Recent content by ypdmd

Thanks for the suggestions, but I only changed to static ip AFTER the problem started, so using an external DNS is not the cause of the problem. In fact, I switched to an external DNS because when the DNS was set to my router, I was not getting access. I switched to static ip because I wanted to...

The router has let me rename the device "computer" but its just weird that I didn't have to do that with any of the other machines on the network

you are correct, I mistyped it. my ip was 192.168 etc, and the router had me as 0.168 etc. It also had weird characters in the device name - it was calling it "intel adapter" and then gibberish. I switched to static ip, and things seem to be ok now, although the (verizon westell) router still...

Update: my computer was reporting my ip address as 192.168.1.46 the router was reporting it as 0.168.1.46 I set up static IP - the router is now properly identifying my machine. But the problem is not resolved. I disabled bonjour and I thought that fixed the problem but it did not...

Hi - I seem to be having a similar problem that others have with windows 7 -have gone through the usual issues and none have solved it. I have a Dell Optiplex 745 -just did a clean install of Home Premium. Started dropping the internet connection. ipconfig release and renew solves the problem...