Internet randomly stops on 2 routers

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ilikepie

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I have a cable modem and 2 routers and the internet just stops working. I have to reset both the routers and the modem for it to work again. The moden is connected to a linksys befsr41v2 and a netgear fs105 connected to the linksys. I have the newest firmware on both.
 
Hmm, that could be a few things, but when I had it happen it was because I'd lose signal from my modem for a moment and the router would drop the external IP. Restarting the modem was a quick fix, but I ended up calling and complaining because it was happening a lot. Turned out that my cable amplifier was going bad. I have had no problems since replacing the amp.
 
Are you using bittorrent on any of the computers? Some crappy modems (like my linksys somethingorother) crap out mere seconds after starrting up BT...
 
How do you have the 2nd router configured? as a "router" or as a switch if a router that is a no no.
 
if you have a motorola cable modem to go 192.168.100.1 in your webbrowser and look at the signal strenghs and logs.. maybe its a problem with the signal from the cable company.

Do you have any problems when using just 1 of your routers?
 
Yeah, the fs105 is definitely a switch, not a router. I had a similar issue with a befsr41 v3 a while back. Random disconnects that could only be rectified by resetting the son of a bitch. There were all kinds of little hackish "fixes" floating around on the internet that supposedly helped, but none of them really did. Eventually we got a new cable modem from the cable co(unrelated issue; i think the modem died) and the random disconnects stopped. For reference, the old modem was a toshiba pcx1000. It was rock solid for several years(using other routers and equipment) so I didn't even suspect that it had anything to do with the disconnects. So if it's an older modem you might try exchanging it for a newer one. Also, to rule out whether it is strictly a modem issue or not, hook a computer directly to the cable modem and see if the random disconnects persist. If not then it is a router issue or router/modem issue.
 
Have you checked over in the Linksys forums at DSLReports to see what the most stable firmware is for the sr41? I'm a fan of the befsx41 over the sR series, and with the sx41 the latest is far from the greatest, most stable firmware...may be the same with the sr.
 
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