Loss of internet connection after 5 min.

[Guest]

Hi!

I seem to lose my internet connection about 4 minutes after I boot up. I
cannot get it to return unless I disconnect my network cable (this sometimes
does not work) or reboot.

Any ideas?

 

[Guest]

Hi!

I seem to lose my internet connection about 4 minutes after I boot up. I
cannot get it to return unless I disconnect my network cable (this sometimes
does not work) or reboot.

Any ideas?

It would help to have more data: are your running a small network at home,
do you have a cable or dsl modem, are you using a router, are you using a
VPN? does another machine have the same behavior? Is is always 5 minutes,
or does it vary? have you checked with your network provider to see if they
have any issues? I can take a stab at it if we get more info.

 

[Guest]

This is a single laptop on a network of 25 computers. It is the only
computer that is experiencing issues.

 

[Malke]

This is a single laptop on a network of 25 computers. It is the only
computer that is experiencing issues.

Since we really don't know anything about your laptop or physical
details of your connection, here are some troubleshooting
possibilities:

If you are sure the laptop is 100% virus and spyware-free, this could
very well be causing by hardware failure. Often when components heat
up, they will fail. A way to determine that would be to use an ethernet
pc card instead of the laptop's built-in ethernet port (if that is how
you are doing it). If you have no problem connecting with a different
device, then you know the original device is broken. If the built-in
ethernet isn't working, call the laptop's tech support or your IT Dept.
for repair/replacement.

Another thing to look at is what is starting with Windows. Perhaps you
have a program running that interferes with the network connection.
Look in Event Viewer (Start>Run eventvwr.msc [enter]) to see if you can
get any clues.

Malke