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my sky hub does the same thing (its a netgear inside). stupid question have you restarted the router and does the problem go away thats what fixed mine On 21 October 2013 15:33, Neil Winchurst <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, 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 > > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq