Router on its way out?

[Raymond Lin]

For the past few months sometimes the forum or other forums would stop working for a few minutes. Then it would work again, if I start a new page, BBC site would work, but OCUK would just go to "page cannot be displayed". A few mins later it will work or if i reset the router it will work again. so i am guessing its the router that's faulty, sometimes i leave my PC on overnight downloading, and wake up and check my email on the iphone but it won't work until i reset the router.

Also, my xbox live keep getting disconnected too.

I have a 3com 3CRWDR100A-72, had it 5/6 years now, may be its dying?

If so, what would you recommend? Looking at the Linksys WAG160N.

 

[Dano]

ISP?

Torrents?

 

[Skidilliplop]

try setting static DNS entries on your PCs. I've seen this before where DNS relay on some routers just stops working randomly. It's often fixed in a firmware update, so have a look around. You can fix this by setting DNS entries in DHCP to be the actual servers not the router as a workaround.

The WAG160N is good but unless you have wifi N then it's not really necessary.
Personal preference is an ethernet ADSL modem + WRT54GS with tomato firmware. WRT54GL is even better if budget will stretch.