Internet Connection Woes

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:34 pm

I'm having problems with Windows and my network connections. On this computer, it's suddenly decided to suddenly drop the connection every, oh, I don't know, hour and a half or so. The real kicker is that when I hit "Repair" the window pops up and says "DISABLING NETWORK ADAPTER..." and then just hangs. It doesn't freeze, I can't hit Cancel, I can't X out of it... it just stays there forever. If I try to restart the computer, it freezes at "Windows is shutting down..." and I have to jam the hard reset button. I've already checked and I'm clean as far as spyware and viruses go. Please, help!

Post by **-_-** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:21 pm

Recently I've been hacing this problem as well. Except my computer doesnt freeze, but the connection gets choppy and disconnects every ten minutes. I phoned my ISP, And they said it wasnt a problem with their network. They told me many electronics nowadays interfere with the router's signals. So finding out which eletronic device is screwing your connection might do the job.

t551 · Post by **t551** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:02 am

Alos, someone may be performing Denial of Service attacks on your connection, especially if you have wireless.

Post by **guru** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 2:05 pm

Check to see if your using a phone nearby that is cordless and under 2.5 ghz. All of those cn interfere with wireless connections.

Post by **[RDH]Zerted** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 3:42 pm

What type of netwrok connection do you have?

Repair can take some time. It has many steps and all of them have their own timeout times.

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Wed Sep 27, 2006 12:04 am

I'm pretty sure it would timeout after three hours. I left it once.

Anyway, here's as much as I know about my setup. It's DirecWay, I use small Wireless-B 2.4GHz Linksys network adapters, and I'm on a satellite-broadband connection.

TheTao · Post by **TheTao** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:41 pm

-bump-

I'm still having trouble with this. I have no interfering devices, which is the most perplexing part of the problem.

Post by **-_-** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:55 pm

Can you list your router and receiver specs?

Post by **guru** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:34 pm

Wireless-B 2.4GHz Linksys network adapters <----- have you tried using any other adapaters. in my experience i have seen 2.4 ghz get problems if even someone within a football field away is using same ghz. ie cheap crappy phones...other home appliances which are using this same frequency very often nowdays. Other then that , someone could be outside your house farkin with your connection on a laptop.

i used to do that to people and get all their goodies....err i mean i knew someone , who knew someone.