internet disconnects

[offroadxj07]

I have been unable to access internet for longer than ten minutes for the last two months. Every time IE or firefox are unable to work, though my Netgear CG814WG gateway modem says it is connected. If I reboot my computer it will reconnect again for a few minutes. Also my laptop works on wireless all the time with no problems. One other thing I found strange was, I work from home using VPN and the same computer that disconnects usually will stay connected as long as I am connected to VPN.

The computer that I am experiencing problems with has Windows XP and is wired directly to the modem

 

[bm23]

i have the same problem. i've found a temporary solution. everytime that you experience the problem, go to Run-> type "cmd" -> type "ipconfig" in the window that appear. that should get it working for some time. it's a bug that XP has. quite a number of people have that problem. hope the solution works for u.

 

[laznz1]

Thats intressting neva thought they had a bug that big

 

[bm23]

Thats intressting neva thought they had a bug that big

there were 2 or 3 other posts on the same problem recently

 

[laznz1]

is it with SP3??

 

[bm23]

well, the people who reported the problem had sp2, so did i. I tried upgrading to SP3 but the problem didnt go away.

 

[laznz1]

thats intresting is it only a recent thing???

 

[bm23]

no, i dont think it's that recent. had it on my own com, maybe about a year ago.

 

[laznz1]

shesh that sucks first time ive heard of it thanks for that