system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Why does restarting my router sometimes help with internet connectivity problems?

I mean, what changes with that reboot that helps?
gpt
Imagine that you start solving an equation in your notebook.

Halfway through you notice that the number don't add up anymore. You try to figure out what the problem is but you can't seem to find it.

So you just tear that page from the notebook and start again from the beginning with a fresh perspective.

This is similar to what happens with your computer. For some reason a mistake was made in its calculation that it's not programmed to recover from. So when you restart the computer it starts from scratch. Now, you can hope that whatever caused the problem doesn't occur again.