Just a quick idea, do you have any cordless phones near the router? They can interfere with the signal on an intermittent basis.
>> Okay, so for my own education (because I'm clueless about this stuff), > >No - sorry, I missed that. Interference would affect the base signal so >that all services would be dead equally. > >Definitely sounds like a network layer issue, not a connection layer issue >from what you've said. > >The clichéd answer is always to look for new firmware (both for the router >and the card). > >You might also keep a small collection of IP addresses on hand - when the >Internet goes out try connecting by IP address directly. If you can then >you know that it's actually DNS that's gone out, not all external >connectivity. > >Also when it does go out see if a reboot of the router "solves" it - it may >be grabbing a new IP address periodically (some providers do this to >discourage home servers) and when it does you might be out until the client >machines notice and re-cache DNS. Rebooting the router sometimes kicks this >process in the pants. > >Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249253 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
