Frequently need to reboot the switch to re-estblish connection to the router

Thanks JohnRo

Since writing I have managed to gather further evidence as follows:

Despite moving my WAP to another Cat 5 socket, I had the same issue as before (but still based on the same port from the switch)

Tonight I had a failure of internet to both the WAP and my hard-wired Apple TV box. Both came up immediatelky when I unplugged and re-plugged the switch

I have now moved the cable connecting the router to the switch from port 1 to port 3 on the router and from port 8 to port 6 on the switch just in case one of the ports was freezing - but I'm beginning to think the switch itself is faulty as I can't imagine how I'd get an intermittent fault on a cable!

Assuming the switch is indeed faulty, do I need to contact support as poer your link below and, if so, what shoudl I tell them (or do they have access to this blog?)

Thanks again!