Idle network

[Jay]

At home my wireless network connects to the net via a Linksys ADSL gateway.
While their is traffic (regular browsing, email, gaming) then all is fine
but after any period of inactivity NONE of the applications will connect
first time.
Email says can't while offline, I say try again and it says can't connect.
2nd time it does fine.
Same with browsing.
Gaming is a pain as the game will sit there for 5 minutes before it reports
back.

I can't see a setting anywhere.
Why does it do this?

 

[the wharf rat]

I can't see a setting anywhere.
Why does it do this?

Try logging into the router/gatewya and looking for a setting
called "dhcp timeout" or something similar. It governs how long one
of the temporary addresses the thing hands out is valid for. Find it and
set it as high as it will go.

 

[Jay]

Try logging into the router/gatewya and looking for a setting
called "dhcp timeout" or something similar. It governs how long one
of the temporary addresses the thing hands out is valid for. Find it and
set it as high as it will go.

Under DHCP all I can see that sounds like a time thing is...
Client Lease time - 0 (0 means one day)

 

[Jay]

Try logging into the router/gatewya and looking for a setting
called "dhcp timeout" or something similar. It governs how long one
of the temporary addresses the thing hands out is valid for. Find it and
set it as high as it will go.

I've found something else under PPPoA settings...
Connect on demand (enabled) Max idle time 5 minutes
Keep alive (not enabled) redial period - greyed out

 

[the wharf rat]

Under DHCP all I can see that sounds like a time thing is...
Client Lease time - 0 (0 means one day)

Yes, try that, set it to 99999999999999999 or whatever it will take.

See, one possibility is that your leases are timing out and by
the time windows negotiates a new one (I mean it *always* conmplains
about the damage deposit and wants to know if it can have pets ha ha
just kidding your IP connection gives up.

BTW, if this happens only or at least most often after the machines
wake up from sleep also go into the control panel power settings advanced
look at the nics and make sure they're set to maximum performance. So they
don't drop carrier.

 

[the wharf rat]

I've found something else under PPPoA settings...
Connect on demand (enabled) Max idle time 5 minutes
Keep alive (not enabled) redial period - greyed out

There ya go. Unless you're on metered service just keep the
connection up (opposite of on demand)

 

[Jay]

There ya go. Unless you're on metered service just keep the
connection up (opposite of on demand)

ok changed this (5 minutes would describe the problem) it says redial
seconds (and is set to 30) but I don't get what this would be or what should
be set to

 

[the wharf rat]

ok changed this (5 minutes would describe the problem) it says redial
seconds (and is set to 30) but I don't get what this would be or what should
be set to

Suppose you paid by the minute for a dial up connection. You would
only want to connect when you were really using it and not when the pc was
say playing Bejeweled That setting (probably the default) tells the
gateway to dial the connection when it has data for the internet, and if
there isn't any data for 5 minutes drop it. If you paid by the minute
that would save lots of money.

But you probably don't so you want to "peg" the connection "up".
Try and change that setting so that it's either "not dial on demand" but
"permanent" or so that the idle timeout is very very long like 24 hours.
That will make your connection always on so that your pc programs won't
give up waiting for all the ppp stuff to get done.