PC Help

[Eck]

My connection seems to drop regularly and it goes from Local and internet to local only and i have to wait a minute or two for it to reconnect. Normally happens when the lappy has to do a bit like open a picture, gif or a youtube link etc.

Fairly new lappy, been fine till about a week ago, any ideas??

[Laxie]

Stop downloading porn.  LDO

[Eck]

that was really slow, expected that reply within seconds, this laptop must be fucked.

[gatso]

I don't know what the problem is but you shouldn't have to sit there waiting for it to reconnect. if, as soon as it happens you disconnect from the network and immediately reconnect you should find you have full access again straight away

[gatso]

oh, and have you tried turning it off and back on again?

[Laxie]

that was really slow, expected that reply within seconds, this laptop must be fucked.

I was busy...and it is. 

[Eck]

No need to turn on and off as i said it reconnects fairly quickly (quicker than restarting anyway) the arrow just has that wee circle revolving as if it is working at something but it just seems to freeze and lose connection. So i need to generally shut down ipoker and wait a bit to refresh the page i am on.

[Eck]

that was really slow, expected that reply within seconds, this laptop must be fucked.

I was busy...and it is. 

yeah beginning to think so, not used to this normally smashed the screen to bits before they start to go wrong.

[Laxie]

that was really slow, expected that reply within seconds, this laptop must be fucked.

I was busy...and it is. 

yeah beginning to think so, not used to this normally smashed the screen to bits before they start to go wrong.

Anger management FTW

This concludes today's lecture.   

[lazaroonie]

start - control panel - admin tools - event viewer

have a look thru the system log and see for any errors (red cross) relating to network manager or tcp/ip at around the time that you experience the problem.

and tell us what it says

[Eck]

start - control panel - admin tools - event viewer

have a look thru the system log and see for any errors (red cross) relating to network manager or tcp/ip at around the time that you experience the problem.

and tell us what it says

Error!
The IP address lease 192.168.0.3 for the Network Card with network address 00242C13BD66 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).

Warning!
The description for Event ID 1003 from source Microsoft-Windows-Dhcp-Client cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

[lazaroonie]

start - control panel - admin tools - event viewer

have a look thru the system log and see for any errors (red cross) relating to network manager or tcp/ip at around the time that you experience the problem.

and tell us what it says

Error!
The IP address lease 192.168.0.3 for the Network Card with network address 00242C13BD66 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).

Warning!
The description for Event ID 1003 from source Microsoft-Windows-Dhcp-Client cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

what router are you using ? make and model would be helpful

[Eck]

start - control panel - admin tools - event viewer

have a look thru the system log and see for any errors (red cross) relating to network manager or tcp/ip at around the time that you experience the problem.

and tell us what it says

Error!
The IP address lease 192.168.0.3 for the Network Card with network address 00242C13BD66 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).

Warning!
The description for Event ID 1003 from source Microsoft-Windows-Dhcp-Client cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer.

what router are you using ? make and model would be helpful

Netgear Router, the one from Sky can't see a model number on it.

[lazaroonie]

buy a new router....

seriously, what is happening is that when you make a request to connect to your router, it negotiates an ip address so that the router can id your computer on the network (in this case 192.168.0.3). this is done by the DHCP server. it is done on a lease basis (in your router settings). basically the router is 'evicting' your laptop, by taking back its ip address.

quite why this is happening, is anyones guess. if you havent changed any of the dhcp settings on your router then it is unlikely to be a problem there, more likely a firmware or hardware fault with the router.

you could try getting round it by assigning a static ip address to your laptops wireless network card, thereby bypassing the dhcp server. (dont have a cut and paste for vista to explain how to do this, and cant be arsed typing it all in ) so you will need to google it.

[Eck]

buy a new router....

seriously, what is happening is that when you make a request to connect to your router, it negotiates an ip address so that the router can id your computer on the network (in this case 192.168.0.3). this is done by the DHCP server. it is done on a lease basis (in your router settings). basically the router is 'evicting' your laptop, by taking back its ip address.

quite why this is happening, is anyones guess. if you havent changed any of the dhcp settings on your router then it is unlikely to be a problem there, more likely a firmware or hardware fault with the router.

you could try getting round it by assigning a static ip address to your laptops wireless network card, thereby bypassing the dhcp server. (dont have a cut and paste for vista to explain how to do this, and cant be arsed typing it all in ) so you will need to google it.

cheers Laz was going to buy a new router anyway as don't think the ones we give away can be that good. Think i should be able to assign a static ip address if i need to give that a go.