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<blockquote data-quote="Merkuri" data-source="post: 5389108" data-attributes="member: 41321">So, last night I was editing some audio files and watching a video (nothing that was using internet) and then I decided to check something online.&nbsp; Chrome didn't want to go to any sites.&nbsp; I also noticed my Gmail Notifier had the exclamation point icon on it, meaning it couldn't connect to my mail.&nbsp; They were acting like I was offline, but I was obviously not offline since TweetDeck kept giving me Twitter updates.I decided to wait a bit in case this was a temporary problem, so I went to play a game.&nbsp; In the meantime, my husband sat down at his PC and tried to get online, but he could not.&nbsp; I reset the router and the cable modem, but no dice.&nbsp; At one point I noticed my Gmail Notifier was back online, but I could still not bring up Gmail in Chrome.Went to bed hoping the problem would solve itself in the morning, but it didn't.&nbsp; At this point I decided to restore an older configuration to the router, and the internet started working.I had made a single change to the router's configuration about a week before this problem started happening, and that was just to forward a couple ports.&nbsp; I had done nothing to it the same day when the problem started.This is not the first time the router has just crapped out on me and required me to reset it to factory settings or restore an old configuration for no good reason.&nbsp; About a month ago I was trying to forward a port to my husband's computer, something I've done many times, and the router would just not forward it until I reset to factory settings.&nbsp; Why on earth would my router just stop working like that?&nbsp; Do routers start behaving funny when they're at the end of their lifespan?&nbsp; Is it time to get a new one?&nbsp; This one's about five or six years old.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Merkuri, post: 5389108, member: 41321"] So, last night I was editing some audio files and watching a video (nothing that was using internet) and then I decided to check something online. Chrome didn't want to go to any sites. I also noticed my Gmail Notifier had the exclamation point icon on it, meaning it couldn't connect to my mail. They were acting like I was offline, but I was obviously not offline since TweetDeck kept giving me Twitter updates. I decided to wait a bit in case this was a temporary problem, so I went to play a game. In the meantime, my husband sat down at his PC and tried to get online, but he could not. I reset the router and the cable modem, but no dice. At one point I noticed my Gmail Notifier was back online, but I could still not bring up Gmail in Chrome. Went to bed hoping the problem would solve itself in the morning, but it didn't. At this point I decided to restore an older configuration to the router, and the internet started working. I had made a single change to the router's configuration about a week before this problem started happening, and that was just to forward a couple ports. I had done nothing to it the same day when the problem started. This is not the first time the router has just crapped out on me and required me to reset it to factory settings or restore an old configuration for no good reason. About a month ago I was trying to forward a port to my husband's computer, something I've done many times, and the router would just not forward it until I reset to factory settings. Why on earth would my router just stop working like that? Do routers start behaving funny when they're at the end of their lifespan? Is it time to get a new one? This one's about five or six years old. [/QUOTE]

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