virgin hangs every few minutes, especially when loading images

[unwashed potato!]

my dads net started playing up a couple of months ago, it would for no reason completely go and not come back for days, then stay a while and do it all over again. vrgin came out and changed something (i think it was a cable to the modem) and it fixed it, however since then i have had annoying hangs when using the net

it happens every 2/3 minutes my net completely goes, nothing loads, then 2 seconds later it's back nice and fast.

i notice it far more when loading images on google, google loads but no image,refresh refresh refresh and it works.

have no clue what could be going wrong so would like some help. we have a wiresles router from netgear if that makes a difference. i have only tested it over wireless with the problem

 

[wij]

...i have only tested it over wireless with the problem

So try it with a wired connection and see what happens.

Would be prepared to put money on it being the wireless causing the issue above anything else.

If it's a fairly recent issue what has changed, it could even be something like one of your neighbours has got a new router or something that is causing interference.

The router could also be the issue, or the wireless adapter in the PC.

 

[quackers]

you could always try and update the firmware on the router, it might solve it