I have exactly the same problem and it does not get resolved by any of the
fixes suggested in numerous forums around the web. I have a 32-bit Vista Home
Premium on Dell XPS M1330
Here is what I have done so far:
-
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233
- disabled McAfee and Windows firewalls
- disabled IPv6
- installed a MS fix, can't find it right now, suggested earlier here
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Troubleshoot-and-Resolve-Windows-Vista-Network-Problems-55692.shtml
- made sure I cleared the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save
power check box
- run the Internet Connectivity Evaluation Tool and it came back fine
- made sure all drivers were updated
- just did the netsh interface tcp set global autotuninglevel=disabled and
got a message: Set global command failed on IPv4 The requested operation
requires elevation
What else can I do???? This is so annoying, I am traveling again to a
developing country this week and expect that I will not be able to connect to
a network in the hotel again like it happened last month in India! There the
XP computer of my colleague connected just fine and I could not get to the
network at all! Or if I did, it was for a minute or two and then dropped
again. At home my connection periodically drops - while still showing that I
am connected to Local and Internet, if my VPN is on, it works, but no
browsing and no email happens. Help!!!
