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Thanks for the reply. And no i haven't, how do i do this. My router is an Echolife HG 520b. I think it might be to do with the router as my smart tv seems to find it impossible to download programmes too.

Hi, ,i have a sony Vaio which runs windows 7 home premium. It is around 9 months old and recently it keeps dropping the internet connection. I have talk talk connected wirelessly. When i look at the connection it says it is connected and shows the signal strength is fine. It will come back eventually but can be very frustrating. I had started to think if i shut down the connection and started again this seemed to help, but really the internet is available randomly, so it can seem like things help when they dont really. I tried searching for some solutions and saw someone suggesting pinging to see what is up with the connection. Just now when the connection dropped i tried this again and this is what i get Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright © 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\tess>ping 192.167.2.1 Pinging 192.167.2.1 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Reply from 192.168.1.1: Destination host unreachable. Ping statistics for 192.167.2.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 1, Lost = 3 (75% loss), C:\Users\tess>ping google.com Ping request could not find host google.com. Please check the name and try again . C:\Users\tess>ping 192.168.2.1 Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.1: Destination host unreachable. Reply from 192.168.1.1: Destination host unreachable. Reply from 192.168.1.1: Destination host unreachable. Reply from 192.168.1.1: Destination host unreachable. Ping statistics for 192.168.2.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), C:\Users\tess>ping 192.168.2.1 Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data: Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Request timed out. Ping statistics for 192.168.2.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss), C:\Users\tess>ping google.com Pinging google.com [173.194.41.131] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 173.194.41.131: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=54 Reply from 173.194.41.131: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=54 Reply from 173.194.41.131: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=54 Reply from 173.194.41.131: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=54 Ping statistics for 173.194.41.131: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 23ms, Maximum = 24ms, Average = 23ms The last ping was when the internet connection picked up again. I really cannot figure out what is happening. Does this give any clues? Thanks for any help with this