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Technically speaking, routers shouldn't wear out. But they're assembled as cheaply as possible & subject to heat stresses 24x7.

Posted by Beryllium (aka grayman) Jun 10 '15, 13:00

It's possible that things could stop delivering voltages properly. Undervolted hardware could then execute the software in unpredictable ways.

Mostly I think they just get tired, though.

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maybe I'll try a new router, mine is almost 8 years old. my new laptop has loads of connectivity issues. any other ideas? - b. Jun 10, 13:16 7
- WRT54GL, even the 8 year old one, is popular because you can completely replace the firmware with better code called openWRT - Beryllium Jun 10, 13:22 5
  - ah, I am unlikely to do that. I see ML rec'd this one a while back. it looks promising. (linked). allow me a dumb question? - b. Jun 10, 13:27 2
    - I bought that same one and set it up wirelessly. -- nm - Beryllium Jun 10, 13:28 1
      - great, thanks! I'll try your tip below before buying anything new, but I'll keep that one in mind (and in my amazon cart in case the price goes down) -- nm - b. Jun 10, 13:29
  - But a temporary fix for most issues is to go into the router settings and tell it to ignore your ISP's DNS and use google's DNS instead -- (link) - Beryllium Jun 10, 13:23 1
    - thank you! I will try that tonight. :) - -- nm - b. Jun 10, 13:27
- I should maybe add that my frequently-used kindle tablet has infrequent/fewer issues. - b. Jun 10, 13:20
Keep the firmware updated. -- nm - Mop Jun 10, 13:08 1
- that only works if the company provides firmware updates -- nm - decline Jun 10, 13:09
the antennas get clogged -- nm - decline Jun 10, 13:08

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Technically speaking, routers shouldn't wear out. But they're assembled as cheaply as possible & subject to heat stresses 24x7.

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