@Hotrod Thank you guys for your help. I have fixed the connection issues. I flashed OpenWrt to it and problem solved. I can now turn on VPN and speed test my little heart out. No more randomly...

@ArcherC8 I'm not sure why the cable modem is not required with my ISP but this problem started before I disconnected the cable modem and just started using the router.

@ArcherC8 Luckily I still have my cable modem as we don't use it anymore. So I connected my PC directly to the cable modem and put it through it's paces. Ran speed tests with and with out the VPN...

I purchased a VPN a few months back and all was well for a few weeks. I started to get dropped WAN connection during speed tests.some of the time.and the problem has progressed to the point where I...