Lan Card failure

Post by **ForM** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:24 am

Ipconfig/release dumps

Ipconfig/renew restores......

But after awhile it drops back out again and Im stuck back to square one.

Behind a router and out via a sat modom.

Im tired of going back to dial up for something that used to/should still work.

Any Ideas?

Post by **axbaby** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:52 am

keep track of the time and see if it always drops at the same time interval.

could be an isp issue

i asume you have setup your lan connection as "always on"

does your modem light turn off "like when the power goes out" then resets itself , i had that problem with a bad cable wire to my modem

Post by **ForM** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:11 am

Wheres always on. And light is internal. wires not long enough to turn it around.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 6:38 am

Form, first tell us your setup.. then i think Ax can explain what he is trying to say

are you connected to a Broadband service ( Cable modem, DSL, ADSL, Fiber Etc )

Do you have a Router in the mix to share the connection?

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:33 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:Form, first tell us your setup.. then i think Ax can explain what he is trying to say

are you connected to a Broadband service ( Cable modem, DSL, ADSL, Fiber Etc )

Do you have a Router in the mix to share the connection?

did you even read his post?

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:26 pm

Update your NICs drivers and see if it resolves the issue. It wouldn't be an ISP issue since you're behind a router and unless the router is rebooting itself you wouldn't lose your LAN connection/address. If you can't find the NIC drivers then post the NIC vendor and model here and someone will help out.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 5:40 pm

also, post the router brand AND model. *i smell Dlink*

Post by **ForM** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:13 pm

Dynex dx-e101 is the Lan card. And I did find a newer driver for it but windows says that I already have the best driver for it.

The wifes computer isnt droping out, but mine is.

The router is Linksys Wireless-G.

Anyway I just got home and booted up amd its acting fine. Ill keep my eye on the clock anyway.

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:11 pm

Dynex?! If it continues do yourself a favour and buy a decent NIC

Post by **obsidian** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:31 pm

I took a look at the Dynex card at Best Buy a while back and compared it next to a D-Link (or was it Creative) card. Exact same card. Outsourcing, sometimes, sucks ass.

Post by **Tormentius** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:07 pm

Its not the PCB that makes the difference, its the chipset...

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:05 am

ForM wrote:Dynex dx-e101 is the Lan card. And I did find a newer driver for it but windows says that I already have the best driver for it.

The wifes computer isnt droping out, but mine is.

The router is Linksys Wireless-G.

Anyway I just got home and booted up amd its acting fine. Ill keep my eye on the clock anyway.

aye, do as Torm suggests and get a real nic.

Post by **ForM** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 2:50 am

I updated the drivers finaly, after I deleted the card form the hardware profile.

I can say I havent droped out in over 5 hours, tho I do notice my dl speed has droped considerably. Used to get a laughing 90k and now dls are at 30 at best.

Thx for help and Ill get it sorted the rest of the way out.