Wireless Router Reboot

[kashkanantambu]

Does anyone know why a wireless router has to be rebooted to regain internet connectivity?

In other words.

Even though I had a connection to the router. I no internet connection from my wireless computer. I had connection to the internet form my desk top, so I know the router was working, and I had connectivity to the wireless network from the laptop, but could not access the internet until the router was rebooted.

Any answers?

Regards,
Kashka

[Yankees368]

Sometimes routers are a little slow in regaining a public IP address. You either have to reboot them, or go into the service menus and tell it to reassign an IP

[Bugwart]

Routers are simple computers. They run on software, just like other computers. Software in an operating computer/router/whatever is stored in memory. A tiny stray electrical charge can easily effect memory by turning on (or off) a couple transistors.

Re-booting a computer/router/whatever reloads the software and it is back to its original state.