Re: Windows XP loses internet connectivity after 25 minutes

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From: Larry Kahm (lkahm_at_nospam_bellatlantic.net)
Date: 07/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 17:09:02 -0400

That may be good for you ...

But I don't have a modem in my Antec machine, and the NIC is built-in to the motherboard.

I did apply the latest Windows required updates today - and so far, it has improved my "up time" to
30 minutes.

Larry

"Brian" <Quckquck@ducksina.net> wrote in message news:OzHICleZEHA.2908@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Ok, I have fixed one of my pest systems... the Win98 unit, have not had a
> chance to try this out on the WinXP unit
>
> The flow of the repair was something like this.
>
> 1) Removed all networking options, then protocols and clients then Hardware,
> including the dial up networking
> 2) Ran a Defrag and rebooted
> 3) Skipped the network card install
> 4) added in a Dial Up Networking with TCP/IP
> 5) Rebooted
> 6) Installed Network Card Driver and rebooted
> 7) Tested ok...
> 8) After testing, adjusted bindings to remove MS Network Client from TCP/IP.
> Still tested great...
>
> My only guess is that by installing the dial up only first it forced a
> rebuild of some protocol setting that was not binding fully. ???
>
>
>
> "Larry Kahm" <lkahm@heliotropicsystems.com> wrote in message
> news:eVDdrvSZEHA.2216@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > This is just weird. It started on Monday of this week. I lose my
> internet
> > connection on a Win XP machine after 25 minutes.
> >
> > Here's the environment: DSL line comes in, goes to Linksys router. One
> > Ethernet cable goes to workstation Antec (runs Windows XP Pro). Another
> > Ethernet cable goes to server N3000 (runs Windows 2K server).
> >
> > The Antec workstation loses connection within 25 minutes of startup. I've
> > tried everything - I updated the router's firmware, I've had the DSL line
> > reset, I've changed the physical ports and cables on the router. I even
> > removed BlackIce from the system - Nothing but a hard reboot works. BUT
> the
> > N3000 server does not lose its connection - which is how I got to post
> this.
> >
> > Here are the ipconfig /all files (if that's any help):
> >
> > Windows IP Configuration
> > Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : antec
> > Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
> > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > Ethernet adapter Network Bridge:
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MAC Bridge Miniport
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
> > Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.100
> > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 151.198.0.39
> > 151.197.0.39
> > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 08, 2004
> 3:02:30
> > PM
> > Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 10, 2004
> 3:02:30
> > PM
> > =====
> > Windows 2000 IP Configuration
> > Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : N3000-WIN2K
> > Primary DNS Suffix . . . . . . . :
> > Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
> > IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> > Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> > Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> > Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel 8255x-based PCI Ethernet
> Adapter
> > (10/100)
> > Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX
> > DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> > Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> > IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.101
> > Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> > Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> > DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
> > DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 151.198.0.39
> > 151.197.0.39
> > Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, July 08, 2004 3:35:45 PM
> > Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:35:45 PM
> >
> > If anyone has >>any<< information, I would really appreciate it - this
> issue
> > is causing me much too much grief. Imagine, having the expectation that
> you
> > could stay connected to the internet all day long... Who'd a thought!
> >
> > Larry Kahm
> > Heliotropic Systems, Inc.
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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