Connection loss every 1 - 5 mins

Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.

What country are you located in.
Name of your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
What is the expected Upstream/Downstream speed for your ISP Connection?
Make and exact model of the broadband modem.
Make and exact model and hardware version of the router (if a separate unit).
Model numbers can usually be obtained from the label on the device.
Connection type, wired or wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (none, WEP, WPA, or WPA2)
Make and model of your computer.
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP-Home (or XP-Pro), SP1-SP2, Vista, etc.
The Internet Browser in use, IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.




Please give an exact description of your problem symptoms, including the exact text of any error messages.

If you're using a wireless connection, have you tried a direct connection with a cable to see if that changes the symptoms?

If there are other computers on the same network, are they experiencing the same issue, or do they function normally?




On any affected computer, I'd also like to see this:

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following commands:

PING 216.109.112.135

PING yahoo.com

NBTSTAT -n

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

johnwill said:

Please supply the following info, exact make and models of the equipment please.

What country are you located in.
Name of your ISP (Internet Service Provider).
What is the expected Upstream/Downstream speed for your ISP Connection?
Make and exact model of the broadband modem.
Make and exact model and hardware version of the router (if a separate unit).
Model numbers can usually be obtained from the label on the device.
Connection type, wired or wireless.
If wireless, encryption used, (none, WEP, WPA, or WPA2)
Make and model of your computer.
Version and patch level of Windows on all affected machines, i.e. XP-Home (or XP-Pro), SP1-SP2, Vista, etc.
The Internet Browser in use, IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.




Please give an exact description of your problem symptoms, including the exact text of any error messages.

If you're using a wireless connection, have you tried a direct connection with a cable to see if that changes the symptoms?

If there are other computers on the same network, are they experiencing the same issue, or do they function normally?




On any affected computer, I'd also like to see this:

Hold the Windows key and press R, then type CMD to open a command prompt:

Type the following commands:

PING 216.109.112.135

PING yahoo.com

NBTSTAT -n

IPCONFIG /ALL

Right click in the command window and choose Select All, then hit Enter.
Paste the results in a message here.

If you are on a machine with no network connection, use a floppy, USB disk, or a CD-RW disk to transfer a text file with the information to allow pasting it here.

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Hi JohnWill,

Thanks for your reply.

I am in USA. I am not sure what is expected upstream/downstream but I can tell you at this moment it is 3500kbps download (5200kbps when connected physically) and 2300kbps upload. Broadband modem is Motorola Surfboard SB5120. Router is Netgear WGT624v2. I am connected wirelessly, one computer is physical, other in house are wireless - I am the only PC facing this difficulty. Not exactly sure about type of encryption, but under "security options" there are 3 choices of (1) Disable, (2) WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), and (3) WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key) - (1) is selected. My laptop is Gateway MT6705. I have Vista Home SP1. I usually use IE, but sometimes use Firefox too.

What happens is that I loose internet connection every 1 - 5 minutes it seems. I do not notice connection loss while using IE, but it does happen when I use the following programs - Skype will drop calls every time, AIM will log me off then on automatically, any internet gaming will close due to connection losses. When connection is lost, my PC auto-connects again. On a rarity, it will not auto-connect back to the internet - when this happens I restart the modem and router and then I can connect fine, but will go back to the loosing connection thing again. No one else in the house has this problem with their PCs.

On a direct connection I only lost connection on Skype I think - every 10 - 15 minutes. Couldnt tell on AIM due to AIM sometimes being smarter and acting like it is online when disconnected.

Here are the results from command prompt:

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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\John>PING 216.109.112.135

Pinging 216.109.112.135 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=52
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=53
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=53
Reply from 216.109.112.135: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 216.109.112.135:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 30ms, Maximum = 32ms, Average = 31ms

C:\Users\John>PING yahoo.com

Pinging yahoo.com [206.190.60.37] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=53
Reply from 206.190.60.37: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 206.190.60.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 35ms, Average = 32ms

C:\Users\John>NBTSTAT -n

Local Area Connection:
Node IpAddress: [0.0.0.0] Scope Id: []

No names in cache

Wireless Network Connection:
Node IpAddress: [192.168.0.9] Scope Id: []

NetBIOS Local Name Table

Name Type Status
---------------------------------------------
JOHN-PC <00> UNIQUE Registered
WORKGROUP <00> GROUP Registered
JOHN-PC <20> UNIQUE Registered

C:\Users\John>IPCONFIG /ALL

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : John-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8187 Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps U
SB 2.0 Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-A8-D8-33-06
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::d4fb:a463:8ef6:7f40%9(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.9(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, June 02, 2008 6:51:25 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, June 03, 2008 6:51:25 PM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet
Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-B8-C4-AD-09
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 9:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:4137:9e50:102c:2aa:3f57:fff6(Prefe
rred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::102c:2aa:3f57:fff6%10(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 17:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{D0E50E56-B3C4-4AE2-B32F-95A773FDE
42F}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

C:\Users\John>

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