merk

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Hi all,

Having an odd problem which has only started happening with the RTM build. Let me describe the symptoms.

Every 5-15 minutes i seem to loose internet access. However, if i have an open connection, in this case a remote desktop connection, it remains working just fine. But if i try to pull up any web page, no luck. If i wait a few minutes it seems to clear itself, but then will happen again at some random time. I can just be browsing web pages for this to happen. When this happens the only web page i can pull up is my routers confirguation web interface (Link Removed). If i want to clear the error myself, i go to the network connections and disable and re-enable the connection, at which point it'll work for a little while and happen again.

I'm using my mobo's onboard NIC. Mobo is asus P5K-SE. NIC is an atheros chip. My internet connection itself is working fine since another pc running win7 (also RTM but different NIC and x86) has no problems at all.

Seen a few other posts from people for something similar. One posts suggests turning off the windows power management option of the nic. I tried doing that (although i dont remember if i rebooted after changing the setting) and it had no effect. Plus i want that option enabled since i use Wake On Lan to remotely power my pc.

I'm picking up a pci nic later today and I'm going to drop that in there to see if it'll work with that. If anyone has any other suggestions, i'm all ears.
 


Solution
Work around found

I have found a work around now. I use a fixed IP instead of DHCP and all is well. I am not sure what is causing the problem in the first place but a fixed IP works fine.
I have the same problem, (win 7, 64 bit) and the connection drops often.

There are 2 computers connected the same router, and one of them is working, and the other is not.

Here are my specs:
win7 homebasic
Pentium dual core, T4300, 2.10 ghz 2

The internet drops very often and is annoying, because it is a new computer, (laptop) I also have a Asus computer, with this computer the internet connection works fine.

Thanks a lot
 


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