Losing connection.

[Guest]

Hi,
I have problems with my internet connection and would like to try to
correct it.
Sometimes I lose the ability to connect to the Internet. The solution is to
power off everything and power back up. This happens a couple of times a
month.
I assumed the whole network was down but recently I noticed that Skype
still worked. However nothing else works (IE6, OE, MSN Messenger, OPERA,
PING).
I am realistic that maybe it is my HW and will have to live with it
failing but I would like to:
a) Really determine what is wrong.
b) Perhaps develop a SW way of reseting the connection without having to
power off.

I am running XP SP2 with a cable modem. My router is a Blanc Networking
(based on Realtek chipset).

thanks,
Montreal

 

[Yves Leclerc]

Hi,
I have problems with my internet connection and would like to try to
correct it.
Sometimes I lose the ability to connect to the Internet. The solution is to
power off everything and power back up. This happens a couple of times a
month.
I assumed the whole network was down but recently I noticed that Skype
still worked. However nothing else works (IE6, OE, MSN Messenger, OPERA,
PING).
I am realistic that maybe it is my HW and will have to live with it
failing but I would like to:
a) Really determine what is wrong.
b) Perhaps develop a SW way of reseting the connection without having to
power off.

I am running XP SP2 with a cable modem. My router is a Blanc Networking
(based on Realtek chipset).

thanks,
Montreal

Can you "try" to take the route out of "service" so as to see if this is the
cause of your problem? I am not familiar with Blanc products.

Check to see i the router can have an update for its internal software (aka
firmware.)


BTW: You should only need to power off/on the Blanc router to reset.