Internet Conectivity

[Guest]

I have a cable modem, although i have checked device manager and have run
diagnostics on my computer, it seems i cant connect to it after my computer
has remained idle for a time. After i restart everything works fine but if i
leave it idle for a while it goes down. My connection is active ive called
my cable company and they have verified this, but my all my internet
connections seem blocked. Now i know what your thinking its a firewall.
Its not i only have one, ZoneAlarm free edition, and ive shut it down a
couple of times to see if it was causing this malfunction. Im kinda at my
wits end if i could get some new input on this it would be greatly
appreciated.
Thanx
Justin

 

[sgopus]

You're not the only one with this problem, mine times out
when the system goes idle, and I have DSL it should be
connected 24/7, I do a work around by using the DOS shell
to ping my ISP home page, it's quicker than waiting for my
first attempt at browsing to fail, then try again it works
, so far no solution, if you find one, let me know.
my ISP suggested a reinstall, I don't see that as necessary
nor do I want to do that.
What I do is go to start, run, CMD (opens the DOS Shell)
then ping (my home page) even if it fails, it somehow
wakes up the connection, and I just open up IE and it
connects.

 

[FletcherIrwin]

Current AV?

You're not the only one with this problem, mine times out
when the system goes idle, and I have DSL it should be
connected 24/7, I do a work around by using the DOS shell
to ping my ISP home page, it's quicker than waiting for my
first attempt at browsing to fail, then try again it works
, so far no solution, if you find one, let me know.
my ISP suggested a reinstall, I don't see that as necessary
nor do I want to do that.
What I do is go to start, run, CMD (opens the DOS Shell)
then ping (my home page) even if it fails, it somehow
wakes up the connection, and I just open up IE and it
connects.

 

[Guest]

Restoring doesnt do any good ive tried so dont its a big hassle for no
results LOL

But thankyou for the cmd suggestion i didnt know that

 

[sgopus]

Are you asking as to suggest it might be a virus??
I wouldn't close my mind to the idea entirely, however I
think it highly unlikely, I have both hardware/software
firewall current Norton AV with current DEF's, keep my
system updated/patched (actually I think this problem was
caused by a recent MS security patch)
but with all the security issues ongoing, I was hoping
someone had encountered this and wupped it.

 

[Bob I]

Check the power management tab for the network card in device manager.
uncheck "Allow windows to shut down to save power"