HELP!! internet drops...

[acurasd]

Open up CMD on Windows 7

type: ping 192.168.1.11

hit enter... if your computer is connected correctly then no packets shoudl be lost...


do the same on the wiindows xp...

type: ping 192.168.2.10

how did it respond

 

[acurasd]

Also, i need to know if you are running any type of firewalls... like norton 360, internet security, ect.
on either or computers....

and we may need to do some other things as well with the router.

I like to set u your network first between both computers first. Make sure they are working.. and then lets see if the internet still drops, if it still drops and your able to network, we can actually do process of elimiation and more then likely be the router...

but your saying the router was working with xp... so we may have to check your windows 7 settings.


What i need to know is exactly how you want your nextwork... do you want sharing.. printers or you just want internet only?

 

[critical3]

no packet loss on either.. also stress testing the connection by downloading a big file .. so far so good bro

 

[critical3]

Also, i need to know if you are running any type of firewalls... like norton 360, internet security, ect.
on either or computers....

and we may need to do some other things as well with the router.

I like to set u your network first between both computers first. Make sure they are working.. and then lets see if the internet still drops, if it still drops and your able to network, we can actually do process of elimiation and more then likely be the router...

but your saying the router was working with xp... so we may have to check your windows 7 settings.


What i need to know is exactly how you want your nextwork... do you want sharing.. printers or you just want internet only?

firewalls disabled

internet only.. its fresh install of win7.. xp nothing has been changed in the settings

 

[critical3]

also ive disabled RSS on win 7 machine,ipv6, and the power management option when it sleeps

 

[acurasd]

Okay, so it only drops on the Windows 7 machine correct?

and is that hardwired into the router or wireless?

 

[acurasd]

the befsr41 is pretty generic wired router. No wireless. I have three at my office i use for testing small networks. About the only thing that i don't like about them is they tend to lose dhcp leases. Later firmware was better though. They're not very fast but they shouldn't be causing the kinds of trouble he's having unless he's running really *old* firmware. The last version posted for it seems to be pretty stable for me.

do you work on alot of window 7 computers with this router? Or were they previous versions..... I know the os just came out.

 

[critical3]

Okay, so it only drops on the Windows 7 machine correct?

and is that hardwired into the router or wireless?

hardwired.. drops happened on both machines.. the static ip fixed the problem from what ive seen so far.. ill update if anything happens.. appreciate the help

 

[acurasd]

OH NO PROBLEM. I NEED TO CLOSE THIS THREAD... I JUST DONT KNOW HOW *LOL*

i am glad that i worked for you man...

enjoy your new windows 7 but if you decide to use windows 7 on the other computer and want to use homegroup, you have to turn on ipv6, just for future reference.

 

[RedBirdDad]

the befsr41 is pretty generic wired router. No wireless. I have three at my office i use for testing small networks. About the only thing that i don't like about them is they tend to lose dhcp leases. Later firmware was better though. They're not very fast but they shouldn't be causing the kinds of trouble he's having unless he's running really *old* firmware. The last version posted for it seems to be pretty stable for me.

do you work on alot of window 7 computers with this router? Or were they previous versions..... I know the os just came out.

I had one W7 system on a BEFSR41. All in all I've had everything from Linux, W2K, WXP, Vista, one W7 system and some stuff with embedded IP stacks.

The BEFSR41 had issues with DHCP. I remember having to reboot the router to get it recovered.

I'tll be interesting to see how stable his connections are after switching to static IP.

 

[critical3]

I had one W7 system on a BEFSR41. All in all I've had everything from Linux, W2K, WXP, Vista, one W7 system and some stuff with embedded IP stacks.

The BEFSR41 had issues with DHCP. I remember having to reboot the router to get it recovered.

I'tll be interesting to see how stable his connections are after switching to static IP.

yea if it ends up failing. def gonna get a new router

 

[aem]

OH NO PROBLEM. I NEED TO CLOSE THIS THREAD... I JUST DONT KNOW HOW *LOL*

i am glad that i worked for you man...

enjoy your new windows 7 but if you decide to use windows 7 on the other computer and want to use homegroup, you have to turn on ipv6, just for future reference.

What i normally do if a thread is solved is report it as solved. That little icon to the right or the rep scale icon allow u to do this.

 

[critical3]

just to let you guys know it worked for a little while but on startup there would be a delay on connection and for a page to startup as well as when the comp. set dormant for a bit..

went out and got a new router that supported win 7.. problems solved

 

[aem]

Thanks for getting back to us.

 

[chev65]

You made a second post ok. Your router is pretty old and I can't seem to find it on the list.
There is a firmware update dated back to 02, may be worth a try who knows.

Linksys by Cisco - BEFSR41W Support

Yes that thing is a relic. You could try to assign the IP's manually but it still may not work.

I guess my first post on the first page had some merit. The compatiblity list is fairly accurate I'd say as was my original analogy of the problem. I'm not sure what more I could have done other than go to the Op's house and change out the router myself. In a nutshell, if your router dosn't appear on the Win 7 compatiblity list there is little chance that it will work correctly.