re: Do Wifi routers "wear out" over time?

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However, this is much different then some modern routers that are running almost full linux distros with loads of features. There is a reason why a lot of times rebooting modern routers fixes various issues.

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Rebooting routers has always "fixed various issues." That's not any kind of argument for software bloat or feature creep as the culprit. A small memory leak on a device with 16MB of RAM means rebooting fixes various issues too, you know.

I mean, you know it was over 10 years ago that South Park had a whole episode about rebooting the WRT54G to get the internet working again?

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However, this is much different then some modern routers that are running almost full linux distros with loads of features.

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They're running as basic Linux servers which is hardly "full linux distros." I mean I just searched for firmware for the latest ridiculously overkill Linksys and Netgear Nighthawk routers and the firmware was <50MB... They usually have like a half gig of storage.

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So saying it clearly not a software issue is not a good idea either.

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Why not? You wanna give me specifics about how this happens and not just generalizations like "there's a reason things happen" and "it's like Windows"?