Reset Your Router About Once a Month
Most router owners are used to resetting their routers, but only when something goes wrong. However, resetting your router offers more benefits than just fixing your suddenly lost Wi-Fi. It’s also a chance for your router to implement any important updates that may require a reboot, and ditch any hacking attempts that may have been trying to ride along on your Wi-Fi connection. At one point, the FBI even recommended that everyone reset their routers to help foil a Russian-based hacking attempt. It can also clear a router’s memory cache, which is useful for especially busy routers that may get overloaded from a lot of device connections.
However, be careful. Resetting your router about once a month is good practice, but you don’t want to do a full factory reset, which removes all of your settings. Stay away from the reset options that have you poke pins in holes, etc. Just unplug your router and disconnect it from all other devices for a few minutes, and then plug it back in. There’s usually an option to reset from your router’s website settings, too.