wireless router

[noahlowryfan]

can wireless routers not work anymore if you have it for a few years? my sister have this wireless router for 3 years and it doesn't work that good if you want to watch a video online. the downloading will stop and it will make the internet connection not work. has anyone have a wireless router that is more than 3 years old and is still working fine or can tell me if i should purchase a new one or switch to a different internet company that has wireless access.

 

[PuterChick]

I've had my wireless for 3 years and it works just fine. I am a sr. systems support analyst and your wireless router should last much longer than 3 years. Call your internet provider for support and try the company that made your router. Call them both and get some support on why your having these issues.

HTH

 

[noahlowryfan]

the router works fine when I'm just browsing websites but when it comes to watching youtube videos and other videos, it loads really slow and it will stop loading in the middle. is this supposed to happen when you have a wireless router connected to the port that the internet service provider gave you?

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

It may be your computer and not your router.

Do you use Internet Explorer ?

 

[noahlowryfan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MxAxC-_ATTACK It may be your computer and not your router. Do you use Internet Explorer ?

no, I use Mozilla Firefox. it does happen when i'm just browsing websites but it mostly happen when i try to watch videos.

 

[Janice]

Ours did the same thing after about 5 years. We bought a new one and viola fast, reliable connection again.

 

[lara]

If your connection is jagging when you start streaming bandwidth-heavy content but not regular web content, that indicates that either your connection has a choke in there somewhere (capped speed, peak restrictions) or your computer itself is having difficulty handling processes that are more memory-hungry and unintentionally triggering drop-outs.

If it was the router itself, drop-outs and chokes would be more consistent.

Unrelated to the connection dropping out but related to watching Youtube, Firefox can also be a little buggy with Flash plug-ins. Just about every time a new Firefox build is released something gets tweaky and people report everything from being unable to load flash completely, FLVs hanging in the middle of pre-load or flash content 'ghosting' and continuing to play audio even when Firefox has been closed completely (my favourite and the one that happens to me all the time after a new release).

 

[noahlowryfan]

i don't think my computer or firefox is the problem. it can be the router. if no router is connected, it works just fine but once the router is connected, it happens. i'm thinking about buying a new router but its expensive and i don't know which one to buy.

edit: it just happen and i'm only browsing websites.