MORE issues with my router keeps disconnecting from Windows XP

From: M. B. (REMOVETHESPAMmystic02_at_verizon.net)
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Thu, 05 Feb 2004 18:11:38 GMT

I have been battling this issue now for a week, and just came up on
something
interesting:

As suggested by some, I disabled the "Wirless Zero Configuration" services,
and within 10 minutes of the reboot, I again lost the LAN connection. I
went inside the Manage | System Event Log and found this first entry (under
TCPIP) :

The system detected that network adapter
\DEVICE\TCPIP_{143B8F42-637C-404C-BA9D-ED75774914C4} was disconnected from
the network, and the adapter's network configuration has been released. If
the network adapter was not disconnected, this may indicate that it has
malfunctioned. Please contact your vendor for updated drivers.

 *** and only 5 second later, another entry ***

The system detected that network adapter
\DEVICE\TCPIP_{143B8F42-637C-404C-BA9D-ED75774914C4} was connected to the
network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter.

*** ALSO *** I actually got to watch the router (Netgear WGR614v3) during
one of these "disconnects" from the LAN and saw that it looked like it was
turned off and then turned back on again (almost all of the lights went
dark, except the POWER light) and then re-sync'ed). I would love to tell
you that it might be a
defective router, but this is a SECOND one of this kind that I am trying
with the same symptom.

I have also re-checked but my "current" NIC card does not have any
power-suspend mode (or sleep mode), so this cannot be the case. And
lastly, my router does not have any "lease expiration" options so it cannot
be this (especially that sometimes my connection holds 2 hours, and
sometimes just 15 minutes)

So, I am back to first base. For sure it cannot be bad cables (tried 5
different ones), bad router (tried 5 different ones from 3 different brands
Linksys, D-Link and now Netgear) and bad NIC card (tried two different
ones).

Thanks again everyone! 

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"M. B." <REMOVETHESPAMmystic02@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> I will try to make this as short as possible.   For some reason, my router
> (Netgear WGR614v3) keeps loosing the connection to my Windows XP SP1,
> causing me to loose my DSL connection for about 10 - 30 seconds.  Then as
if
> nothing happened, I am back online.  This happenes randomly (sometimes
twice
> a day, and sometimes more)      I know that it is not a defective router,
as
> I had a D-Link 624 before that, and I have already exchanged my Netgear
> twice (trying different BIOS version and tec).   All lead to the same
> symptom: A little popup box at the bottom right tells me that the LAN
cable
> has been unplugged (which is not the case).   Please remember:  Although I
> have a WIRELESS router, this lost connection happens on the machine that
is
> physically connected to the router, so this has nothing to do with
wiresless
> reception.
>
> I have tried everything I can think of but perhaps someone else has an
idea
> of what to do?    Just for the record, before installing a router I was
> running my DSL modem (Verizon) as a router and NEVER had these problems
for
> over 2 years!     The fact is that if I loose my connection to the
internet
> even for 5 seconds, my Java applets which run in real-time lockup and I
have
> to restart my whole system.
>
> Here is my system:  ASUS P4C800 Deluxe motherboard, which has a 3COM
Gigabit
> LOM (3C940) network adapter card.   I am running the latest known driver
> version 1.0.0.46.   My DSL modem is a Westell 2200 (latest firmware),
whcih
> is running in bridge-only mode.   I even got another Westell to test the
> issue, but the same story.
>
> Without question, the problem seems to be somwhere between my NIC, Router
> and Windows XP.     It is definately not DSL related since if I plug the
> Westell directly to the PC, I never have (had) these issues.   One last
> point:  I have re-checked the router setup and I have the "always" log'ed
in
> option on.   In any case, if my router would log me off my Verizon DSL
> account, I would not be getting this "LAN cable unplugged" system tray
> pop-up.
>
> And help/suggestions would be VERY MUCH appreciated!
>
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