Everything can wear out and/or fail. On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Tony Yarusso <tonyyarusso at gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 9:29 PM, paul g <pj.world at hotmail.com> wrote: > > Some years ago when I bought my wireless router the salesperson told me > they > > wear out after some time. Could I get your knowledge and opinions on > this? > > That can be true, as they are frequently designed with poorly > ventilated cases and people install them in silly places, both causing > the equipment to overheat, which shortens the life. If properly > ventilated / cooled, they should be fine, but the former case is > probably more common sadly. > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Ben Lutgens Linux / Unix System Administrator Three of your friends throw up after eating chicken salad. Do you think: "I should find more robust friends" or "we should check that refrigerator"? -- Donald Becker, on vortex-bug, suspecting a network-wide problem -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20140509/a163c57d/attachment.html>