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<blockquote data-quote="Blank Reg" data-source="post: 651753" data-attributes="member: 93275">It mostly happens when it's first trying to get a connection - right after booting up the computer, then loggin in.&nbsp; The networking icon usually is grey with rotating blue circle, then stays solid grey.&nbsp; Sometimes it just goes to a yellow ! exclamation mark instead.&nbsp; USUALLY... if I boot up and it gets a connection, it stays.&nbsp; I noticed yesterday it was ok here on the desktiop but failed after I booted up the laptop in the other room. Not sure if that had anything to do with things or just coincidence.I would LIKE to believe it's the cablemodem/router same unit, that way my cable company (ISP) has to fix things.&nbsp; Just seems odd that I noticed this after both computers here did a rather large set of windows updates recently.When I first called my ISP tech support, he asked me to try different ethernet cables, reboot, etc, etc...&nbsp; then as last resort he asked me to just unplug the ethernet cable and plug it back in to my desktop, and that worked - got a connection. He then went on to say that they teeth in the port could have degraded over time.&nbsp; (!!??)&nbsp; That port rarely EVER gets unplugged/plugged in.&nbsp; It gets plugged in and stays that way, and the computer doesn't move.&nbsp; So I can't see the port physically degrading over time.&nbsp; And the entire time, the 2 computers can transfer files between each other at gigabit speed (100+ MB/sec), so it can't be a physical connection problem, from what I can understand.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blank Reg, post: 651753, member: 93275"] It mostly happens when it's first trying to get a connection - right after booting up the computer, then loggin in. The networking icon usually is grey with rotating blue circle, then stays solid grey. Sometimes it just goes to a yellow ! exclamation mark instead. USUALLY... if I boot up and it gets a connection, it stays. I noticed yesterday it was ok here on the desktiop but failed after I booted up the laptop in the other room. Not sure if that had anything to do with things or just coincidence. I would LIKE to believe it's the cablemodem/router same unit, that way my cable company (ISP) has to fix things. Just seems odd that I noticed this after both computers here did a rather large set of windows updates recently. When I first called my ISP tech support, he asked me to try different ethernet cables, reboot, etc, etc... then as last resort he asked me to just unplug the ethernet cable and plug it back in to my desktop, and that worked - got a connection. He then went on to say that they teeth in the port could have degraded over time. (!!??) That port rarely EVER gets unplugged/plugged in. It gets plugged in and stays that way, and the computer doesn't move. So I can't see the port physically degrading over time. And the entire time, the 2 computers can transfer files between each other at gigabit speed (100+ MB/sec), so it can't be a physical connection problem, from what I can understand. [/QUOTE]

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