I got home tonight, and in fact for the past few days too, it wasn’t connected. There I am feverishly hitting the ‘connect’ button on the admin backend and it won’t connect. Finally, after nearly two hours, it connects and I’m away. Nevertheless I sense the end is near.

So I’ve bought a new one, should be here in a day or two, it’s a LinkSys ADSL2+ Modem Router – always had good luck with them in the past. Once it’s here, the Belkin is consigned to the flames, I’ve had enough of it’s temperamentality.