Preventing network disconnects

[hyrule4927]

Networking issue I'm trying to deal with . . . the internet in my dorm drops me from the network about once a day and requires that I log back in. More often than not, this will happen while I'm away at classes. Ordinarily this would not be a big deal, but it has become a serious annoyance due to the effect on my results in Folding@Home. My desktop is folding 24/7, but when the connection times out, it has to sit idle for hours, waiting for me to log back in to the network and bringing my folding to a halt while my PC is unable to submit finished work units and receive new ones.

The login screen appears the first time I try to load a webpage after the connection times out, so I was wondering if there is a way to write a script or something that will periodically make my computer load a webpage and complete the login if necessary without requiring manual input? Or is there some simpler way to avoid these disconnects?

Also, I am on a wired connection.

 

[Lithium381]

Could be various things. First off, they could drop your DHCP lease, if you're having to "log in" everytime, it could be your 802.1x (security) timer has elapsed or your were idle for too long. It could be the captive-portal that was setup requires a login every XX hours to maintain it. . . lots of reasons. Sure you could write a script to hit the web-page and fill out the form for you . . . . .I'm not that good but it's possible.