my modem won't stay connected

[Bruce Hoppe]

I run Windows 2000 Professional 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4.

My dial-up internet connection (AT&T Worldnet 56K) has the annoying habit of
spontaneously shutting off. Often, after it spontaneously shuts off, when I
try to reconnect it will not do so until after I turn off my PC and reboot.
Merely logging off does not help.

After I reboot I am usually good for another few Internet sessions but then
inevitably I am spontaneously shut out of the Internet again and I have to
reboot for the sake of re-initializing something about my dial-up
connection.

I recently replaced my modem and this had no effect on the problem, hence my
suspicion that my OS is at fault and not the modem or driver. Also, when I
last updated my OS to Service Pack 4, this spontaneous disconnect problem
got noticably WORSE and not better.

I have tried to figure this out and explored IRQs in my system but my system
reports no device conflicts.

Any suggestions?

Thank you!!
Bruce Hoppe
(e-mail address removed)

 

[jasonr@christech]

Hi try this link
http://www.newfreeware.com/internet/172/

Sometimes your modem will be dropped if your isp (Internet Service Provider)
monitors for this kind of thing.Are you sitting idle at different times
while on the web? If yes,5 minutes? 10 minutes? Could be your isp will drop
your modem for example:AFTER SITTING IDLE 10 MINUTES.
Try the freeware at the link above and see if that will help.

J
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