Internet dies after a minute

[Bremang]

Inspiron 9100.
DSL.
RCA Modem.
Two Linksys Wireless Routers.
Linksys N Wireless card.
WinXP

It started when someone accidentally hit the off button on the modem. I unplugged/replugged the routers and modem, and reinstalled my driver, before I realized that I just probably needed to hit the on button to the modem to turn the connection back on.

So now there are two routers, 5 computers. Every computer's internet works but mine now. I've tried connecting to both routers. Reset the modem and routers. Reinstalled my driver again. I tried using another linksys card, an older one, but that doesn't work either.

Many things happen. It is hard to remember all of it and everything I've tried. Normally the internet says its connected, but at 0bps, or at 270bps but no packets are received. Other times I can make it on to a website, but after 30 seconds/1 minute, the internet dies, and it'll revert to 0bps, or stays at 270bps and just doesn't receive any packets. Websites don't load at that point. Other times, the internet doesn't work on one router, but then it will work on another. I am always in range of a router with full bars when I try to connect. Other times, the internet plain works for a while and then dies randomly.

I am curious as to what makes my internet die. Could it be due to the other computers?

[DonBB]

Why are you using two routers? If they were reset, then they have to be reconfigured.

[Bremang]

There are two routers because its a big house. we used to have one router but it did not reach all the computers in the house. By reset, I mean we unplugged the router and then plugged it back in. Are you saying it needs to be reconfigured? How do I do this? We someone come in to set up the routers and configure it so everything could work. Is it wrong of this person to not explain to us how to reconfigure it? Any ideas on how to make the internet work?

[DonBB]

If you didn't press the reset button then it shouldn't have to be reconfigured. Still no need for two wireless routers. You can have one wireless router, then one wireless access point, but if it was working then it doesn't matter. So your laptop is the only machine having trouble? When you lose internet on your laptop, the desktop's still have internet connectivity? Is every machine connecting wirelessly? If this is the case, stop messing with the networking appliances and focus on your laptop. When you plug your laptop in to the router via a network cable, do you still lose the internet?

[Bremang]

Actually, you're right. I believe there is one router, and the one that I typically try to get onto is an access point. I'm actually connecting to the router right now, and the access point gives me no connection. However, the router can give me trouble as well. I don't have a network cable, but i know that two other computers and an xbox all connect to the access point. I also used my computer at an internet cafe today, no problem with the wireless there. I'll mention that my windows wireless monitor is up to Wireless Connection 5, it used to be at 1, but I tried uninstalling the driver so many times, its up to 5. I wonder what the conflict is.

[DonBB]

So you have no trouble with your laptop with other wireless networks, only with your home network. All other computers also connect wirelessly, and they have no trouble with your home network. Is this correct?

If so, this doesn't make much sense. The only thing I can recommend is to delete and uninstall all of those wireless connections, then reinstall so that you are only showing 1. Clean things up a bit.

[Bremang]

Exactly. My card works on networks outside my home. Every other computer works on both network inside my home. My card will connect momentarily, but then it will die. I think there is either a driver/software conflict, or a card configuration issue, though I really am no expert on the issue.

As per wireless connection 5, I don't know how to make it go back to one. I don't know if it means I have 5 different things going on at once. It went up to 5 in the first place because I uninstalled and reinstalled my driver. So I don't know how to revert it back to 1.

Any ideas of how to get me to connect to the internet at my house?

[Bremang]

Now I find that at a cafe, my internet dies randomly. It is not often, its happened twice in the matter of a few hours. That is unusual. Normally It never goes out. Any ideas?

[DonBB]

I'm thinking that your laptop dies out no matter what network you are connected to. That would make a lot more sense. Have you checked the Linksys website for a firmware update to your wireless card?

[Bremang]

I will check right now. Something new happened...I tried to disable the connection, and I got an error message. I don't know why this came up now opposed to every other time I disabled my connection:

"It is not possible to disable the connection at this time. this connection may be using one or more protocols that do not support Plug-and-Play, or it may have been initiated by another user or the system account."

[DonBB]

You might want to try THIS (http://www.chicagotech.net/troubleshooting/disablenic.htm). Let us know what effect if any, the solution has.

[Bremang]

This page discusses how to disable the internet connection. My connection can actually disable all the time, except for that one time the message showed up. I restarted my computer, and it can disable again, and I haven't had problems disabling since. Still, my internet is acting strange. It either can't connect to an access point/router, or it can connect for a minute-3 minutes, or it can connect for a while and then suddenly disconnect. Mostly, it cannot connect for more than 3 mintes in my laptop. Any ideas?

[DonBB]

The page discusses how to use the netsh command to repair winsock and reset the TCP/IP stack. Which may or may not have an effect on your issue. You tried at one point to disable your connection and got the same error that is discussed on the page. If you have updated any firmware, I would suggest next following the instructions to use netsh.

[Bremang]

I have copied and pasted the page for easy reference. I am not sure how to follow these instructions. I don't know how to do #1, #3, #4. Could you explain how to do these?

Again, just in case it matters, I haven't had difficulty disabling since. It only happened once or twice.


Q: I've recently formatted my C Drive to get rid of the tons of errors I had, I've just finished reinstalling everything.. it was a nightmare, anyway.

I'm using an Intel CT Gigabit network apparently, (Only just found that our after searching eight hours for a Driver. ) and I used a Router to receive my internet.. I didn't have this problem before the format. But if I right click and Disable the Local Area Connection it comes up saying this.

Error Disabling Connection:
It is not possible to disable the connection at this time. This connection may be using one or more protocols that do not support Plug-and-Play, or it may have been initiated by another user or system account.

I'm using Xp Home, SP1 on a 3hz Pentium 4. If you need any other information I'll supply it. Hope you can help.

Thanks

A: There are many possibilities. Try these:

1. Make sure you use TCP/IP only (no other protocols installed).
2. Run Repair this connection if it is XP.
3. Use netsh to reset TCP/IP configuration, for example, To reset WINSOCK entries to installation defaults, do "netsh winsock reset catalog". To reset TCP/IP stack to installation defaults, do "netsh int ip reset reset.log".
4. Remove and re-install the NIC.
5. Some files may be damaged, for example, you can try to re-create Catroot2 by following these steps: Start>RUN>cmd
net stop cryptsvc
ren %systemroot%\System32\Catroot2 oldcatroot2
6. if above don't fix the problem, you can disable the connection using Device Manager or gpedit.msc.

To disable the connection through Device Manager, go to SETTINGS>CONTROL PANEL>SYSTEM>Device Manager>Network Adapters, right click on the device you want to disable and choose Disable.

To To disable the connection through gpedit.msc, open START>RUN>gpedit.msc

User Configuration>Administrative Template>Network>Network Connection, double-click on Ability to Enable/Disable LAN Connection, select Disable.