Re: One of three PCs is losing Internet Connection - help sought
- From: "Roger Mills" <watt.tyler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 May 2007 17:04:38 +0100
In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
km <osb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The most recent computer I have put together runs with WinXP and as
far as I can recall all the settings I made at installation are the
same as two other PCs that I have for the family.
All are connected to the Internet via the same router/modem
(D-LinkDSL-300G+ and a Belkin 4 port cabled router).
The new PC loses connection to the Internet - this seems to happen
after Internet access and then an hour or so of inactivity. The other
2 PCs remain connected. To re-establish contact I have to turn the PC
off and start again.
Is it likely that I have a setting doing this, that I inadvertently
allowed? Any suggestions? I cannot see anything obvious that is
causing this.
km
Chances are that it's getting its IP address from the router - acting as a
DHCP server - with a short lease time, which is expiring. Maybe the other
PCs have fixed IP addresses and don't suffer from the same problem?
When you first turn the PC on, type IPCONFIG /ALL at a command prompt - and
print out what is displayed (or copy and paste it into Notepad and save it).
When you lose internet access, do the same again - and compare the output
with what you saved earlier. Any differences should provide a clue as to
what is happening.
If you appear to be losing your IP address (as I suspect) try typing
IPCONFIG /RENEW - and see if that fixes it without rebooting. If it *does*,
you either need to increase the lease time in the router config or give that
PC a fixed IP address.
--
Cheers,
Roger
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