I've got a Linksys WRK54G router and Comcast as my ISP. Several weeks ago, I noticed that my bandwidth started to decline after a relatively short period of time after resetting the router/modem. For example, my download speed would go from 3.3 mps to 98 kps in less than an hour.
Well, when they saw that I had farily high ping times, they sent a tech out to investigate. He basically just gave me a new modem at which point my connection was screaming at 9+mps! It seemed to maintain that speed for quite some time too. However, sure enough, less than 5 hours after last resetting the modem/router, I was getting a download speed of 718kps.
I left the router alone and just reset the modem with no effect on the bandwidth. However, when I reset both the router and modem, I'm back at ~9mps. So, does that mean that somehow my router's gone bad? I just upgraded its firmware to be current.
Do routers go bad in the way I'm describing? Is there a better test of the router's health?
TIA, David