Settings without electricity?

[oxytocin]

Does the WL-500g keep my settings without electricity? And if yes, for how long? I keep my router in a storage room and have no wired connection and therefore cannot afford to loose the current configuration.

[Oleg]

yes, forever.

[Antiloop]

it will keep configuration as said by Oleg,

before other people start to think that it is OK to use it another way:

When connecting the Asus or Linksys and perhaps more broadcom based routers to a switched powersocket which you will turn ON and OFF daily the router will start to possible loose it's setting or can malfunction completely after a while

[gwl]

it will keep configuration as said by Oleg,

before other people start to think that it is OK to use it another way:

When connecting the Asus or Linksys and perhaps more broadcom based routers to a switched powersocket which you will turn ON and OFF daily the router will start to possible loose it's setting or can malfunction completely after a while

That's strange...
Does this mean that it's best to leave it on all the time?
I turn my router on/off only when I need it (about once a day for 1~2 hours)

What do you mean with "can malfunction completely after a while"....
how much is "after a while"? 6 months? 1 year? 10 years?

If one abstains from writing frequently to the flash memory, then there should be no problem... right?

[Styno]

I think Antiloop is talking about high startup voltages (spikes) which might occur when using swiched powersources (like the one supplied with the router). Those spikes are probably filtered out by the onboard power regulator, but degradation of the electronics over time is thinkable.

In theory the flash memory should retain the data for as long as 10 years without the need of rewritng the data.

[Les Wire]

I have a WL-500g Deluxe router that sometimes resets to factory defaults if there has been a power faliure or the router has been turned off. Usually the router runs non-stop.

Has anyone else experinced this problem?
I once updated to the newest original firmware but there have experienced this probelm both before and after firmware update.

Has anyone else experienced this problem? Is is a hardware or firmware problem and is there any way to prevent it from happening by using a different firmware or some hardware modification?