Is my router on its way out?

[karser]

Over the last few days I have noticed that web pages seem very slow to load, at first I thought it might be my internet, but when I went to check my router stats even that page was slow to load. Anyone experienced this before, and know if its time for a new router, or if theres a possible fix?

Tia

[Sebby]

Could you post the stats from your router and also the results of a BT speed test?

[karser]

Ahh nm, I just booted up my old pc & everything is fine on that, so it must be a problem with this pc, sorry for that. Now to try figure out what the problem is on here.

[Simon]

Spyware and virus scans would be my first line of thought.

[Gary]

Maybe if it comes up clean, look for firmware updates for your router after checking reviews on them, and update drivers for your network adaptors as well as a really good defrag, and maybe a clean up with a free program like CCleaner, leave the registry alone cleaning that has very little effect on real word performance, but clean the junk in the trunk out, so to speak 

[karser]

Thanks for the advice all, I only did a full update & scan with all my anti spyware / antivirus a couple of days ago, in fact I wonder if that was what caused it. Fixed it now, in case anyone else gets this problem, I ran WinsockxpFix, rebooted, strangely it couldnt acquire an ip address from my router automatically, but once I put in my static settings everything was fine again, router page now loads instantly again, & web pages seem fine.

[Gary]

Winsock errors can cause complete loss of connection, I know the horrid Nvidia network access manager and Nod32 used to cause that issue running together, and a winsock repair was the only way to fix it, then remove NAM for all the good that it did, glad you are up and running