Resetting router

On occasion (it varies) when surfing the net, my browser (Firefox) just seems to "lockup"------bottom of page states "waiting for blah-blah website". At this point, I remove power from my router (reset) and connect again after a few seconds. Sometimes this works then sometimes I have to restart the computer and reset the router----I'm good to go----back to normal. Yesterday this occurred several times----today it has NOT occurred even once. It may happen several times a day----1 or 2 times a day or none at all for a few days. I've read on the net that other's have this same problem or may have with one brand of router and not another brand. It seems that it occurred more often when I had cable internet; but, it still occurs with my DSL. Both my puters are "hardwired" and I'm using a US Robotics Model 8001 router. I've considered buying and trying another brand router. Is this something that's just inherent with certain routers?


Dimension 8400
1 GB SDRAM
3.4GHz
160GB
Samsung CD-R/RW
Philips DVD+RW
Iomega HDD 80GB USB 2.0
Radeon X300
WinXP w/Service Pack 2
USR 8001 router
DSL
Firefox browser

Dimension E510,P4,3GHZ
512MB DDR SDRAM
128MB ATI Hyper Memory Radeon X300 SE
160GB ATA Hardrive
WinXP Media Center
48X CD-RW /DVD Combo
DSL
Firefox browser

Message Edited by beneteau on 06-06-2007 05:33 PM