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Bob N.
The latest problem my mother is having, is that her
network constanly disconnects, and the only way to get it
back is to restart the main computer. However this only
works for a short period of time and then it disconnects
again. Her setup is 1 XP Desktop computer, 1 XP laptop
computer, and 1 Windows Me Desktop computer all connected
to a Linksys wireless router with her ISP being Comcast.
I do not truely know the culperate since my mother and I
did a lot of messing arround with the network settings,
including that she also found adware programs that after
deleting the adware program she then had major problems.
Though it could also be because only one of the XP
computers has the SP2 service pack, or it could also be
becuase I had setup her laptop to be able to print to the
network printer and didn't set that up properly. So what
I am asking is if there is anything better then running a
ping test since the only 2 options are either the replies
come back successfully or they time out. Meaning if the
ping test request times out it doesn't state whether if
it is a bad cable wire, or a bad router, a bad network
card and so on. Or my other question is if anyone knows
how to find the culperate using the ping test?
My mother has a small network setup of 3 computers using
Comcast Cable Internet. (1 XP laptop, 1 XP desktop, and 1
Windows Me desktop) She just recently bought the 3rd
computer, the XP laptop, and ever since has had nothing
but troubles. The most common notice before this constant
disconnection was happening was that the laptop was
extreamly slow (almost like the speed of a 56k dial-up
connection), but the both desktop computers worked fine.
The problem is between what my mother and I did since she
baught the laptop I can not tell which thing started the
main culprate. The things we did where
1. my mother didn't configure the laptop properly so I
needed to recorrect that.
2. my mother didn't follow the procuders for preparing to
properly install SP2
3. She hasn't installed SP2 on her desktop computer yet
4. I had recently setup the network for the laptop be
able to print from the network printer without using
Network wizard.
5. The last culperate could also be that an adware
program was found after installing Nortans Antivirus 2004
software a couple days ago.
So because of these things require different procuders
meaning if it was the adware program then it is possible
that windows is going to be reinstalled, or if it because
of the sp2 problem, then the laptop is going to need to
be set back to an older registry point, or if it is that
network is misconfigured then I would need to reset her
entire network which I don't know how to do, so I don't
know which one has caused the computers to completly lose
connection and the only way to get it back is to restart
the main computer but it only last for like 1 minute and
then it loosing connection again. So my question is,
network constanly disconnects, and the only way to get it
back is to restart the main computer. However this only
works for a short period of time and then it disconnects
again. Her setup is 1 XP Desktop computer, 1 XP laptop
computer, and 1 Windows Me Desktop computer all connected
to a Linksys wireless router with her ISP being Comcast.
I do not truely know the culperate since my mother and I
did a lot of messing arround with the network settings,
including that she also found adware programs that after
deleting the adware program she then had major problems.
Though it could also be because only one of the XP
computers has the SP2 service pack, or it could also be
becuase I had setup her laptop to be able to print to the
network printer and didn't set that up properly. So what
I am asking is if there is anything better then running a
ping test since the only 2 options are either the replies
come back successfully or they time out. Meaning if the
ping test request times out it doesn't state whether if
it is a bad cable wire, or a bad router, a bad network
card and so on. Or my other question is if anyone knows
how to find the culperate using the ping test?
My mother has a small network setup of 3 computers using
Comcast Cable Internet. (1 XP laptop, 1 XP desktop, and 1
Windows Me desktop) She just recently bought the 3rd
computer, the XP laptop, and ever since has had nothing
but troubles. The most common notice before this constant
disconnection was happening was that the laptop was
extreamly slow (almost like the speed of a 56k dial-up
connection), but the both desktop computers worked fine.
The problem is between what my mother and I did since she
baught the laptop I can not tell which thing started the
main culprate. The things we did where
1. my mother didn't configure the laptop properly so I
needed to recorrect that.
2. my mother didn't follow the procuders for preparing to
properly install SP2
3. She hasn't installed SP2 on her desktop computer yet
4. I had recently setup the network for the laptop be
able to print from the network printer without using
Network wizard.
5. The last culperate could also be that an adware
program was found after installing Nortans Antivirus 2004
software a couple days ago.
So because of these things require different procuders
meaning if it was the adware program then it is possible
that windows is going to be reinstalled, or if it because
of the sp2 problem, then the laptop is going to need to
be set back to an older registry point, or if it is that
network is misconfigured then I would need to reset her
entire network which I don't know how to do, so I don't
know which one has caused the computers to completly lose
connection and the only way to get it back is to restart
the main computer but it only last for like 1 minute and
then it loosing connection again. So my question is,