Hey Howard, your problem sounds like mine... lots of tweaks attempted but still sporadic internet drops. Keep us posted if the Static IP is still working for you. Cheers!
This may be related to the ongoing problem a lot of folks are having, upgrades and some clean installs too. Internet access drops out for no apparent reason. Other computers (Vista or other OS) on the same router do not have a problem. Some folks have had luck in removing the Bonjour software...
Okay. Good to know. I'll enable my adapter for 100MB Full Duplex. it was set to auto negotiate. I also updated my Norton internet security 2009 (was installed on Vista) to 2010. It may make a difference.
I'm getting this sporadically too. Win 7 Home Premium x64 (upgrade from Vista x64). The disconnects were internet only, local network still seemed to be online. Internet connectivity would return maybe 1 minute after it went out. I disabled IPv6 on my network adapter and rebooted, so far my...