TC takes longer to re-boot; reports a problem; then fixes itself?

Question

I had a lot of problems yesterday with my TC. I lost my internet connection and spent 4 hours working on resetting it and the cable modem so they would communicate.
During that process, and still today, I am finding a slow internet connection. But, the problem I'm writing about here is that when I re-boot the TC it is taking a lot longer than it ever used to in the past. And, once it does boot, the utility pops up that the TC is reporting a problem. When I click continue, it then tells me that the TC is operating as normal.
I did buy this in March 2008 and I see others are having a lot of power problems. Maybe I'm headed down the same path but for now I do have power and an internet connection, albeit a slow one.
Any thoughts?
Thanks.

Answer 1

Bob-Thanks for the response.
When I was originally going through this problem I did do a Factory Default Reset as well as a default reset. My connection works but seems to slow at times. What I did this morning was simply a "restart" using the desktop software and it seems to take a very long time, reports a problem, then fixes itself.
I have left the cable modem unplugged as described.
I gave up on trying to restore my static IP address that worked for about a year as everything had a "meltdown" and I don't have time to play around with it more. Maybe a holiday project. But it's odd that it's acting this way now after the Factory Default Reset. I may try that again just to see if it helps this time around.