Guest Paul Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 Computer runs windows XP Home edition with SP3. AVG Free Anti virus, no 3rd party firewall, just built in windows one. My friend has a DSL connection. For some reason the connection is fine for 15 minutes but after that I loose the connection because everytime I change websites or refresh the current page i get a message that the page has timed out. The connection still shows as being connected on the task bar but wont let me connect to the internet. I have tried using Internet explorer and Firefox but still have the same problem with both. Have tried running Spybot and adaware, there were a few problems so cleared them, restarted but still had the same problem. Sometimes after restarting the computer it will work for 15 minutes ish and then stops, but other times still won,t play the game. Have checked all network settings, uninstalled and re-installed browsers and internet connection. All ideas kindly accepted
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted June 11, 2008 Posted June 11, 2008 Re: Internet connection times out "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E95450ED-FB8E-4813-BADE-D85E24AA3A45@microsoft.com... > Computer runs windows XP Home edition with SP3. AVG Free Anti virus, no > 3rd > party firewall, just built in windows one. > > My friend has a DSL connection. For some reason the connection is fine > for > 15 minutes but after that I loose the connection because everytime I > change > websites or refresh the current page i get a message that the page has > timed > out. > > The connection still shows as being connected on the task bar but wont let > me connect to the internet. I have tried using Internet explorer and > Firefox > but still have the same problem with both. > > Have tried running Spybot and adaware, there were a few problems so > cleared > them, restarted but still had the same problem. Sometimes after > restarting > the computer it will work for 15 minutes ish and then stops, but other > times > still won,t play the game. Have checked all network settings, uninstalled > and re-installed browsers and internet connection. > > All ideas kindly accepted How does the PC connect to DSL? Is there a router in the chain? If so, check its settings, or swap another one in. Also check power saving options on the network adapter - disable them. If you can swap in another network adapter, try that - they are inexpensive and it is possible for them to fail and exhibit odd behaviour as they do so. HTH -pk
Guest Paul Posted June 12, 2008 Posted June 12, 2008 Re: Internet connection times out Connects through a router. Plugged his laptop in and he had no problems with it. Will check network adaptor and am going to take his PC to my house and try it on my DSL connection. I think it is a problem with network adaptor but am not 100% sure. "Patrick Keenan" wrote: > "Paul" <Paul@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:E95450ED-FB8E-4813-BADE-D85E24AA3A45@microsoft.com... > > Computer runs windows XP Home edition with SP3. AVG Free Anti virus, no > > 3rd > > party firewall, just built in windows one. > > > > My friend has a DSL connection. For some reason the connection is fine > > for > > 15 minutes but after that I loose the connection because everytime I > > change > > websites or refresh the current page i get a message that the page has > > timed > > out. > > > > The connection still shows as being connected on the task bar but wont let > > me connect to the internet. I have tried using Internet explorer and > > Firefox > > but still have the same problem with both. > > > > Have tried running Spybot and adaware, there were a few problems so > > cleared > > them, restarted but still had the same problem. Sometimes after > > restarting > > the computer it will work for 15 minutes ish and then stops, but other > > times > > still won,t play the game. Have checked all network settings, uninstalled > > and re-installed browsers and internet connection. > > > > All ideas kindly accepted > > How does the PC connect to DSL? Is there a router in the chain? If so, > check its settings, or swap another one in. Also check power saving > options on the network adapter - disable them. If you can swap in another > network adapter, try that - they are inexpensive and it is possible for them > to fail and exhibit odd behaviour as they do so. > > HTH > -pk > >
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