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Re: [LUG] Router question

 

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
>
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