"Gordon" <gbplinux******.com.invalid> wrote in message
news:eYVJOcwhHHA.5048@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>I access the internet via a router supplied (and configured) by my
>wife's company. Recently I have noticed that NNTP access is impossible
>on any of six different news servers between the hours of 5 pm (approx)
>and 11 pm. This may have occurred when the old router (DLink) was hit
>by an electrical surge and was replaced by a Netgear, which, according
>to the ISP may have some sort of "control" set. (I have scoured the
>manual, and can't find anything so far). What I am wondering, is there
>any Audit function that might tell me if this is the case? (The ISP
>assures me that their networks are all up and running, and indeed Web
>browsing and Email are not affected. I am VERY frustrated by this!)
>
> Thanks

I would contact the wife's company. Your post reads as if the equipment
is company owned and serviced.