On Sunday 07 January 2007 13:23, Paul Smith wrote: >Dear All > >>From time to time, my modem/router sticks and I have to switch it off >and then on again. Can that be done only with software, without using >the modem physical switcher? > >Thanks in advance, > >Paul This may be beyond you, but I had similar problems with a linksys dsl router, and it was fixed by getting the latest firmware file for it from their site, and uploading it twice. There may have been some stale data or a poor burn the first time as it would only run for a few minutes after the first re-write, but the second one has been bulletproof for nearly 2 years. The original needed a powerdown reset about weekly. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.