Re: losing internet connection w/ dsl

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From: The Prophecy (bdskbksbkjdas_at_njdsnoifds.com)
Date: 08/19/04


Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 20:40:42 GMT

Lady Vampre wrote:
> I have dsl Which means i am always online. Well, i have been
> "losing" my connection . This should not happen. I cannot view any
> websites, aim doesn ot work. Thiss sometimes happens when i am
> working online, or if i walk away for as little as 5 minutes. I have
> made sure that there is no dial up connection.
>
> I alos don't use aol as my provider. I acutally use Earthlink, bu
> tearth link is not having problems, so i know it is my computer. i
> esp. know this because there are 2 other computers using earthlink
> dsl in my home. I know it is my computer.
> again, any helpis appreciated.
>
> I always have to shut down or restart my compute to get the
> connection back. I have tried just reloading the page and just
> pinging my isp to get it back, but it does not work. It is a real
> pain having to shut down all the time. I use IE and Moxilla Firefox,
> and the problem happens in both.

The next time this problem occurs, go to Start, Run, type in without the
quotes "cmd", in the command prompt window that comes up, type in (again
without quotes) "ipconfig /release". When it's done type in without quotes
"ipconfig /renew". closet the command window and open IE and see if the page
loads.



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