 |
| Register | Login | |||||
 |
Main
| Memberlist
| Active users
| ACS
| Commons
| Calendar
| Online users Ranks | FAQ | Color Chart | Photo album | IRC Chat |
|
| | ||
|
| Register | Login | |||||
|
Main
| Memberlist
| Active users
| ACS
| Commons
| Calendar
| Online users Ranks | FAQ | Color Chart | Photo album | IRC Chat |
|
| | ||
| 0 user currently in Hardware/Software. |
| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Hardware/Software - DSL Selectively Going Down |
 |  |  |
| Add to favorites | "RSS" Feed | Next newer thread | Next older thread |
| User | Post | ||
drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56  Posts: 928/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
| So I've managed to make the long, hard journey out of the Land of Dial-Up. Got me some DSL (through SBC), and it is good. But there's one tiny problem. When I go to bed, I don't turn my comp off. So sometimes, when I've left my comp on for a while (almost a day straight, usually) I'll have issues. Can't get on the Web, can't get email. But all instant messenger clients will still work. Only way to fix it is to reboot, so I'm sure it's on my end. What could possibly cause this? | |||
|
Tarale I'm not under the alfluence of incohol like some thinkle peop I am. It's just the drunker I sit here the longer I get.  Level: 73  Posts: 1634/2720 EXP: 3458036 For next: 27832 Since: 03-18-04 From: Adelaide, Australia Since last post: 4 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
| Can you provide us with a little extra information about your PC? ie, which version of Windows (or other Operating System) you are running and anything else you think might help us out (edited by Tarale on 04-03-05 07:38 PM) |
|||
Prier Archangel Administrative Priestess. NUCLEAR SUB WEEEOOOO Level: 119  Posts: 5733/8392 EXP: 18790939 For next: 138352 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima Dist. - Tokyo, Japan Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
| ||
| You sure it's not you DSL modem the got disconnected as well? Sometimes a DSL modem will say it's connected but it really won't be. I've had this happen quite a few times since I got DSL through SBC last year. Best thing to do is reset/power down the modem and start it up again to see if it works. At least that's what it's sounding like. Like Tarale said, I don't have many more guesses than the info you provided. |
|||
|
drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56 Posts: 932/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
I tried powering down and turning back on. Didn't help.  PC... built it myself, processor's an AMD 1.4 GHz Athlon XP, running Windows XP (complete with SP2!). Built-in NIC on the motherboard, an Asus... well, I don't remember. |
|||
|
Xkeeper The required libraries have not been defined. Level: NAN  Posts: -2086/-863 EXP: NAN For next: 0 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: -753366 sec. |
| ||
| I've had this problem too (connections selectively shutting down until only IM and IRC work, then those two die shortly after) I used a wireless card and all I had to do was start the 'official' program that came with it, reconnect to the network, and it'd start working again. Have you tried using XP's 'repair' function? |
|||
|
HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 4051/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
| If IMs still work, then you're not completely disconnected. What browser/email clients are you using? If they're both based on the same code (IE/Outlook, Mozilla/Thunderbird, etc) they could both have the same problem. Can you ping? (Start -> run -> command -> ping www.google.ca) | |||
|
tuna ... Level: 3 Posts: 302/2 EXP: 51 For next: 77 Since: 12-02-04 Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
| ||
| Actually, for all I would guess, if it happens after a certain time and always after a certain time, it may just be that there was a fKitten Yiffer renewing the IP address from a router (or the modem itself) ... which would explain why 'ongoing' connections (IM, IRC) would continue and why new ones (internet browsing, e-mail) wouldn't work Though I have no idea what could really be happening and this is all random speculation, but still... |
|||
|
HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 4053/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
| Most IMs don't actually maintain a constant connection, though. They just send eachother little packets every now and then. Though I don't know about the big ones like AIM and MSN... | |||
|
tuna ... Level: 3 Posts: 304/2 EXP: 51 For next: 77 Since: 12-02-04 Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 1 day |
| ||
| True, but the connection remains open. The packets only come every so often. It's like FTP, for example -- you stay connected to a server, but you only get packets every now and then |
|||
|
BMF98567 BLACK HAS BUILT A SILLY DICE-MAZE! GO! Current list of BURNING FURY >8( recipients: - Yiffy Kitten (x2) - Xkeeper Level: 53  Posts: 754/1261 EXP: 1094149 For next: 62970 Since: 03-15-04 From: Blobaria Special Move: Rising Meatloaf Backhand Combo Since last post: 21 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
| ||
| I remember when my old dial-up provider's DNS servers would go down, thus breaking the Internet, ICQ and mIRC would keep working. Sounds like it could be a DNS issue of some kind, though I wouldn't know how to go about resolving it. |
|||
|
||bass Programmer Admin Level: 44  Posts: 283/817 EXP: 570813 For next: 40472 Since: 03-15-04 From: Salem, Connecticut Since last post: 26 days Last activity: 11 days |
| ||
| Ok. Two things. 1: Are you using a router of any kind? 2: This is almost definately a DNS problem. My advice would be to find a public DNS server that's always up and set it as a backup server in your TCP/IP preferences. |
|||
|
drjayphd Beamos What's that spell? pimp! Level: 56 Posts: 938/1477 EXP: 1387410 For next: 10766 Since: 03-15-04 From: CT Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
| 1: No router. Dad just bought a wireless router (802.11g, I believe) because he wants to leech off of me but it isn't hooked up yet. 2: Lookin' for one now.  It's set to get everything automatically, though, and the only way that I see to set a backup is to set a primary one. |
|||
FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 1329/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
| ||
| hmm... are your settings automatically detected? (in most cases, they are) If so, you should call your ISP to get the IP of their primary DNS server. |
|||
|
||bass Programmer Admin Level: 44 Posts: 289/817 EXP: 570813 For next: 40472 Since: 03-15-04 From: Salem, Connecticut Since last post: 26 days Last activity: 11 days |
| ||
Originally posted by FreeDOSWhy would you go to the trouble of calling to ask? Just open a dos box and type in "ipconfig /all" (sans quotes) and it will tell you the server address that your computer is using for its dns. |
|||
|
HyperLamer <||bass> and this was the soloution i thought of that was guarinteed to piss off the greatest amount of people Sesshomaru Tamaranian Level: 118 Posts: 4085/8210 EXP: 18171887 For next: 211027 Since: 03-15-04 From: Canada, w00t! LOL FAD Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
| ||
Originally posted by Alexa Not with UDP, IIRC. There isn't really a 'constant' connection, you just send packets back and forth. |
| Add to favorites | "RSS" Feed | Next newer thread | Next older thread |
| Acmlm's Board - I2 Archive - Hardware/Software - DSL Selectively Going Down |
| | |
