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On 21/10/13 16:26, Simon Avery wrote:
On 21 October 2013 15:33, Neil Winchurst <barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:barnaby@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I have had my router, Netgear D634G, since May 2010. Recently I have
experienced some odd problems. Sometimes, as tested on speedtest.net
<http://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.
Y'know, it might not be related, but I've had a sharp increase of that
exact same error message from youtube.
Of course, none of my links are > 2.5mbit anyway, but I do rather
suspect it's them and not me at times.
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.
I don't know that model, but I did move away from Netgear a few years
ago (DG2000N and DG834G models) due to poor adsl performance. But unless
your adsl method has changed, it's unlikely-ish. Course, it could be
the router - and if you seriously think it is, try checking for new
firmware and also reset to factory settings. Worth a try.
But first, replace that adsl filter. And any others in your house.
Neil -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq