[LUG] Router question

[Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have had my router, Netgear D634G, since May 2010. Recently I have 
experienced some odd problems. Sometimes, as tested on speedtest.net, it 
will show up as very slow download rates. Most of the time the speed is 
around 12 Mb/s, but sometimes it suddenly drops as low as 3 Mb/s. There 
does not seem to be much of a pattern but it is usually low in the early 
afternoon, but not every day.

This shows up as a failure to run a Youtube video for example which will 
give a message that 'an error has occurred'. Sometimes, perhaps an hour 
later, it will all run fine. Yes, I have reset the router, that is I 
have switched it off for 30 minutes or so and then turned it on again. 
This has not made any difference.

So my question is, do routers sometimes just start to wear out? There 
are no moving parts in it so I can't think why, but what do I know? I 
also have a laptop, obviously using the same router, and the symptoms 
are the same, so I think that I can rule out desktop computer problems.

If the advice is to replace it then any recommendations would be 
gratefully received.

Thanks

Neil




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