recently my router (Draytek 2726) has been spontaneously rebooting.
>>
>> Examination of the logs show a kernel panic caused by 'attempt to 
>> execute an illegal instruction'.
>>
>> My assumption, possibly erroneous, is that the actual firmware code is 
>> corrupted
>> The router is rated only to +45°C but that is the recommended limit 
>> for flash memory, and the room temperature has been up towards 40°C. 
>> which doesn't leave a great deal of margin for router internal heat 
>> production.
>> My query is whether anyone else has seen issues with flash memory in 
>> the recent hear wave.
>>
>> Surely phones get hotter than this?
>>
>> Genuinely interested in other's experiences.
>>
> 
> Dunno about any of that but my VDSL modem crashes in warm weather. 

Mine used to crash and stay crashed after local thinderstoms

> Taking the board out of the plastic case and blowing a USB desk fan 
> across it seems to sort it out.
> 
> This year it pissed me off enough to order FTTH.
I've had one genuine outage on mine. In a couple of years. Sometimes it 
flaps for a second or two, but compared to ADSL its magic

-- 
It is the folly of too many to mistake the echo of a London coffee-house 
for the voice of the kingdom.

Jonathan Swift