"Maxwell Hammer" <bruce.l***@virgin.net> wrote in message
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> I'm on Virgin.net broadband and I've just installed this wireless router
> and
> am finding that I'm intermittently unable to connect to the internet. The
> connection speed to the router seems fine, but when I start IE or Opera
> it's
> just not sending or receiving any data. This happens often when I've left
> the computer on standby for a while, come back and try to connect to the
> internet. Only restarting the computer seems to solve it.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
>

"Maxwell Hammer" <bruce.law1@NOSPAMPLSvirgin.net> wrote in
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> Sorry for bringing this up again, just hoping someone can enlighten me.
>
> My problem seems to be whenever I leave the computer on (or in standby)
> for a long time and come back to it and try to connect to the internet
> via my wireless router (Netgear DG834G). It is seeing a network
> connection but it is not finding the internet.
>
> I think the problem is in trying to acquire a new IP address. I think I
> am right in thinking that my computer needs to do this each time it
> connects to Virgin broadband. Anyway, it is only able to do so when I
> restart the computer, and sometimes only after a couple of restarts.
>
> Is there any logical reason for this? Could there be, for example, a
> setting on my router which throws it into standby if it's on the same IP
> address for a long time? Or could it be that Virgin is updating the IP
> address after a while, but my router/computer is unaware of this
> happening?
>
> Cheers.

"Smowk" <Smowk***@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Maxwell Hammer" <bruce.law1@NOSPAMPLSvirgin.net> wrote in
> news:TSbOd.511$Dr.344@newsfe5-win.ntli.net:
>
>> Sorry for bringing this up again, just hoping someone can enlighten me.
>>
>> My problem seems to be whenever I leave the computer on (or in standby)
>> for a long time and come back to it and try to connect to the internet
>> via my wireless router (Netgear DG834G). It is seeing a network
>> connection but it is not finding the internet.
>>
>> I think the problem is in trying to acquire a new IP address. I think I
>> am right in thinking that my computer needs to do this each time it
>> connects to Virgin broadband. Anyway, it is only able to do so when I
>> restart the computer, and sometimes only after a couple of restarts.
>>
>> Is there any logical reason for this? Could there be, for example, a
>> setting on my router which throws it into standby if it's on the same IP
>> address for a long time? Or could it be that Virgin is updating the IP
>> address after a while, but my router/computer is unaware of this
>> happening?
>>
>> Cheers.
>
> Thats the same problem I was having with netgear routers, the signal would
> drop off after a while, and I'd have to renew the ip address (by running a
> command prompt and typing "ipconfig /release" and then "ipconfig /renew").
> Remember those 2 commands if they're not in your noggin...much quicker
> than a
> reboot.
>
> smowk

"Maxwell Hammer" <bruce.law1@NOSPAMPLSvirgin.net> wrote in
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>
> "Smowk" <Smowk***@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns95F7BC81A2F75SmowkieBandit@216.196.97.131...
>> "Maxwell Hammer" <bruce.law1@NOSPAMPLSvirgin.net> wrote in
>> news:TSbOd.511$Dr.344@newsfe5-win.ntli.net:
>>
>>> Sorry for bringing this up again, just hoping someone can enlighten
>>> me.
>>>
>>> My problem seems to be whenever I leave the computer on (or in
>>> standby) for a long time and come back to it and try to connect to the
>>> internet via my wireless router (Netgear DG834G). It is seeing a
>>> network connection but it is not finding the internet.
>>>
>>> I think the problem is in trying to acquire a new IP address. I think
>>> I am right in thinking that my computer needs to do this each time it
>>> connects to Virgin broadband. Anyway, it is only able to do so when I
>>> restart the computer, and sometimes only after a couple of restarts.
>>>
>>> Is there any logical reason for this? Could there be, for example, a
>>> setting on my router which throws it into standby if it's on the same
>>> IP address for a long time? Or could it be that Virgin is updating the
>>> IP address after a while, but my router/computer is unaware of this
>>> happening?
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>
>> Thats the same problem I was having with netgear routers, the signal
>> would drop off after a while, and I'd have to renew the ip address (by
>> running a command prompt and typing "ipconfig /release" and then
>> "ipconfig /renew"). Remember those 2 commands if they're not in your
>> noggin...much quicker than a
>> reboot.
>>
>> smowk
>
> Thanks, smowk. However, even that doesn't seem to work on my router!
> (Well, it did work once when I tried it, but not since.) A restart seems
> to be the only way to get back on the internet. Even that only works 9
> times out of 10. Maybe Netgear routers are just worth avoiding.
>
>
>