RE: Please help!! My connection drops out all the time!

From: Tony (Tony_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/09/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 03:34:11 -0800

(Using your AIM as refrence) If it still thinks you are signed on, but you
are off. Sounds like it MAY be something you have no control of. I tested
something here in my house, with my IM running, I unplugged my PC's cable
from my switch, and it took 30-45 seconds for the IM to show that I "was not
signed in", i replaced the cable, and it (the connection) still didn't work.
I infact had to 1. Restart my PC, 2. Disable, then Re-Enable, or 3. Repair to
make it work again. Might be something to ask the college system
administrator, but I am not 100% sure this is not just coincidence. (hope i
spelled that right!) Best of Luck trying to nail this problem down!

-Tony

"MLC328" wrote:

> Ok... here's my problem: I'm on a local area connection on a college campus.
> Every so often (ranging from 15 minutes to maybe an hour), my connection will
> spontaneously just drop out for a minute or two. When this happens, internet
> pages won't load, and I'm told that I temporarily sign off AIM (although from
> my computer it appears to remain on).
>
> The weird thing is this: if I go to the network connections window in the
> Control Panel, go into the Local Network Connection page, and click the
> "repair" button, it restores my connection every single time (until the next
> time it drops out). So obviously whatever the problem is, it can be remedied
> by whatever it is the "repair" button does. My question is, given this
> information, what can I do to prevent my connection from dropping out in the
> first place? And if you can't help me, please give me somewhere I may be able
> to get help on this! Thank you very much to whoever helps me!!