flaky residential router

[NoOp]

On 02/09/2011 07:54 PM, Thufir Hawat wrote:
> I have a strange, intermittent, connection problem.  Oddly enough, the 
> wireless part of the router seems to work fine.  However, the computer 
> will periodically experience connectivity problems only solved by a 
> reboot.
> 
> I try:
> 
> ifconfig eth0 down; ifconfig eth1 down; ifconfig eth0 up; ifconfig eth1 
> up; ifconfig; ping 192.168.1.1 
> 
> 
> and the router's available, however I cannot ping google.com, I get 
> "network unavailable" which, given that the wireless connection is 
> working, this is kinda odd.  (Yes, the wireless is connected to my 
> router, not to my neighbors -- I double checked.)
> 
> I've tried powercycling the router, but get the same result as above.  
> However, restarting the computer allows a reconnection.
> 
> Obviously, I need to replace the router.  However, that doesn't explain 
> what's going on.  Why would restarting the computer have any effect?  If 
> I was on Windows, I'd suspect corrupted system files or something along 
> those lines.

I think it would help if you can provide specifics as to the router type
& firmware version in the router.