Intermittent Connectivity Issues

[pjannicola]

Hello all!

I seem to be having a similar problem to Jason591 with connectivity (here is his post.)

I have a new ASUS Laptop with Vista Home SP1 (with a sweet 512M dedicated video card) connecting wirelessly via a Linksys WRT54G router. The firmware on the router is current and Linksys assures me that there are no known issues with Vista and internet connectivity. I have a MacBookPro that connects w/o issue (wireless) and three XP machines that connect just fine (wireless and direct connect) so I know my network is solid.

The laptop always connects on reboot, but conks out without warning after 45 minutes or up to three hours. Even when it seems like the laptop is offline, I can often ping a website through the command prompt. The "diagnose and repair" option just tells me eveything is fine.

Windows Firewall has default settings.

Already disabled IPv6.

So far, reboot always fixes the problem. Then the whole thing starts again.

Happy to add more info or try anything anyone can tell me.

Thanks

 

[melliston]

I seem to have the same problem. Vista 64 on lenovo W500. Seems that it happens more frequently when the connection is idle for a long period Over 1/2 hour.

Likewise the only way to reconnect is a reboot.

Mike

 

[Tarka Dal]

Sounds like Auto disconnection to me...

If XP try:~

How to disable internet auto disconnect.

If Vista try:~

[RESOLVED] Doe's anyone know how to disable auto disconnect in win/95 - Virtual Dr Forums-Computer Tech Support

Hope this helps...

 

[pjannicola]

Thanks for the response Trax. Willing to give this a try. This issue is just plain weird. Seems worse in the AM after the PC has been off all night, then as I'm in the middle of working, it will conk out. Then after reboot (or resetting the WiFi card) it can stay on for hours.

 

[melliston]

Thanks I'll try it too.

Mike