Frequent connection drops

Andeby · 19 Oct 2010

Hey there,
I have been having trouble with my connection dropping out and then instantly reconnecting, it lasts just long enough to disconnect me from everything I have running that requires a connection to the net and stop all downloads and streams.

I had this problem on my built-in Realtek Gigabit adapter (Which is currently disabled), and I ended up buying a new Linksys NIC (EG1032) in hope of a fix, but the exact same thing happens on this one as well.

Sometimes I won't see it for weeks, even months, then suddenly I am getting DC's every few minutes.

I can't see any pattern in when it happens. It has happened after clean Windows installs, reboots with nearly nothing running, under load ... any time really.

Doing a tracert at the moment I see a loss, gave me this:
Tracing route to placebo-eu.com [69.163.238.113]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 188 ms 191 ms * apache2-zoo.skopje.dreamhost.com [69.163.238.113]
13 197 ms 198 ms 200 ms apache2-zoo.skopje.dreamhost.com [69.163.238.113]

Trace complete.

I have tried several different fixes in threads about connection losses (Disabling power saving settings, IPv6 etc...), nothing has worked so far.

I am running on Windows 7 Ultimate x64, using a quad core CPU (i7 920), have not tried any other OS, can't remember seeing this before Windows 7.

If I forgot anything, or you need more info, please let me know. :)

Thanks,
Andeby

Fayla · 19 Oct 2010

Is your Internet connection secured?

Andeby · 19 Oct 2010

Rei Tumult said:

Is your Internet connection secured?

How do you mean secured? I am honestly not too experienced with internet connection and such. :<

Fayla · 19 Oct 2010

Andeby said:

Rei Tumult said:

Is your Internet connection secured?

How do you mean secured? I am honestly not too experienced with internet connection and such. :<

Secure = Password protected~

You said:

Sometimes I won't see it for weeks, even months, then suddenly I am getting DC's every few minutes.

My first thought on that was someone is using your connection to download stuff and therein consuming all your connections bandwidth.

Andeby · 19 Oct 2010

Yes, wireless is password protected.

Also, I am not on wireless myself. Even tried several different network cables.

Andeby · 19 Oct 2010

I do doubt that is the issue. I forgot to add that I am the only one in my home that has had this issue, only on this PC. Don't remember if I've seen it connected elsewhere with this PC, but I don't think I have.

chev65 · 19 Oct 2010

Are you using wired or wireless, I'm still a little confused on that part.

Andeby · 19 Oct 2010

chev65 said:

Are you using wired or wireless, I'm still a little confused on that part.

Wired. Sorry for the confusion.

chev65 · 19 Oct 2010

Are there other Win7 machines in your network?

What brand make model version of router are you using for this connection?

Can you post an ipconfig /all screen shot of your machine when the connection is up?

What type of A/V software do you have installed on this machine?

Andeby · 19 Oct 2010

Yes, other Ultimate x64 systems with same CPU as mine.

Not sure, I will check.

Edit: I used NOD32 until I read someone with a similar problem had uninstalled NOD32 and their problem was gone, but it did not solve anything for me. Currently no AV.

Windows firewall enabled, I can try disabling it.

More edit: I could also mention that a friend tried using TeamViewer to look at some stuff, and we discovered that while I got disconnected from MSN, he did not loose connection to me on TeamViewer.