[not to bright]

I have dsl, modem is a Netopia. I have windows XP home. I have one computer
with all the latest updates. I have ran spybot, adware and registry
first-aid. I have zone alarm firewall, Norton Systemworks for viruses. The
problem is if I don't use my computer for awhile I can't connect to the
Internet anymore. I have to turn off modem and reboot in order to connect.
I've had windows XP for about 3 years and have not had to reboot for
anything that wasn't my fault. I borrowed a friends modem and the same
things happen and friend has no problems with mine. If anybody has any ideas
I would sure appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any and all help.

I posted this earler but have been on vaction and wanted to start over.

[Chuck]

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 07:46:54 -0500, "not to bright" <please@helpme.net> wrote:

>I have dsl, modem is a Netopia. I have windows XP home. I have one computer
>with all the latest updates. I have ran spybot, adware and registry
>first-aid. I have zone alarm firewall, Norton Systemworks for viruses. The
>problem is if I don't use my computer for awhile I can't connect to the
>Internet anymore. I have to turn off modem and reboot in order to connect.
>I've had windows XP for about 3 years and have not had to reboot for
>anything that wasn't my fault. I borrowed a friends modem and the same
>things happen and friend has no problems with mine. If anybody has any ideas
>I would sure appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>
>I posted this earler but have been on vaction and wanted to start over.

Please start with this article:
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/does-your-computer-lose-network.html>

If no help yet, provide some basic information.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-internet-service.html#AskingForHelp>

--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.

[not to bright]

Thanks Chuck will try and see if it works when I lose connection. Here is IP
config if you like to look at it.

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : sparky

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown

IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes

WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 5:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : D-Link DFE-530TX+ PCI Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-50-BA-AE-3E-74

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 6:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Cayman 3300 Series USB Network
Adapter

Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-CC-02-A3-7D

Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.2

Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 06, 2005 8:41:00 PM

Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 06, 2005 9:41:00 PM


"Chuck" <none@example.net> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 07:46:54 -0500, "not to bright" <please@helpme.net>
> wrote:
>
>>I have dsl, modem is a Netopia. I have windows XP home. I have one
>>computer
>>with all the latest updates. I have ran spybot, adware and registry
>>first-aid. I have zone alarm firewall, Norton Systemworks for viruses. The
>>problem is if I don't use my computer for awhile I can't connect to the
>>Internet anymore. I have to turn off modem and reboot in order to connect.
>>I've had windows XP for about 3 years and have not had to reboot for
>>anything that wasn't my fault. I borrowed a friends modem and the same
>>things happen and friend has no problems with mine. If anybody has any
>>ideas
>>I would sure appreciate it. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
>>
>>I posted this earler but have been on vaction and wanted to start over.
>
> Please start with this article:
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/06/does-your-computer-lose-network.html>
>
> If no help yet, provide some basic information.
> <http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/troubleshooting-internet-service.html#AskingForHelp>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Chuck
> http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
> Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
> My email is AT DOT
> actual address pchuck sonic net.

[Chuck]

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:49:55 -0500, "not to bright" <please@helpme.net> wrote:

>Thanks Chuck will try and see if it works when I lose connection. Here is IP
>config if you like to look at it.

If the article doesn't help, you'll need to continue by providing "ipconfig
/all" for both computers. One's not as useful, and when you do an ipconfig
release - renew, the ip address usually changes, so you really need to redo the
"ipconfig /all". Just let us know what happens when it does.

--
Cheers,
Chuck
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem - it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck sonic net.