D.B. Cummings said:
I have DSL with a netgear router connected. I've just
reformatted my driver and reinstalled XP. Instead of a
LAN/DSL network connection, I can a LAN/DSL network
connection and a seperate Internet Network Connection. I
can get on the internet, but after a while, when I open
IE or Outlook, it can't find the internet and I have to
mess with it for a minute to get it to log on.
I don't think I need the seperate Internet network
connection, but I'm not sure what to do. Can anyone help?
Maybe you had the DSL connection direct through the modem before you
installed the Netgear router??
So, maybe you have connection software running on the computer?
I don't know what Netgear router you have but I would normally assume that
the router is capable of making the DSL connection by itself - perhaps using
a username and password that would be set up in the router one time.
You have an ethernet interface to that you're using to connect to the
router. That will show up on the list. The things that show up on the list
of network connections have names that are sort of arbitrary - that is, you
can change the names if you want to. So, make sure you know what the names
really refer to regarding the interface.
If you have both an "Internet Network Connection" and a "LAN/DSL Connection"
I would tend to believe that the Internet Network Connection is your
ethernet interface and the LAN/DSL Connection might be connection software
running on your computer.
If the router is set up to make the connection then you would not need
software running on the computer as well. So, I would uninstall that
software if this is the case.
You need to make sure how the IP address for your computer is being set - on
both the computer and the router. The easiest way is to turn on DHCP on the
router and have the computer set up on the ethernet interface / (Internet
Network Connection???) under TCP/IP to "Obtain and IP Address
Automatically".
You should make sure that you aren't using plain old flat telephone wire
between the modem and the wall. Long runs are particularly bad. Use round
wire that has twisted pairs - like what is used to wire the house in the
walls. You can buy fancy DSL modem cables at the local stores - which may
be overkill but do the same thing.
You didn't say what "mess with it" means.......
Fred
