Router dropping connection

[Koshigaya]

Move this to the appropriate section if needed, not sure if this belongs in troubleshooting.

For the past day my Linksys E1200 router has been dropping connection in and out. When I'm connected straight to my modem everything is fine, so it must be an issue with the router. I tried to use Linksys Connect to see if resetting everything would fix it but it fails with this error report. More often than not I get a 502 - Bad Gateway error when I try to access the router settings via a browser and the default gateway.

 

Error code: 82BD010F

Error description: The router has the wrong model name.

Model name: unknown

Model number: E1200

Serial number: unknown

Firmware version: unknown

Operating system: Windows 8

Software version: 1.5.14350.0

Connection type (WAN): unknown

IP address (LAN): unknown

IP address (WAN): unknown

Computer IP address: 192.168.1.130

[Tedster]

How long have you had this router for?

[Koshigaya]

I've had it for about 7 months. I had considered that it's dying and it's time to get a new one. But I've owned routers for much longer than this with no issues.

[Koshigaya]

I bought a new one and I'm getting the same exact error, so it can't be something wrong with the router.

I'm completely lost now.