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Intermittent loss of broadband connection
I have been signed up to TalkTalk broadband for several years. I use a Linksys WAG325N gateway (modem plus router) which I bought five or six years ago. The three computers in the house (all Windows 7) are connected via Devolo DLAN AV 200 Homeplugs. Wireless is disabled at the router. Other than doing that I don't think I've touched the software in the router since I moved to TalkTalk (from Tiscali).
All was well until a few months ago when the internet connection started to cut out intermittently, and could only be restored by switching the router off and on. It happens perhaps three times a day. It is independent of whichever computers happen to be switched on at the time. I've spoken to neighbours on the same exchange who are also with TalkTalk and they don't have this problem.
It happened again last night but one user noticed something interesting. He was playing an interactive game involving talking to other players and though the connection was lost with respect to the game (other computers in the house simultaneously lost connection, as always), he could still talk to the other participants via his headset.
Can anyone diagnose this or suggest any tests I could do? Is it time to retire this elderly router?
The external and internal phone wiring is pretty old looking and may be around the age of the house (built 1952).