Internet connection stops working every few days

[Guest]

Hi,

I am using Windows Vista Ultimate. My Internet connection stops working
every few days. When this happens, I cannot browse any sites. I am not using
any firewall except Windows Defender. I am connected to the Internet through
a router. I also have another PC connected to this router running XP and that
works fine.

I want to mention that if I have a P2P such as DC++ software open, the
transfer (download/upload) does not stop. So basically the internet
connection exists, but I cannot browse any sites. Restarting the PC fixes
this. Anyone knows what causes this?

Thank you,
Marin Micoriciu

 

[ArameFarpado]

Em Domingo, 29 de Julho de 2007 15:20, Marin Micoriciu escreveu:

Hi,

I am using Windows Vista Ultimate. My Internet connection stops working
every few days. When this happens, I cannot browse any sites. I am not
using any firewall except Windows Defender. I am connected to the Internet
through a router. I also have another PC connected to this router running
XP and that works fine.

I want to mention that if I have a P2P such as DC++ software open, the
transfer (download/upload) does not stop. So basically the internet
connection exists, but I cannot browse any sites. Restarting the PC fixes
this. Anyone knows what causes this?

Thank you,
Marin Micoriciu

you have to impose upload limits on the Direct Connect program.
set it for half of your upload speed

 

[Guest]

Thanks for you reply! Unfortunately I already tried that. In fact, I closed
the Direct Connect program but nothing. I use FTP a lot. When I try to ftp to
a server, I get an errror like "Connect failed". Only a reboot fixes this.
Any more ideas? :/

Thank you,
Marin

 

[ArameFarpado]

Em Domingo, 29 de Julho de 2007 16:02, Marin Micoriciu escreveu:

Thanks for you reply! Unfortunately I already tried that. In fact, I
closed the Direct Connect program but nothing. I use FTP a lot. When I try
to ftp to a server, I get an errror like "Connect failed". Only a reboot
fixes this. Any more ideas? :/

Don't no... what usualy happens is that P2P programs use all the upload
bandwich, and the upload is generaly the week spot of your connections.
if that is not the problem then we can only especulate...

when you close the DC program, does the transfers stop, or they keep
running?

does this only happens when you are running DC?

 

[Charlie Tame]

Hello!
I have the same problem with Vista Ultimate x86. Since now, I couldn't
find any answer. You don't need a P2P program running to have this to
happen. You can only start browsing like normal and after a while the
internet connection can stop. It's really annoying to restart your
computer everytime you need to surf the net...
Any help will be very appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

Are we talking a wireless network or wired?

Some wireless cards seem to be a bit defective so it might be hardware,
if not wireless then it may be a driver problem with your card or the
device built into the motherboard, in which case have you checked for
the latest drivers at that manufacturer's website?

It may help to mention the motherboard / network card model because
someone with the same hardware might recognize a problem.

 

[Not Me]

try a different PCI slot or a USB adapter.
and go into properties for the NIC and turn off the 'allow windows to turn
this device off to save power' setting

 

[Visbak]

I have the same problem with Vista Ultimate x86. Since now, I couldn't
find any answer. You don't need a P2P program running to have this to
happen. You can only start browsing like normal and after a while the
internet connection can stop. It's really annoying to restart your
computer everytime you need to surf the net...

I guess, I noticed the same issue with my (legal) Vista Ultimate x86.
Sometimes it happens that the network connection fails.
However, I noticed some special things:
* It seems that only new connections are blocked. So, for example, when I
open a website, or try to open a new FTP connection.
* Existing connections (for example: IRC, ...) keeps working.
* On this PC, Internet Connection Sharing is enabled. So behind this PC,
there are some other PC's . The strange thing is, when I can't surf the
internet anymore, It's possible to do that on one of the pc's behind this
computer.

 

[Charlie Tame]

No. Unfortunetly not at all. Really I ran out of any suggestions and
also of any patience. Now I still use it because I'm too lazy these days
to get back to XP.

Did you see Vera's post earlier?

927168 - TCP traffic stops after you enable both receive-side
scaling and Internet Connection Sharing in Windows Vista or in
Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 1
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927168

Scalable Networking with RSS
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/device/network/NDIS_RSS.mspx

 

[gkersale]

Hello poor John,

I have a new LapTop, and got the same problem.
I do agree that Microsoft doesn't care that much of these bugs (anyway
if you only use IE7 for a reasonable lap of time i.e. 7 minutes, you are
not anoyed ... )

What I observed was that when the crapy Windows Vista reaches 1 Gb of
memory (out of 2 Gb), then the new network connexions are hanging,
performance and ressource monitor are not able to display a single process
running.

I think that 1 Gb is the limit for a single process to be able to run.

This post is made from my Vaio - Vista - IE7 that I do not use any more !!!
(opened 2 times in the last 3 months). Well if I take my behavior as a
reference
Microsoft had generated a fabulous product : in France where I live you
don't have any other choice than Vista, it's not working, and you need to be
an expertt in computer science to have some programs running. I paid the
Vista OEM for nothing, great benefit for ... microsoft.

I first thought that it was my Vaio that was in cause as it has specific
hardware,
but I got the same result with a HP computer. Just try to open up to 20
Internet explorer with performance monitor running, and after a while you
will get network stopped, no more processes present in monitor, same result
as yours after a while.

Geoffrey KERSALE.

Vista un-addict because of a defective product ...

 

[Not Me]

IF you are using a router, and it is set to automatically assign IP
addresses, and doesn't have enough IPs allocated...and your machine loses
it's connection and another machine connects, you would not be able to
connect until the other machine disconnects.
That may or may not be the issue, but worth looking at.

 

[gkersale]

Nelswanio,

I took some time to check for Microsoft support and to start my
Vaio and check for the "Internet Connection Sharing" service ...
which is not started (Inactive).

Well I also tried today to open multiple Explore...

Hummm, after about 50 explorers opened, I have the same
problem as with IE7 (quite normal if we consider that both
are similar). Once my vaio reaches about 990 Mb memory
(around 1 Gb), out of 2 Gb nothing else can be run on my
laptop.

I got a message on one of my try :
- Not enough available memory ... (Task manager shows
990 Mb used out of 2 Gb !).

Well, I will now close my explorer windows and stop again
my Vista for the next 2 months ...

Best Regards,
Geoffrey KERSALE.