I set up DSL and a Linksys wireless network last week. I have two laptops running on XP and a desktop running on 98SE. Initially everything went fine. But soon my desktop (using Windows 98SE) started freezing and then automatically rebooting. After a while and some fiddling the wireless stopped working all together on the desktop. So I uninstalled the wireless card and installed an ethernet card and my internet connection worked fine again, except for the freezing and rebooting.
The only pattern I can find with the freezing is that it happens when I access the internet on my broadband connection. With dial-up I do not have this problem. Also when I work on programs that do not access the internet (Word, Quicken, my kid playing Dora the Explorer, etc.) I do not seem to have a problem. When i start surfing or sending email, the computer will freeze anything between a minute and 10 minutes or so after booting up.
I have had no problems with the XP machines.
The only pattern I can find with the freezing is that it happens when I access the internet on my broadband connection. With dial-up I do not have this problem. Also when I work on programs that do not access the internet (Word, Quicken, my kid playing Dora the Explorer, etc.) I do not seem to have a problem. When i start surfing or sending email, the computer will freeze anything between a minute and 10 minutes or so after booting up.
I have had no problems with the XP machines.
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