I have two Linksys EG005W gigabit switches, the newer model as you can see on their website [URL="http://homesupport.cisco.com/en-ca/wireless/lbc/EG005W"]here[/URL]. They've been working 24/7 for years now and all of a sudden one leg of the network started stalling and hesitating. I traced the problem down to one of the EG005W switches.

So I took the box apart, and surprise surprise, I found that the 6 largest caps were ALL bulging. I replaced them and the switch now works properly again. I also drilled some holes above the CPU heat sink, because these little boxes get...