Constant connection drops

[TripleDeuce]

ok so im running win 7 and about every 30 minutes i lose my internet the fix it does everytime is "reset the local area connection adapter" i have no clue whats going on all my drivers are up to date, it makes it really hard to play games online when getting disconnected every 30 minutes

using win 7 x64 on a ECS A780GM-A

Realtek 10/100/1000 PCI-E NIC Family Driver (onboard ethernet)

4 gig ddr2

 

[Bowlerguy92]

Same issue here man, this computer is almost unusable.

 

[TripleDeuce]

Same issue here man, this computer is almost unusable.

it only seems to happen when im using the net too, if its idle it wont disconnect all the fixes i can find are for network cards or for nvidia stuff nothing for onboard ethernet

 

[chev65]

If you are sure about the drivers than most likely the router is to blame. Have you tried to update the routers firmware?

 

[whs]

In your router settings, there should be a timeout parameter. Set that to 5 min.

 

[TripleDeuce]

If you are sure about the drivers than most likely the router is to blame. Have you tried to update the routers firmware?

do they even make new firmware for a linksys wrt54g? lol believe v2

 

[chev65]

If you are sure about the drivers than most likely the router is to blame. Have you tried to update the routers firmware?

do they even make new firmware for a linksys wrt54g? lol believe v2

Yes they make newer firmware for that router. You will need to update the firmware for certain on that particular router. Make sure you use firmware for the V2, very important as there are probably 15 different versions of that router.

It usually works best to update the firmware from the routers set up page using a .bin file. Although with a router that old it might work best to use the tomato or the DD-WRT firmware because the linksys firmware for that router is dated 07.

I would use the most recent firmware you can find for the WRT-54G. You can get the most recent DD-WRT firmware from the link below.

http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/support/router-database

 

[TripleDeuce]

the most updated firmware ive seen was from 07 and that was already on this one lol

 

[chev65]

the most updated firmware ive seen was from 07 and that was already on this one lol

Which is exactly why this router has been getting connection problems since day one with Windows 7.

Try the DD-WRT firmware, it's dated late 09, the link for it is in my last post.

 

[TripleDeuce]

the most updated firmware ive seen was from 07 and that was already on this one lol

Which is exactly why this router has been getting connection problems since day one with Windows 7.

Try the DD-WRT firmware, it's dated late 09, the link for it is in my last post.

: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (10/10/09) mini : 18:40:25 up 8 days, 20:16, load average: 1.09, 0.27, 0.08

is what is on it now

 

[chev65]

I thought you said the firmware on it was from 07, now it's changed to 09 in the last few minutes or did you update it just a minute ago? Is this a wired or wireless connection?

 

[TripleDeuce]

I thought you said the firmware on it was from 07, now it's changed to 09 in the last few minutes or did you update it just a minute ago? Is this a wired or wireless connection?

updated it while googling, now i grabbed dd-wrt.v24_micro_generic.bin from '10 beta build but gonna see if she fixes it

now reading: Firmware: DD-WRT v24-sp2 (08/07/10) micro Time: 19:27:39 up 1 min, load average: 0.20, 0.07, 0.02

 

[chev65]

Oh ok I was confused there, yes I would test out the new firmware for a day or so and see how it goes. Please report back in and let me know if it works any better for you.

 

[TripleDeuce]

Oh ok I was confused there, yes I would test out the new firmware for a day or so and see how it goes. Please report back in and let me know if it works any better for you.

needless to say im going to stress test it with some ftp's and torrents

 

[boohbah]

ive been seeing this since the begining of the month, i know i have a connection as that is how i can post.i think its to do with isp connection being very low at the moment

 

[TripleDeuce]

Oh ok I was confused there, yes I would test out the new firmware for a day or so and see how it goes. Please report back in and let me know if it works any better for you.

needless to say im going to stress test it with some ftp's and torrents

well that didnt take long same error within minutes

 

[chev65]

Oh ok I was confused there, yes I would test out the new firmware for a day or so and see how it goes. Please report back in and let me know if it works any better for you.

needless to say im going to stress test it with some ftp's and torrents

Of course you must, make it beg for mercy. If it can't take the stress then hopefully a better driver will come along or driver adjustments will be needed.

 

[TripleDeuce]

Oh ok I was confused there, yes I would test out the new firmware for a day or so and see how it goes. Please report back in and let me know if it works any better for you.

needless to say im going to stress test it with some ftp's and torrents

Of course you must, make it beg for mercy. If it can't take the stress then hopefully a better driver will come along or driver adjustments will be needed.

just tore a wifi card out of my old pc and gonna try it in this (well not that old of a pc card came with the router lol)

 

[chev65]

Wi-fi won't work as well as the wired connection but pretty much anything is better than a dropped connection.

The problem is that most every LAN-eithernet driver for your board is for XP - Vista and not Windows 7. I've been looking for awhile now. Maybe the manufacture's site will have a better or newer one.
ECS Web Site

 

[TripleDeuce]

Wi-fi won't work as well as the wired connection but pretty much anything is better than a dropped connection.

The problem is that most every LAN-eithernet driver for your board is for XP - Vista and not Windows 7. I've been looking for awhile now. Maybe the manufacture's site will have a better or newer one.
ECS Web Site

the one i found from the manu's wevsite was outdated and win 7 automatically updated it