I have a NetGear Nighthawk R7000 router that I’ve had for well over two years. For the last 6 months or so my internet has been dropping randomly throughout the day. It usually comes back on itself after a minute or so but it sometimes takes longer than 5 minutes where I’ll just go and reset it.

I called my ISP and they said on their end I haven’t lost connection in over two years and blamed it on my router. I’ve used this ISP for over six years and no issues so I do think it’s something on my end, although they did they selling me on using one of their routers but I’m not paying another monthly fee.

Things to note:

• I reset the router multiple times a week if not more
• I ran a factory reset on it a month or so ago and issue seemed to subside for maybe a day
• I do have the latest router firmware
• It’s only me and my fiancé using the internet
• As far as I know there isn’t a modem in this setup. There’s just an ethernet cord going from wall to router and that’s it

Any idea what could be causing this? If the fix is to just get a new router that’s fine but currently I’m entirely convinced that’s going to resolve the issue.