Hi guys,
We were previously using a netgear DG type router (forget the exact product number), which was largely fine. We decided to replace it mostly because it seemed to need restarting more and more. The router we chose is a Netgear N1000. The first one we had kept dropping wireless signal for the machines in the lounge (room directly above where the router is). We checked the channel we were using was ok versus what the houses around us were using etc, no dice. Sent back to ebuyer, they issued a replacement of the same model.
Now we have almost the same issue, but not all wireless drops out. When I switch on my laptop and run WoW, there's suddenly what appears to be a DOS attack (loads of UDP packets sent via the same port). I can do a few (very laggy) things before it kicks me out. My boyfriend's desktop with a wireless card remains connected, but after a while it seems the whole thing drops out (even wired connection goes down).
We've tried blocking that port, didn't seem to help. We think that the packets that look like DOS are probably not bad, it's just that the new router panics over them and reacts more harshly than the older one did.
Any advice appreciated (note, I know this is nothing to do with Plusnet, I'm just out of ideas to sort this issue out and we're probably going to return the router for a refund if there is no solution).
