Windows 7 Net Problem ?

shuaibf

hi i am having problems with my internet connection in windows 7, it appears out of nowere the net jus dies and when i look at the screen abt hte bottom left it has a orange warning triangle on it, but heres the weird thing it goes away after about 10 min and starts working again, last night it done this atleast 10 times in the space of an hour got very annoying

any help would be appreciated

penrhyn

Are you using a wired or a wirelesss connection?
When you lose connection, what does the internet light on your router do?

shuaibf

WIRED sorry the lights are fine it seems it only does it on my computer not any other on the network

aliEnRIK

Tried a different ethernet cable?

shuaibf

was going to try a new network card

tedster123

if you look at the back of the router it should be numbered (usually) 1-4,

I have found in last 3 routers some ports work better than others and some not at all try different ports for a day at a time see if issue disappears.

ManofScience

Also, get the manufacturer/model of the network card and get the proper drivers from their website. MS ones are usually pretty good but it's always worth getting the actual drivers from who made the card.

and try a different patch lead. kinked patch leads cause all sorts of flakey/dodgy network issues.

Fuzzy_Logic_2

shuaibf wrote: »

hi i am having problems with my internet connection in windows 7, it appears out of nowere the net jus dies and when i look at the screen abt hte bottom left it has a orange warning triangle on it, but heres the weird thing it goes away after about 10 min and starts working again, last night it done this atleast 10 times in the space of an hour got very annoying

any help would be appreciated

Are you using a firewall? Is this a wireless connection or hard wired?

In Windows 7 if you right click on the network icon, in the right side of task bar, you can troubleshoot problems - try this the next time it loses connection.