Netgear has several class-action lawsuits concerning the very behavior you 
are describing. I am not sure if any of those are still in litigation. I 
personally avoid the brand like the plague. A way to bypass loss of DNS is 
to manually set each node behind the router to directly query your ISP 
rather than trust the router to act as a relay. Might be slightly slower, 
but it's more reliable. Sometimes you can set the DNS information manually 
on the router's DHCP server to save one step and accompolish the same thing. 
Best wishes for speedy and reliable surfing. Cisco bought out Linksys a 
while back, and that good brand got better. I trust Linksys / Cisco above 
most anything else out there.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Peter Shkabara
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2010 5:53 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] router

I am currently using a Netgear WGR614 v5 router with my cable modem. The
router seems to "lose its mind" a bit too often. Not that it is not
reliable, but I find it necessary to reset it every few days, or at least
once a week. Otherwise, it seems to lose its DNS capability.



I am a retired computer science instructor who taught Cisco Academy CCNA
courses, so I know how to configure routers. My question to the list is what
hardware (router) might you recommend for a home network? I have considered
getting a Cisco router on e-bay, but decided to check with the list for
possible recommendations and views on this topic.



Thank you,



Peter Shkabara

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