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One thing I cannot tell is that Monday my Belkin n600 router started crapping out intermittently every few minutes. I would unplug and plug in the router again

One thing I cannot tell is that Monday my Belkin n600 router started crapping out intermittently every few minutes. I would unplug and plug in the router again, and it would work until it went down next. Was I actually affected by this issue? The description of this issue makes it seem like the routers were completely unable to make a connection vs. the intermittent behavior I experienced so I'm really confused. I reflashed by firmware at Belkin's advice later that day and it seemed to resolve the issue, but this can't just be coincidence...

MiguelHudnandez 12y ago
If your computer was using a combination of working DNS IPs and your Belkin router's IP, it's a plausible explanation for intermittent outages. So if you had 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4, and 192.168.1.1, 1/3 DNS lookups would time out. Specifics are up to your operating system and lookup configuration, but you would almost certainly notice the problem, even if it was just minor annoyance. Lookups will usually be retried after a few seconds, so it might have just seemed like everything was extra laggy.