"Ethernet" Connection Drop

[tongteh]

like what most people have discuss before, but i am having trouble when it's actually ethernet cable... My connection drops on average about 15mins, with torrent, skype, and msn running. it's really annoying to have to troubleshoot every 15-20mins!!.. anyone found a solution to this??

I try searching the forum, but everyone else is complaining about wireless instead of ethernet..

thanks

 

[Digger]

wow, this is interesting..... fill out your specs...especially what ethernet card you have, what router model, firmware and the rest of the obvious network information and anything else pertinent about this issue, the more detail the better

mod may want to merge this thread with about 2 others, just from today alone, and probably a few more could be found just from the past week. Am wondering if this is really a big issue or is it all user/system/network specific.

 

[arseny]

mine is fallong too

my card is realtec RTL8139\810x
i'm connected via university using telnet.

the internet is falling every 5-20 minutes...

does anyone has a solution for this?? 'cause the system is working great besides that

 

[tongteh]

Windows 7 32bit
4Gb ram
nvidia 7950GTX
AMD athlon x2 4200
Asus M2n-E mobo(AMD nForce 570 Ultra)
Build in Ethernet on Mobo
Netgear DG834G router(V4.01.37)
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(tried restarting - no help)
(tried turning off router - no help)
(other computer is working)
(tried reinstalling driver - made things worst, ended up doing a system recover)


i am not sure what else i should add, let me know if you need more(preferably where can i get those info).

it's really annoying to have your connection drop on you every 15 - 20minutes, while browsing and all of the sudden you find that your connection is dead... luckily i still have my macbook here..

thanks for the help.. much is appreciated!

 

[ewetherall]

Ethernet cable -Connection drop

I'm getting 5 minutes at best before i have to reset my adapter. My ethernet card is part of my mobo

(ASUS P5N32-E SLI LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard running a Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor).

I have all the latest drivers and it worked fine with ultimate 64bitt.

 

[torrentg]

The most obvious thing to check first is your torrenting. From personal experience from having to use my ISP Verizon's router which is used to connect to them, then I have my own router that connects to, to isolate my network....

The Verizon router drops connections all the time with Azureus (Vuze) no matter how I set it. I have the latest firmware, doesn't help and people complain all over the net about this with this particular modem/router. So maybe try switching torrent clients as a test. Or simply do no torrenting and see if that helps as a test.

 

[ewetherall]

thanks for the quick response torrent G. I'm not using any torrents, my internet cuts out just surfing Google or checking email, updating podcasts, anything, it just continuously resets. I have tried newest driver and uninstalled/reinstalled. I have tried resetting my ip address, and setting a static ip.

thanx

 

[tongteh]

yup, it's not just about torrenting.. even browsing the internet could cause me an connection drop..

 

[Digger]

The most obvious thing to check first is your torrenting. From personal experience from having to use my ISP Verizon's router which is used to connect to them, then I have my own router that connects to, to isolate my network....

The Verizon router drops connections all the time with Azureus (Vuze) no matter how I set it. I have the latest firmware, doesn't help and people complain all over the net about this with this particular modem/router. So maybe try switching torrent clients as a test. Or simply do no torrenting and see if that helps as a test.

not about the torrenting and also not about the router, as i dont have that verizon router myself... happened with my 54g v8 and also swapped it out last night with a 54gs.... same ole thang... dropps under heavy stress, no certain time limit that i can see while under heavy stress, although what i do notice by looking at my net meter graph is that it does have its interval pattern.

 

[tongteh]

I can agree that its definitely not about torrenting or router.. without torrent on, and by just opening windows live mail caused me a connection drop.. its getting very annoying, dont you guys think so? just hope someone could come up with an solution fast..

the error messsage i keep getting is "the default gateway not available". hope this extra info helps. it's getting more persistence in dropping my connection.. :'(

 

[Digger]

I can agree that its definitely not about torrenting or router.. without torrent on, and by just opening windows live mail caused me a connection drop.. its getting very annoying, dont you guys think so? just hope someone could come up with an solution fast..

the error messsage i keep getting is "the default gateway not available". hope this extra info helps. it's getting more persistence in dropping my connection.. :'(

man, this just keeps getting more interesting... two days ago i was about to start blaming live mail for this. I thought "no, certainly MS would have these two "paired up" up right. " and "i'm sure alot of ppl are running this as well, why just me" but you are the only person to have said this, besides one other person either yesterday or possibly monday mention they had live mail running... i never did ask them if they keep it running constantly, like i do, so... i will now ask you... and if anyone else reading this and experiences this problem AND have live mail running, please respond.

I have yet to install office on RC just yet, and like i did with the beta, i installed all the MS Live stuff, just to see how it would act, and act vs the beta and so on.

 

[Digger]

the next question on this concerning live mail that i forgot to mention is, do you have a google account that live mail checks... as i have suspected if not the program then this account is causing this... i have returned many o imap errors before, but didnt know what came first, the imap error or the loss in connection... interested in responses

 

[tongteh]

wow, can't believe simply mentioning windows live helped..

I don't have my gmail acc sync with windows live. apparently after installing 4 important updates this morning seems to have fix my problem, haven't got a drop for the past 40minutes. fingers cross...

 

[Digger]

ok... well, i'm gonna go back to the drawing board ... i cant have this happening here, even at home, let alone anywhere else... online tests and all kinds of stuff besides some download that could be resumed or whatever... i first have to blame my driver here as there is no 7 driver, just vista... but not the case for the laptop, 7 installed one for the beta and RC, doesnt mean awhole lot, but could mean everything as well. Thats where a fault/crack may begin in my case... atleast i'm kinda hoping/banking on it... but i may have to fold this hand if it lasts much longer. Minding you still that mine is a wireless issue, just to keep things str8... i'm just trying to see if and what could be a correlation between the two.

 

[tongteh]

did you try checking for new update?? cause i am guessing it's not just us that's having this issue, so MS probably updated some patches or updates to fix the issue?

LOL!! my connection just dropped!! not something i should be excited about..

 

[Digger]

did you try checking for new update?? cause i am guessing it's not just us that's having this issue, so MS probably updated some patches or updates to fix the issue?

LOL!! my connection just dropped!! not something i should be excited about..

am update-a-holic... constantly checking cause i have mulitiple devices that do not have drivers yet... i'm still waiting patiently (since MS did fix a webcam by logitech on laptop that originally didnt have a driver at all in beta and got feedback on it), but patience is wearing thin ... and the no feedback on this non existing driver, is starting to make me think that its just not my driver, its something deeper... but its been a week, i believe it took 2 weeks before the camera worked so, i'm a fair person

 

[tongteh]

i seriously do admire your patients.. i was having that problem last night and i was really close to reinstalling my vista.. like you said before "i cant have this happening here, even at home, let alone anywhere else..." the problem is just so bad that everything today is online, and connection drop is the worst thing you ever want..

how do i check if i have the correct driver installed? how did you figure out your system doesn't have any driver?

 

[Digger]

how do i check if i have the correct driver installed? how did you figure out your system doesn't have any driver?

well, first thing i noticed was that it didnt work at all, that goes for most of the devices. Second, device manager is one of the first things i check after a fresh install, along with updating and a few other things, then reboot and see whats working, what was supposed to be working, what was just issued a new driver, is it newer than previous beta, if so, am aphrensive about installing it especially if device worked just fine before. And on down the line.

 

[tongteh]

alright.. i thought there is some path i should go to check for device driver.. the connection drop is happening persistently again.. an extra note: i actually upgraded from windows vista to save troubled, so i am guessing all my device driver is brought forward from vista..

 

[Digger]

notable info about the vista upgrade, but i assume this problem wasnt with your vista and everything worked ok? if so, then its not the vista "part" of it that i would lean towards as the problem at hand. I also take it that you didnt install the beta 7000? one other note, are you on x86 install? also by going into device manager, what ethernet adapter do you have? find that info out and download a driver from manufacturer, if they dont have a 7 driver, try a vista driver and install the setup with vista compatibility. depending on adapter there may be more than one driver to try, or maybe just one.