Intermittent loss of internet

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Westell Modems

I have always disliked Westell modems they are junk

 

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Speed Tier

what speed tier are you?

 

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Verizon

seems Verizon has a lot of connection issues with their network as well from what I read here is a link to their forum

Verizon DSL Connection Problems - Verizon | Forums and Blogs - Verizon Community

 

[Peeda]

I had a similar problem with windows 7 and the onboard realtek pci-e ethernet. My setup is cable modem -> netgear router -> home computer and I noticed net access would stop to the point where I couldn't even connect to my netgear router, though existing persistent connections like instant messenger would still be okay. My laptop still connected fine to my router so I knew the router/modem weren't the issue. Also the exact same setup never had issues under XP. I'm guessing its might be the same case for you since when you reboot your cable/dsl modem seems to be working fine again.

I ended up buying another internal modem from newegg.com (a PCI modem instead of PCI-e, a cheapo TrendNet $10 one) and installing it a day or two ago, that seems to have fixed the problem. I think other people must have this issue because on the newegg product review page for the modem I got I heard someone saying they got this modem for the exact same reason as me.

 

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Adapter

in your adapter properties click on configure and go to power management tab and uncheck allow windows to turn off this device to save power

 

[adrk]

Thank you very much
It was a terrible problem