Sometimes MTU settings cause this problem. You can use TCP Optimizer from SpeedGuide.net to set the optimum MTU for your setup. It is free and can be downloaded from http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php. Check out the other tools also on that page.
All the best! On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 6:19 AM, infiniteMPG <[email protected]> wrote: > I recently bought a Dell Studio MT Core 2 Quad Q8300 to replace my old > clunker and have been very happy with it but it's had a problem that > seems to be getting worse. I also have high speed Verizon FIOS > internet service and the computer is hard wired into the router with > Windows 7 x64. The NIC is built in to the computer and not a separate > card. > > Several times I had this happen in the past and recently it has gotten > to be more regular. When I power the computer up, if I don't log in > QUICK and fire up a browser (Chrome or IE) for some reason I can't get > on the internet. I have debugged my router, the ports and the cables > with a laptop and everything is working fine with the router and the > internet. > > If I don't log on quick, like if I power the computer up and 10 > minutes later I go log on, when I log on and fire up a browser I just > get a message the page cannot be displayed. If I try to ping > something like www.google.com or something else, I get the message > back that the destination host is unreachable but it does echo back > the IP address of the site I'm trying to ping. So this seems to be > that it's resolving the name to the IP address, but it's not working > right. I tried ipconfig /renew and things but nothing would fire it > up. The green light on the NIC and the other end of the cable at the > router both flutter like I was online. > > Yesterday even if I logged in quick I was unable to get online. After > an hour with Dell tech support, doing stuff like unplugging everything > with PC off, holding power button in for 30 seconds, it fired up and > got online. I restarted the computer and it go right online quick > again. Usually even if I fire up a browser quick it dwells like 15-20 > seconds before it pulls up my home page (www.google.com). After I got > off the phone with Dell and restarted my computer, it was online > instantly. > > Today I fired it up, was busy so it was a while before I logged on. > Then a while later I came in, fired up Outlook and it timed out trying > to access my email. Opened browser and no connection :O/ > > I restarted it, logged on quick, fired up Chrome, 15-20 seconds later > Google fired up. Whew! So I figured first thing I needed to do was > post a message with some people who know :O) The Dell guy said if > that didn't fix it I'd have to take it for service. If this means > shipping this thing out and being computer-less for a while, that just > isn't practical since I work with this every day from home. So if > this isn't something that I can tweak to fix (TCP stuff?) then I'm > tempted to buy a regular NIC and slap it in the system. > > Any suggestions, hints, tricks, advice? > Thanks in advance. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Computer Tech Support" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<computer-tech-support%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
