Vista Random Network "Disconnections"

[lambchops511]

OS:
Vista 32 Business

Symptons:
Can't access internet with either Firefox or IE
i can ping websites tho...so i am "still connected"

Occurence:
every 2 days...i have to reboot to fix it
happened after i tried to (failed) setup an ad-hoc network

Things tried:
restarting network connection...doesnt work
restarting device...doenst work
restarting computer...works

Solutions or advise please...

Thanks!

 

[bsobel]

The two days is throwing me, but sans that it sounds like the well known router/Vista issue. Have you checked for new firmware for your router?

 

[hiromizu]

Happens to me as well. Resetting the NIC and restarting network services doesn't help either. Very annoying.

 

[MarkLuvsCS]

The interesting point is it occurs every two days. Login to your router and see what the DHCP lease time is. Perhaps there is some glitch preventing vista from obtaining a new lease. Maybe you could change the DHCP lease time to a longer interval to prevent this problem from happening that often. Hopefully the professionals can solve this for you!

Good Luck!!!

 

[lambchops511]

not a router problem for sure...

it happens when im at my residence and at home (and it only happened recently after i tried to setup the ad-hoc network...never happened before)

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: aznium
not a router problem for sure...

it happens when im at my residence and at home (and it only happened recently after i tried to setup the ad-hoc network...never happened before)

Please check for a router firmware upgrade anyhow, there are known router issues with Vista which sound much like the issue your seeing...

 

[lambchops511]

and yes . it is the latest firmware...but as i said . it happens even when im not using my router and using a lined connection at residence

 

[lambchops511]

any more suggestions?

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: aznium
any more suggestions?

Afraid nothing more than the second obvious one, checking for new drivers for your NIC...

 

[JackMDS]

This page was written for XP but in principle the same process (with a little imagination, coz some of the menu might look different and locate in different spots) can be used for Vista.

http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html

 

[lambchops511]

Originally posted by: bsobel

Originally posted by: aznium
any more suggestions?

Afraid nothing more than the second obvious one, checking for new drivers for your NIC...

happens both on wired and wireless ... so doubt its drivers problem

 

[lambchops511]

any more suggestions?


just got disconnected again and had to restart ... very annoying ... cause this is a laptop and i usually never restart ( i only hibernate )

 

[JDMnAR1]

Try configuring your IP to use predefined DNS servers instead of getting them from DHCP. At one point my parents were having a similar issue (although in XP) and it was because their ISP was not fully propagating DNS information to DHCP clients consistently.