intermittent internet connection

I finally thought I solved all my network problems out and now I find that I
have intermittent internet connection on my Vista machine. Sometimes it
connects and sometimes I have to reboot or even shut down and then it works
again. Please help!!!

Same here. Just "upgraded" to Home Premium. Managed to get vista talking to
xp machines but like you every now and again my internet connection fails on
the vista machine. Diagnostics tells me it's an ISP problem but it isn't
because my other computers can still connect fine. This needs urgent
attention.
Andy

"GR" wrote:

>
>
> "Kevin" wrote:
>
> > I finally thought I solved all my network problems out and now I find that I
> > have intermittent internet connection on my Vista machine. Sometimes it
> > connects and sometimes I have to reboot or even shut down and then it works
> > again. Please help!!!
>
> You are not alone! I have experienced a similar scenario. I especially
> notice my Internet connection stopping after waking from sleep mode.
> Hibernation 9/10 works fine and no problem with Internet connection going
> away.
>
> This morning, I woke up, took the system out of sleep mode and sure enough,
> no Internet. After several reboots along with disabling the "firewall", the
> connection returned. I dunno.
>
> GR.

Have you re-set the power management? These posts may help,

after hibernate it can't find my wireless network
http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=331


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
"Andy P" <Andy P@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B374B603-4360-4F19-A40F-ED30B0764FB8@microsoft.com...
Same here. Just "upgraded" to Home Premium. Managed to get vista talking to
xp machines but like you every now and again my internet connection fails on
the vista machine. Diagnostics tells me it's an ISP problem but it isn't
because my other computers can still connect fine. This needs urgent
attention.
Andy

"GR" wrote:

>
>
> "Kevin" wrote:
>
> > I finally thought I solved all my network problems out and now I find that I
> > have intermittent internet connection on my Vista machine. Sometimes it
> > connects and sometimes I have to reboot or even shut down and then it works
> > again. Please help!!!
>
> You are not alone! I have experienced a similar scenario. I especially
> notice my Internet connection stopping after waking from sleep mode.
> Hibernation 9/10 works fine and no problem with Internet connection going
> away.
>
> This morning, I woke up, took the system out of sleep mode and sure enough,
> no Internet. After several reboots along with disabling the "firewall", the
> connection returned. I dunno.
>
> GR.

Hi Robert,
Yes I have followed the advice given. I seem to be losing the IP address
during hibernation, but only after several minutes hibernating!.
Thanks for your support.
Andy

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Have you re-set the power management? These posts may help,
>
> after hibernate it can't find my wireless network
> http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=331
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Andy P" <Andy P@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B374B603-4360-4F19-A40F-ED30B0764FB8@microsoft.com...
> Same here. Just "upgraded" to Home Premium. Managed to get vista talking to
> xp machines but like you every now and again my internet connection fails on
> the vista machine. Diagnostics tells me it's an ISP problem but it isn't
> because my other computers can still connect fine. This needs urgent
> attention.
> Andy
>
> "GR" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Kevin" wrote:
> >
> > > I finally thought I solved all my network problems out and now I find that I
> > > have intermittent internet connection on my Vista machine. Sometimes it
> > > connects and sometimes I have to reboot or even shut down and then it works
> > > again. Please help!!!
> >
> > You are not alone! I have experienced a similar scenario. I especially
> > notice my Internet connection stopping after waking from sleep mode.
> > Hibernation 9/10 works fine and no problem with Internet connection going
> > away.
> >
> > This morning, I woke up, took the system out of sleep mode and sure enough,
> > no Internet. After several reboots along with disabling the "firewall", the
> > connection returned. I dunno.
> >
> > GR

Yes, my computer never goes to sleep now, but the problem still exists. Now
it seems to either work on start up or not on my Vista machine. When I run
the diagnose the problem it says it can ping the remote server and the
problem is w/ a firewall (query server?)

"Robert L [MVP - Networking]" wrote:

> Have you re-set the power management? These posts may help,
>
> after hibernate it can't find my wireless network
> http://www.chicagotech.net/netforums...opic.php?t=331
>
>
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
> "Andy P" <Andy P@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B374B603-4360-4F19-A40F-ED30B0764FB8@microsoft.com...
> Same here. Just "upgraded" to Home Premium. Managed to get vista talking to
> xp machines but like you every now and again my internet connection fails on
> the vista machine. Diagnostics tells me it's an ISP problem but it isn't
> because my other computers can still connect fine. This needs urgent
> attention.
> Andy
>
> "GR" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > "Kevin" wrote:
> >
> > > I finally thought I solved all my network problems out and now I find that I
> > > have intermittent internet connection on my Vista machine. Sometimes it
> > > connects and sometimes I have to reboot or even shut down and then it works
> > > again. Please help!!!
> >
> > You are not alone! I have experienced a similar scenario. I especially
> > notice my Internet connection stopping after waking from sleep mode.
> > Hibernation 9/10 works fine and no problem with Internet connection going
> > away.
> >
> > This morning, I woke up, took the system out of sleep mode and sure enough,
> > no Internet. After several reboots along with disabling the "firewall", the
> > connection returned. I dunno.
> >
> > GR

I'm having a similar problem -- my network connection keeps going down about
every 10-30 minutes. Usually it’s down for only 10-20 seconds. If I look at
the LAN Connection status, it doesn’t notice the drop. However, my
applications (SSH, Outlook, IE, Trillian, network drive) lose the connection
(although not all of them lose the connection each time).

I'm running Vista Business on a Dell Dimension 4600 with an Intel Pro/100 VE
network adapter. I’ve tried updating my network drivers to the Vista version
and turning off IPV6, all the sharing/discovery stuff, power management
options, etc. I even tried using a totally different network card for a
little while, but that had the same problem.

I have noticed a similar problem on my PC. Happened immediately after I
upgraded to Vista.
I am running Vista Business and accessing internet via Motorola Cable Modem.

Connection is apparently up, but apps stop responding. This can happen as
frequent as 10-30 minutes.

I have noticed in the system logs that "DHCP-Client started", everytime
connection breaks, although there is no evidence of the service crashing.

I usually have to restart cable modem to have the problem fixed.


"FJP" <FJP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:30F8AD9D-D1D2-4362-9479-9FDC13133D4B@microsoft.com...
> I'm having a similar problem -- my network connection keeps going down
> about
> every 10-30 minutes. Usually it's down for only 10-20 seconds. If I look
> at
> the LAN Connection status, it doesn't notice the drop. However, my
> applications (SSH, Outlook, IE, Trillian, network drive) lose the
> connection
> (although not all of them lose the connection each time).
>
> I'm running Vista Business on a Dell Dimension 4600 with an Intel Pro/100
> VE
> network adapter. I've tried updating my network drivers to the Vista
> version
> and turning off IPV6, all the sharing/discovery stuff, power management
> options, etc. I even tried using a totally different network card for a
> little while, but that had the same problem.
>
>

I'm working on a computer with the exact same issue. Vista x64 Ultimate
drops connection to trillian, streaming radio, etc. Tried disabling
IPv6, new drivers, 2 NICs. I'm dual booting XPx64 and Vistax64 and XP
works great with no network problems. Any found fixes to this issue?


--
blazzik

Ever figure this out?


--
blazzik

In your case blazzik, just like me you have 2 network cards.

My Scenario...
Connection A = Internet
Connection B = Home Network

Everytime I boot my system, Internet doesn't work. The work around I found
was to disable connection B, give Vista enough time to detect the change and
to associate connection A as "Local and Internet". Once this is completed, I
re-enable connection B and everything is fine.

I've researched Windows and they have the same work around. I know it is
dissapointing. Always having to do this gets annoying. MS should work on a
way to do something like "bind" connection A (or whatever the connection you
are running your internet through) and set it to always be "Local and
Internet". This way it doesn't drop out anymore.

Hope people with this problem, vote for this fix...


"blazzik" wrote:

>
> Ever figure this out?
>
>
> --
> blazzik
>

On Feb 20, 12:27 am, GR <G...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> "Kevin" wrote:
> > I finally thought I solved all my network problems out and now I find that I
> > have intermittent internet connection on my Vista machine. Sometimes it
> > connects and sometimes I have to reboot or even shut down and then it works
> > again. Please help!!!
>
> You are not alone! I have experienced a similar scenario. I especially
> notice my Internet connection stopping after waking from sleep mode.
> Hibernation 9/10 works fine and no problem with Internet connection going
> away.
>
> This morning, I woke up, took the system out of sleep mode and sure enough,
> no Internet. After several reboots along with disabling the "firewall", the
> connection returned. I dunno.
>
> GR.

I bought a machine from Dell with Vista Ultimate. I then installed
virtual computer and xp professional. Now although I maintain a
strong internet connection in vista, my connection in xp is
intermmmitent. From reading the postings on the web this seems to be
a significant problem with vista.

[glenn]

Originally Posted by noorix

I have noticed a similar problem on my PC. Happened immediately after I
upgraded to Vista.
I am running Vista Business and accessing internet via Motorola Cable Modem.

I have noticed in the system logs that "DHCP-Client started", everytime
connection breaks, although there is no evidence of the service crashing.

I usually have to restart cable modem to have the problem fixed.
>[/color]

I have upgraded to Vista since I'll eventually be supporting it at my company. Same scenario as the other posters. I've even gone so far as to add another hard drive to my PC, load Linux since it was free, and it surfs the web fine. (Don't get me wrong though: Linux had other issues and I don't plan on keeping it.) My son's (Win 2K) computer worked well until we upgraded it to Vista. I've done all the little network adjustments I could find to no avail.

As a side note, I'm transitioning my home ISP and this problem occurs on a cable modem and a DSL modem. (I'll have them side by side for a few more days.)

The comment about DHCP interested me though. I like to go with a static IP address for various reasons. So I disabled the DHCP Client and made sure the WinHTTP Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Service was off as well. Since my IP address was set statically, this didn't affect my network or web browsing.

I haven't had a lot of time to test this out, but so far today, it seems to be working without dropping off. Even if this works, it's not the perfect solution, but at least it's a place to start troubleshooting.

[jcp411]

Frustrated here too. I've got a Alienware laptop with Vista Ultimate. All I"ve been able to sort out is that when I'm using the internet under high loads (streaming audio, video, Google Maps) it drops the internet connection (after a few moments it comes back). I'm not quite sure it's a Vista problem but it's doing it both with the Wi-Fi network and the Sprint Broadband network. I've got Comcast for the Wi-Fi and no other users on the network have reported a problem using it (my laptop, mom's laptop (XP), sisters UMPC (XP) and my old desktop (98SE).

same problem.

Basically, my network connection will drop sometimes. I try to ping the DNS
server and get and error code 1231. Resetting the DSL modem or computer will
sometimes bring the connection back and the ping will start coming back at
around 10ms then drop again a few seconds later.

As a fix, I have a laptop sitting nearby with XP Professional running. If I
plug the DSL modem into the laptop and reset the modem then the ping to the
DNS server will return and stay. Then plugging the DSL modem back into the
Vista machine will restore the connection just like nothing was ever wrong.

I've checked network settings between both computers and they match, and
then there is all the extra settings on my Vista machine. I can repeat the
network drop every single time by logging into Everquest II and opening all
the bags in my bank inventory at once. About 5% of the items in the bags will
load then the connection drops. Almost every single time. The only time it
will not is right after I call AT&T and have them run a line test, which will
usually restore a crashed connection as well.

AMD X2 5600+
Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 (using onboard network)
2GB OCZ PC6400 DDR2
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC
Vista Home Premium 64-bit

World of Warcraft currently does the same thing after every patch. Will only
stop when I re-install. all sharing, power management, etc is off. AT&T tech
was here the other day and couldn't figure out what was going on either.

truly annoying.

[jcp411]

What kind of on board network card are you using? I'm wondering if that is the issue for me.

What's really crazy is I can't get it now to do it every time. Seems to be only sometimes. Like yesterday during the morning it was bad and then in the afternoon after I did a restart and updated the drivers on the wireless network adapter it did it a couple times and then it stopped. I thought maybe the upgrade would fix it but it didn't initially fix it. But right now it's working (and I downloaded a Real Video sermon earlier, although I decided to try it in Firefox).

This thread seems to be related to my problem but network adapter specific I'd think. http://forums.microsoft.com/technet/...5372&siteid=17