worse. So the exact same as our router then. We use netgear, but still needs the reset several times a day to keep things sort of running. Could be the router, could be the line. I'm not a fan of the Netgear stuff either personally. My thomson used to randomly stop working and sometimes take a couple of power cycles to kick it back into life so I gave it away and got a better one. The people I gave it to say it work's fine and never gives them grief, weird. Yup, my guess is they have one, maybe two devices, barely do anything with their PCs. It's possible to have them function semi happily with a small handful of devices connected, provided they're not stressing the device too hard. Fire up certain games or voice chat apps and it'll crash and burn... However when I was still using it I found online a recommendation to stand them on their side to improve ventillation and turn wi-fi off if you don't need it and that does seem to help the stability. Also I realised where I had it placed got direct sunlight for part of the day which is probably a factor. Yeah it does help a little, though you're usually better off addressing the root cause (sunlight) as you've found ;) Incidentally I call them routers myself and consider it fair as they do incorporate a router, as well as a modem and in many cases a wifi