modem/router stops responding after a certain period....

[NEVERwinter]

my DSL modem/router often stops responding after being up for some time... sometimes it stops after ten minutes, sometimes after 2 days. Like this night, heck, it stops 4 times for every 20 minutes!!
If that happens, I have to turn it off and turn it back on and everything back to normal. weird.

anyone can help???

 

[nanyangview]

hi there..i had the EXACT same problem with my cable modem with a POS linksys wireless router. The connection would drop..hang the router and modem. Need to hard reset all of them before regaining connection. I tried a Dlink POS, same problem. Exept a lil better, the modem does not hang but the router will reduce my cable speed to <56K

i think the hanging is primarily caused by crappy routers and unstable hardware (router)

so after wasting tons of time troubleshooting, i gave up. Switched to a 3Com Wireless G router. All my problems are gone

 

[skyking]

Originally posted by: NEVERwinter
my DSL modem/router often stops responding after being up for some time... sometimes it stops after ten minutes, sometimes after 2 days. Like this night, heck, it stops 4 times for every 20 minutes!!
If that happens, I have to turn it off and turn it back on and everything back to normal. weird.

anyone can help???

A great many ISP's have been impacted with that recent worm. My isp dropped connection 2-6 times a day for the first few weeks, but has been getting better. It still is nowhere near the original reliability though.

 

[NEVERwinter]

thanks guys.
I found another possible reason for it; I read on a website that some routers can't handle too many connections, hence that will crash it.
oh well....