I continue to have electronics failing at a phenomenal rate in my new place. One of the casualties was my router; another was my laptop.
I do a fair amount of work sitting on the couch in the evenings, and I need access to the net to do a lot of that work, so I got a used laptop dirt cheap, cannibalized the hard drive from the old computer, and got a new, cheap (but name brand) router. The old computer had wireless G, the "new" one has wireless B. Finally, I've gone from DSL (infinitely superior, in my so far limited experience) to cable modem.
Here's what I'm running into. With my old setup, about once a week I'd lose the ability to load a web page. The connection was still present, as I had files downloading in the background, but I couldn't load squat in a browser. Unplug the router, wait a few seconds, plug it back in and it would be good to go for about another week.
With the new setup it does the same thing, except it goes out about every two hours.
So...what causes a router to do this? Does it have anything to do with the wireless B v. G distinction? The DSL v. cable modem distinction? And most importantly, is there any way that I can get it to behave better?
