Problem With Router And/Or Ethernet

Vanchatron · 11-28-2006, 02:54 PM

I connect my router to my PC using an Ethernet cable and it has been running fine for about a month now.

All of a sudden the other day I was using the Internet and everything stopped running (web pages wouldn't load, downloads stopped, MSN Messenger signed me out etc), then I got a little Computer icon with an exclamation mark on it in the system tray with a message saying:

"Local Area Connection
Speed: 100.0 Mbps
Status: Limited or no connectivity"

I then went into 'Network Connections', right clicked the 'Local Area Connection' icon and click 'repair' but after doing something for a while it just came back with the same message. I even tried disabling & re-enabling the connection but it was no use.

I'm now connecting to the Internet via a dialup modem which is far slower than my router and I've no idea what the problem is. I would appreciate the help, thanks.

HK

**cjessee** · 11-28-2006, 04:40 PM

Do you have your computer directly connected to the modem? Or is it connected to a router? Post some more information about the home network.

**johnwill** · 11-28-2006, 05:45 PM

Did you power cycle the modem and router?

How about the make/model of both the modem and the router?

Vanchatron · 11-29-2006, 07:06 PM

Thanks a lot everybody. I was re-arranging my room today and had to unplug the router for a while. When I plugged it back in everything was fine!

Thanks again

HK

**johnwill** · 11-30-2006, 08:15 AM

Amazing what a power cycle will do.

11-28-2006, 02:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
Vanchatron Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: UK Posts: 429 OS: XP Home	Problem With Router And/Or Ethernet I connect my router to my PC using an Ethernet cable and it has been running fine for about a month now. All of a sudden the other day I was using the Internet and everything stopped running (web pages wouldn't load, downloads stopped, MSN Messenger signed me out etc), then I got a little Computer icon with an exclamation mark on it in the system tray with a message saying: "Local Area Connection Speed: 100.0 Mbps Status: Limited or no connectivity" I then went into 'Network Connections', right clicked the 'Local Area Connection' icon and click 'repair' but after doing something for a while it just came back with the same message. I even tried disabling & re-enabling the connection but it was no use. I'm now connecting to the Internet via a dialup modem which is far slower than my router and I've no idea what the problem is. I would appreciate the help, thanks. HK

11-28-2006, 05:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,607 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Did you power cycle the modem and router? How about the make/model of both the modem and the router? __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

11-30-2006, 08:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 41,607 OS: Windows 7, XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Amazing what a power cycle will do. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

11-28-2006, 04:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
cjessee Uh oh. Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 794 OS: Windows NT/2000/XP, Dictaphone, Windows 2003 Server	Do you have your computer directly connected to the modem? Or is it connected to a router? Post some more information about the home network.

11-29-2006, 07:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
Vanchatron Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: UK Posts: 429 OS: XP Home	Thanks a lot everybody. I was re-arranging my room today and had to unplug the router for a while. When I plugged it back in everything was fine! Thanks again HK