Let me ask you guys this.
The reason I need a new one (this and maybe the modem) is I loose connection all the time. Now I have had issues for years, different things. The past 6 months, and really bad the past week. I have downed the possible problems to this, if I am downloading a large file (over 1GB) usually in a Newsgroup program, I can do it for 10-20minutes and then I loose connection, I unplug router and modem, wait, and plug it back in, and its good.
It seems to loose connection at times during normal use (browsing and stuff) but very little. Now I have always had the thought that my provider (rogers) is doing this on purpose, even though I am paying an extra $25/month on over charges. I also thought it could be my modem or router, both are old, and i think one of them makes noise if I shake it. I figured it does it most of the time when I am downloading something (heavy use) so it could be its broken.
So is it my provider or my devices...it's really annoying.