Is my router dying ?


  1. Posts : 2,362
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    Is my router dying ?


    Hi Folks,
    for the past few days, my page loading time was very very slow. I tried the usual to clear Firefox including flushing DNS cache and rebooting my router. I then shutdown my pc & router, moved the ethernet cable to another port on my router, restarted it, waited till it was fully loaded then started my pc. This worked perfectly as i'm now back to normal.
    My Laptop was not affected at anytime. Any suggestions ?
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    quite often rebooting the router will sort out slow connection,
    or it could have been the isp had issues their end,
    i regularly have to reboot the router, this is even after they sent a replacement for the same issue.
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    Roderunner said:
    ......My Laptop was not affected at anytime....
    Please clarify how your laptop was connected when you came to that conclusion. When the desktop slowed, did you do a speed test via the laptop and WiFi to check the ISP. Or did you hard wire the laptop to the router?
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    boohbah said:
    quite often rebooting the router will sort out slow connection,
    or it could have been the isp had issues their end,
    i regularly have to reboot the router, this is even after they sent a replacement for the same issue.
    I had rebooted the router but it didny help till moving the ethernet cable. See next post.
    Last edited by Roderunner; 09 Jan 2013 at 08:47. Reason: typo
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    UsernameIssues said:
    Roderunner said:
    ......My Laptop was not affected at anytime....
    Please clarify how your laptop was connected when you came to that conclusion. When the desktop slowed, did you do a speed test via the laptop and WiFi to check the ISP. Or did you hard wire the laptop to the router?
    Laptop connected wirelessly. Never thought trying a speed test.
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    A hard reset might get that port working again.

    The 30-30-30 Hard Reset Rule for Routers
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    chev65 said:
    A hard reset might get that port working again.

    The 30-30-30 Hard Reset Rule for Routers
    Thanks, I'll keep that for future reference, as I said it's working again.
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