Regular disconnect

[stocky101]

I just reformatted windows on my pc and everything is fine, when the internet is connected it works great. I have a wireless ADSL router and my pc shares an internet connection with the downstairs pc wirelessly, before i reformatted there were no problems, but now i keep getting disconnected every 5 minutes or so, the comp doesnt reconnect either, i have to pull out the wireless card plug and then put it back, when i do this it connects fine but the disconnects again a few minutes later. Can anyone help?

[bAdWaYz]

After the format did you update the drivers for your wireless adapter? Did you also re-apply any windows service packs and updates?

[stocky101]

I reinstalled the wireless adapter with the disc it came with... Sorry i don't know much about computers so i don't know if that's what you mean. I don't think i have any windows service packs...

[bAdWaYz]

What ver of Windows does your computer have ir "Windows 2000, Windows XP, ect"? If its Windows 2000 it needs to be updated with at least service pack 4 and other patches. If its Windows XP it needs to be updated with service pack 2 and all the updates since then. You can download them for free by going to the microsoft update page. To do that use Internet Explorer the web browser at the top go to "tool" click it then click Windows Update. From there just follow the promts on screen.

[stocky101]

I have windows xp, all the updates have been done and i still have the same problem, but now it seems like the computer doesn't realise it is disconnected, files will keep trying to download and just be stuck on 14% or whatever, and then when i try and refresh a web page it says cannot find server. Any ideas what i should do?

[bAdWaYz]

Is the computer with the problem connected wirelessly or by a cabe? Have you had any such trouble with the other computer?

[stocky101]

The other comp has no trouble, the comp with the problem is connected wirelessly. I think now that the problem is perhaps related to azureus as it tends to only disconnect when azureus is running... I also get little messages when azureus is running: UPnP: Mapping 'incoming Peer Data Port (UDP/64566)' has been reserved by2 - please select a different port. It also says the same about a tracker client port and another incoming peer data port (TCP/64566). Is this related in any way?

[stocky101]

Any ideas anyone?

[stocky101]

Anybody??

[bAdWaYz]

I have never used azureus so I wouldn't know about that. However if you disable it and don't use it does the computer still have problems?

[stocky101]

No, if i don't use it the internet won't disconnect. However, i want to fix things so i can use a p2p program such as azureus or limewire, as it is when i use any of these programs that the net starts disconnecting...

[gamer_013]

What you are experiencing may not be the internet 'disconnecting' but that azureus is just taking up so much bandwidth that you cannot surf the web.

You can try setting bandwidth limits in azureus (If it supports it, I am not familiar with azureus) so that your browser can still access web sites. Or you can just turn on azureus when you aren't surfing the web or downloading stuff, and if you do want to serf the net, just close azureus for a while and start back up when you're done.

[MSFT]

Port forwarding is notorious for causing problems like this one. The router eventually times out that port so that data packets are just lost instead of transmitted to your computer. P2P programs all utilize that technology, so it makes sense that they'd time out and stop working.

If you don't use port forwarding then it's just an issue with how your router deals with packets. I had a Linksys that used to do that and I got it to stop after messing around with a few of the advanced options.

[stocky101]

How do i sort the problem then?

[stocky101]

Anybody?

[Razzputin]

MSFT says:

I got it to stop after messing around with a few of the advanced options.
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what advanced options ?