- Dec 14, 2000
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This problem concerns my home network. I have no problems on the network anywhere else except for my desktop and this just started happening last week.
I can pull an IP address just fine and ping anywhere, but if I try to load a website, 1/2 the time I need to click refresh to get the site to finish loading. Doesn't matter what browser, chrome, i.e, or firefox, it does the same. Downloads will stop downloading, then sometimes mysteriously start back up after 10-15 seconds of inactivity. I can't watch netflix or youtube anymore as the videos stop buffering many times and then just pause on me. I've changed out my network cable with a known good one and no change. I've uninstalled and reinstalled my nic and even upgraded my drivers with no change. It's not just browsers either. My torrents will stop and restart randomly and I'm continually disconnecting from steam and then reconnecting a few seconds later. I see no problems anywhere though. I've restarted my routers, both wireless and my uverse incoming router as well as all associated switches with no change. I've bypassed my gigabit ethernet switch and plugged right into my uverse modem/router and the problem remains.
I'm very close to buying a pci nic and installing it to see if I have a failing onboard nic, but not sure that is the problem since it "mostly" works.
What else is next?
oh, I've also run malware scans using mbam, spynet, and sophos rootkit finder and they come back with a clean bill of health.
I can pull an IP address just fine and ping anywhere, but if I try to load a website, 1/2 the time I need to click refresh to get the site to finish loading. Doesn't matter what browser, chrome, i.e, or firefox, it does the same. Downloads will stop downloading, then sometimes mysteriously start back up after 10-15 seconds of inactivity. I can't watch netflix or youtube anymore as the videos stop buffering many times and then just pause on me. I've changed out my network cable with a known good one and no change. I've uninstalled and reinstalled my nic and even upgraded my drivers with no change. It's not just browsers either. My torrents will stop and restart randomly and I'm continually disconnecting from steam and then reconnecting a few seconds later. I see no problems anywhere though. I've restarted my routers, both wireless and my uverse incoming router as well as all associated switches with no change. I've bypassed my gigabit ethernet switch and plugged right into my uverse modem/router and the problem remains.
I'm very close to buying a pci nic and installing it to see if I have a failing onboard nic, but not sure that is the problem since it "mostly" works.
What else is next?
oh, I've also run malware scans using mbam, spynet, and sophos rootkit finder and they come back with a clean bill of health.