Internet Sharing keeps needing to be reset

Hello-I am using internet sharing to allow my iPhone, iPad, and 2nd iMac access to my cable internet connection. This certainly works fine, except lately, I will try to connect to the internet on my phone, and the web pages do not load. I can fix it by going to internet sharing preferences, turning off sharing, and then turning it back on again. This is annoying, because I'm usually in the other room when I want to use the internet on one of these devices. Is there a way to fix this? I called AppleCare, and they just had me restore from Time Machine backup, which didn't resolve the issue.

Hi gallaghm,
That's not good when you notice the drop in speed is your computer connected wirelessly or wired? If it's wireless it could be a problem with the wireless channel and resetting the hub is changing this for you. Check out this link and let me know if this helps.
Thanks
Neil
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