Re: Dropped Windows Xp Connection
- From: "Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:18:25 -0500
If this only started after adding the new router I would expect that the
router is the problem. Replace it.
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"Montreal" <Montreal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:86DA1623-442A-490D-81B4-883B6BA253B2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
> I have a problem: I bought a new router and now I occasionally receive
> the
> message: Work Offline - No connection to the internet is currently
> available.
> I am usually browsing the internet when this happens and may have pasued
> to
> read a page (maybe 30 seconds since last click). When I click Try Again it
> always work. I have searched the forum and found no clear answer to this.
> I
> am running XP Home SP2. I am connected via an old SMC NIC. My Win200
> laptop
> which is connected wirelessly does no seem to suffer this problem.
>
> I am wondering:
> a) Where does the system decide if the connection is lost (at card level,
> internet explorer)?
> b) Are there any settings that I should tweak to automatically have the
> system Try Again to get a continued connection? Is there a utility I can
> use
> in the background to keep the connection current?
> c) My NIC's settings in HW Properties has only the Line Speed option to
> change. The currently set option is TP Half Duplex. Could/should this have
> an
> effect?
>
> thanks,
> Montreal
>
>
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