Hello Everyone:
I appreciate you staying with me as I am not a computer expert by any means (not quite a newbie either). I have been experiencing an interesting internet connection issue for quite awhile now (3+ years) and it appears to be getting worse. I am currently running Windows 7 x64 on an HP desktop machine. I was previously running Vista x64 on the same machine. Here are the details:
If my computer has been on for a fair length of time 8-10 hours (but now dropping to 3-4hours) my internet connection will drop but here are the interesting points. My connection drops whether I'm wired or wireless (currently using a Linksys WRT54G) and I have tried plugging directly into the Motorola router I have through Time Warner with no relief. If I am streaming a video or having a chat conversation in say, Google chat, I can continue doing that but I cannot access any new web pages and I get the no connection screen on my browsers. I have tried this in Firefox, Chrome (my normal browser) and IE. Meanwhile when my connection drops I am still able to access the net on my tablet or droid phone. A quick reboot of the system brings the net connection back immediately every time. Resetting the routers also brings no relief to the issue.
I have updated all of my drivers countless times and tried a few other settings to no avail. I would greatly appreciate any advice that anyone on here can offer. Thanks again.
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