Why The Need To Reboot ?

[Gerard]

I was on a website when I clicked a link and could go nowhere. Got the
message "Firefox cannot find the server...." Also, received the same
message trying to return to my homepage.
So, Closed the browser, deleted cookies, history, etc. and tried to return
to my homepage. Got the same message as above.
Looked at the DSL and all lights were on.
Rebooted the computer (XP PRO) and everthing was fine.
Why the need to reboot ??

 

[Don Phillipson]

I was on a website when I clicked a link and could go nowhere. Got the
message "Firefox cannot find the server...." Also, received the same
message trying to return to my homepage.
So, Closed the browser, deleted cookies, history, etc. and tried to return
to my homepage. Got the same message as above.
Looked at the DSL and all lights were on.
Rebooted the computer (XP PRO) and everthing was fine.
Why the need to reboot ??

We need more detail that "everything was fine." You
suggest you could
1. Connect OK with the target web site, then
2. Return OK to your own home page .
(If not, better repost here.)

Rebooting your PC probably reset the router configuration:
so perhaps rebooting the router alone might have
done the necessary, without rebooting the PC. Only
you can tell, and only if you replicate the malfunction.)

 

[Gerry]

Gerard

Have you run anti-virus and anti-spyware scans as a precaution?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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[Gerard]

We need more detail that "everything was fine." You
suggest you could
1. Connect OK with the target web site, then
2. Return OK to your own home page .
(If not, better repost here.)

Rebooting your PC probably reset the router configuration:
so perhaps rebooting the router alone might have
done the necessary, without rebooting the PC. Only
you can tell, and only if you replicate the malfunction.)

"Everything was fine" meaning I could connect to every website I tried
including "easynews". Rebooting the router takes much longer than
rebotting the PC, so I usually opt for the PC. This seems to happen about once
a month and I'm just curious WHY.

 

[Gerard]

Gerard

Have you run anti-virus and anti-spyware scans as a precaution?

Yes, and thanks for the reminder. I was clean.

 

[Xandros]

I was on a website when I clicked a link and could go nowhere. Got the
message "Firefox cannot find the server...." Also, received the same
message trying to return to my homepage.
So, Closed the browser, deleted cookies, history, etc. and tried to return
to my homepage. Got the same message as above.
Looked at the DSL and all lights were on.
Rebooted the computer (XP PRO) and everthing was fine.
Why the need to reboot ??

Can you replicate the problem?

 

[phildan]

Gerry

You're saying that your router takes longer to boot that your PC

How long for each ?
What sort of router ?

I ask because all of the small routers I've met reboot in < 30sec,
whereas most PC's take a couple of minutes at least.

Do you actually Shut Down down your computer or do you put it into
Stand By mode, if the latter then you are not rebooting but
restarting.

UT

 

[Gerard]

Gerry

You're saying that your router takes longer to boot that your PC

How long for each ?
What sort of router ?

I ask because all of the small routers I've met reboot in < 30sec,
whereas most PC's take a couple of minutes at least.

Do you actually Shut Down down your computer or do you put it into
Stand By mode, if the latter then you are not rebooting but
restarting.

UT

My bad on the terminology. I'm NOT using a router. I meant rebooting the DSL
modem. My PC (XP Pro) reboots in approimately 30sec. The modem sometimes
take 10 minutes before I can connect to the web. However, after complaining
for the sixth month in a row about slow DSL speeds to the ISP, the last time I
rebooted the modem it was back up in approximately one minute.
My question concerns Windoz. My system is on 24/7, and about once a month,
I can go nowhere on the web. After I reboot the PC, everything works as
before the "problem" cropped up. I'm just wondering why I have to reboot
every so often when I've changed nothing in my system??

 

[JD]

My bad on the terminology. I'm NOT using a router. I meant rebooting the DSL
modem. My PC (XP Pro) reboots in approimately 30sec. The modem sometimes
take 10 minutes before I can connect to the web. However, after complaining
for the sixth month in a row about slow DSL speeds to the ISP, the last time I
rebooted the modem it was back up in approximately one minute.
My question concerns Windoz. My system is on 24/7, and about once a month,
I can go nowhere on the web. After I reboot the PC, everything works as
before the "problem" cropped up. I'm just wondering why I have to reboot
every so often when I've changed nothing in my system??

I used to have a similar problem with my cable modem and XP home
edition. I turn my computer off at night so of course I turn the modem
off. But about once a month I would have to reboot the modem and
computer to get my speed back to normal.

My isp was no help, they had me reboot the computer which of course
brought my speed back. I did learn that I didn't have to reboot the
modem. My isp told me I should return my computer to the manufacturer
which is impossible since I built the computer.

What worked for me was to turn the modem off when I wasn't using it. In
another newsgroup for modems they floated the theory that my isp was
slowing my connection down since the modem was idle for long periods of
time?

 

[Gerard]

I used to have a similar problem with my cable modem and XP home
edition. I turn my computer off at night so of course I turn the modem
off. But about once a month I would have to reboot the modem and
computer to get my speed back to normal.

My isp was no help, they had me reboot the computer which of course
brought my speed back. I did learn that I didn't have to reboot the
modem. My isp told me I should return my computer to the manufacturer
which is impossible since I built the computer.

What worked for me was to turn the modem off when I wasn't using it. In
another newsgroup for modems they floated the theory that my isp was
slowing my connection down since the modem was idle for long periods of
time?

Interesting theory on rebooting to bring back speed. Unfortunately, it never
worked for me. Each time I call the ISP, I have to reboot both the modem and PC
several times to no avail. After going "up the line to the engineers" as the ISP
rep puts it, within one to two hours, my speed is back. The last time I called I
was told "they" were sending someone down to check out the trunk lines in my
area. After totally losing service twice, for about five minutes each time, I was
back up and running fine. Obviously, the ISP has some minor problems, but at
least they are willing to admit it.