I posted this over in Networking but no one responded. I really need help with this ASAP as no one else in the house has internet access.
Recently I've been trying to get my wireless setup working and one night I finally got it. It worked great for a while and then I restarted my computer and everything went to heck. Not sure if this is all related or just a coincidence.
After I restarted my computer I couldn't seem to get an internet connection (my laptop is winxp, the dialup server is win2k). I've got 5 other computers (all running winxp) and none of them could connect either. However, the Win2k (dialup server) machine had no problem surfing the web.
I was browsing the web on the win2k machine when suddenly I got a "svchost.exe" error and it had to be shut down. I restarted the computer and haven't been able to get a stable internet connection since. Every time I would connect to the internet the computer would get very choppy after a minute or so. CPU usuage would spike to 100%, then drop, then spike again, doing this over and over until I would disconnect.
So I thought I would try to connect with my laptop. Created a dialup connection, enabled ICS, connected to the internet and everything was fine on the laptop (no cpu spikes, no disconnects) then after 10 minutes I got the same exact problems.
One thing that did allow me to connect was disabling ICS on my laptop. Then my laptop could connect no problem, and it would stay connected. The second I connect with ICS enabled the CPU usage would spike and I couldn't surf anymore.
That's 2 different machines, using 2 different OSes (win2k and winxp), using 2 completely different modems.
Anyone have any idea what's going on here?
I should also mention that I just updated my virus definitions and did a full system scan and nothing came up.
I've also disconnected all other computers from the network (leaving my laptop plugged into a hub with no other computers connected to it) and the problem still persists, so I doubt another computer is causing the problem..?
Recently I've been trying to get my wireless setup working and one night I finally got it. It worked great for a while and then I restarted my computer and everything went to heck. Not sure if this is all related or just a coincidence.
After I restarted my computer I couldn't seem to get an internet connection (my laptop is winxp, the dialup server is win2k). I've got 5 other computers (all running winxp) and none of them could connect either. However, the Win2k (dialup server) machine had no problem surfing the web.
I was browsing the web on the win2k machine when suddenly I got a "svchost.exe" error and it had to be shut down. I restarted the computer and haven't been able to get a stable internet connection since. Every time I would connect to the internet the computer would get very choppy after a minute or so. CPU usuage would spike to 100%, then drop, then spike again, doing this over and over until I would disconnect.
So I thought I would try to connect with my laptop. Created a dialup connection, enabled ICS, connected to the internet and everything was fine on the laptop (no cpu spikes, no disconnects) then after 10 minutes I got the same exact problems.
One thing that did allow me to connect was disabling ICS on my laptop. Then my laptop could connect no problem, and it would stay connected. The second I connect with ICS enabled the CPU usage would spike and I couldn't surf anymore.
That's 2 different machines, using 2 different OSes (win2k and winxp), using 2 completely different modems.
Anyone have any idea what's going on here?
I should also mention that I just updated my virus definitions and did a full system scan and nothing came up.
I've also disconnected all other computers from the network (leaving my laptop plugged into a hub with no other computers connected to it) and the problem still persists, so I doubt another computer is causing the problem..?
