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01-30-2005, 06:43 PM | Topic Starter |
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I hope someone knows what's causing this.
I have Road Runner cable internet that runs to a Motorola wireless router. All the proper lights are lit on my cable modem and my home PC is connected via a LAN cable. After the computer sits idle for a long period (couple of hours or so) I lose my internet connection. Any web site I go to returns a DNS error. If I reboot, everything works fine. I'm pretty sure the problem is in the PC, but I can't figure it out. Any of you fellow geeks have any ideas? |
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01-30-2005, 06:58 PM | #2 |
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sounds like a firewall of some kind with a automatic time lock of some kind.
you zone alarm or something running?
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01-30-2005, 07:12 PM | #3 | |
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Firewall on router was enabled. I've disabled it. Maybe that was it?
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01-30-2005, 07:42 PM | #4 |
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If you have your wireless router set up correctly, you can ditch Zone Alarm. That's like having a wood door behind a wall of steel 6 inches thick.
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01-31-2005, 11:06 AM | #5 |
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Still having the problem. I left my computer on all night and this morning could not browse the internet, get email, etc. If I try to ping a web site it comes back host not found. I recycleed my router and no help. I should have recycled the modem but didn't. I'll try that next time. Anyone else have any thoughts?
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Oh, and I already tried power recycling the router. It didn't help. I wish to hell I would have tried recycling the modem this morning.
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can you take the router outa of the loop and see if it still does it uninstall zone alarm firewall program from you computer and see if it does it did you install SP2? does the service pack firewall have a "timer" on it? if all those things don't effect it, i would think it might be a bad modem (imo still sounds like time lock firewall some place)
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If the problem comes back after you take the router out of the loop then I suggest trying another cable modem. If you're renting your modem from the cable company, call them and tell them to send you another one. If not, you'll have to plunk down some bucks I guess. You could try a different NIC card in your PC but I really doubt that's the problem. |
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I have the same problem with my DSL router. At least once a day I have to restart my computer to get it to work again. I used to just be able to cycle the power on the unit, but that doesn't work anymore. This is the second one I've gotten from the company. It pisses me off, but I've learned to accept it as a part of life because I refuse to give my business to the alternate source for high speed.
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I have the exact same problem and i havent found a solution yet. It started after i added a wireless router. I have check all of the setting numerous time and cant find something that prevents it. I end up rebooting my computer once or twice a day. Definitly a pain in the ass.
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Thanks for all the tips. Now I've just got to find out why the router is doing this. Firmware upgrade or configuration settings I suupose.
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