Not sure if this is possible - Voyager has only one ethernet port and one USB - and even if it is, I'll have to work out how to do it!

Will give it some thought - thanks for the response.

Thanks, but I don't think you can "turn off" QoS... it's just a matter of setting rules which can, if you choose, throttle or prioritise traffic.. and this I haven't yet done. Albeit, having QoS capabilities was one of the reasons for getting the Billion.

However, one thing occurs to me, noting the approximately hourly frequency with which the disconnections occur.. The wireless capability of the router does include one parameter with an hourly periodicity - namely the Group Key Renewal (which is a function of WPA security). I'm wondering whether there is any chance that the internal reconfiguring occasioned by this wireless function is somehow impacting the way the router responds to ethernet connections, perhaps just dropping a packet or two.. Clearly, that shouldn't happen - and I'm perhaps clutching at straws - but it would be somewhat consistent with my experience that the non-wireless Voyager is fine, but both wireless-enabled routers are problematic..

Thing to do is experiment with that parameter, I guess, or with a different (non-WPA) security mode, and see what happens.

Thanks again..

I have a strange problem in that when I use certain routers I have continual "disconnect" problems when racing online..

My broadband line itself tests out fine, and when I use an elderly BT Voyager router I have no issues at all.. I can play online without problems.

But whenever I swap to a more modern router - I've tried a BT Home Hub and just bought a high-quality Billion BiPAC to try to resolve this - I find that I routinely and regularly lose connection to whatever LFS game server I'm accessing. These disconnections occur, broadly, about hourly.. While connected, everything is fine - no lags, no pauses and high framerates.. [And, of course, general internet connectivity is fine at all times..]

I can't come up with any explanation for why one (old) router should work for me, and two other (more moden, expensive) ones shouldn't.. Can anyone give me any pointers to things to look at? It's XP, and an Ethernet connetion to the router.

[The reason for wanting not to use the Voyager is that it doesn't have wireless capability, and only has one ethernet connectionr.. However, I can confirm my problem isn't caused by other users - the disconnections even when no other devices are connected. ]

Thanks in advance for any suggestions..