How long do people usually get from a typical Wifi router? I've found after 3 years or so they start dropping signal more frequently until you replace them.

Is this common?

I heard it is and that's been my experience, in fact my latest is going on 2 yrs. and it's starting to act squirrelly,,,
Had a Comcast guy in the house recently and he says the best on the market is the Apple router,,, long range and simple Simon set up....

I put mine on a timer. Turns on at 5 am and turns off at midnight. The logic is it will save some of its life.
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that was the offer at wally world

give me six more bucks
and we'll replace it for free in 2 years
for a Netgear wireless router

Tmobile customers can borrow for free a ASUS RT-AC68U router
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