loosing internet connection

[Guest]

When I get home in the evening I notice that my internet connection was lost.
I get a message "retry or work offline" When I hit retry in reconnects no
problem. This is a concern for me because I have Outlook express programmed
to forward certain email to me at work during the day. The lost connection
also cuts off the email. Does anyone know of a solution? Thanks.

 

[siljaline]

When I get home in the evening I notice that my internet connection was lost.
I get a message "retry or work offline" When I hit retry in reconnects no
problem. This is a concern for me because I have Outlook express programmed
to forward certain email to me at work during the day. The lost connection
also cuts off the email. Does anyone know of a solution? Thanks.

Click on Internet Options in Control Panel > go to the "Connections" "tab" >
check > "Dial whenever a connection is not present" > Apply > OK out.
Close Control Panel.
See if that helps - if you leave your Internet connection running for lengthy
periods, some Internet service providers (ISP's) drop connections if there
is no activity on the account.

HTH
Silj

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[Guest]

I do not have dial up. I have high speed cable. That area is shaded out.

 

[siljaline]

I do not have dial up. I have high speed cable. That area is shaded out.

I wasn't assuming you were on dial-up, Jay...
Exactly what is shaded out?
Silj

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[Ricky]

Also check in device manager..right click your NIC..properties and make sure
allow the computer to shut off this device to save power is not checked.

 

[Guest]

Thanks Ricky. It was checkd and I unchecked it. Do you think that will solve
the issue?

 

[Ricky]

It should. I've seen a couple of others that had the same problem and it
helped.

 

[Guest]

Hi RIcky,

Looks like the problem is happening again. I came home today and I had
lost the connection. The "allow the computer to shut off this device to save
power" was not checked as you suggested. Any thoughts? Thanks.

--Jay