Thanks for your reply Ted, I already replaced my router, with no signs of improvement :-(. I appreciate your input. My routers are Linksys as well. The old one was a 4-port, and the new one is a BEFSR81 (ver. 1), and after installing it, I went ahead and did the firmware update on it. Still touch and go. My biggest problem is that this is at work, and I can't have access to the "offenders" machine long enough to do what I need to do, as far as double checking on all the "bug" stuff he had on it. Looks like a Sunday job for me...and OVERTIME for them! (He's one of my bosses :-)). The good news is that it felt really good to fuss at him for a change :-)!!
Thanks, Marlene > > > I recently suffered through a similar problem. I screamed at Comcast > insisting that it was my cable connection at the pole or coming into the > house. They said no. Finally the connection went completely but returned > when I hooked my laptop directly to the cable modem. Turned out > the LinkSys > cable router/switch was losing the WAN (cable) connection even though the > LAN part of the thing still worked fine. Replaced it (it was > non-wireless - > I had a wireless access point connected to it) with a LinkSys > WRT54G and all > has been working fine since...... > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Marlene Coldwell > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 11:04 AM > To: PCWorks > Subject: PCWorks: Intermittent internet connection > > Help! This is making me crazy! I have a three PC wired network, > all running > xp. Connected to it is an access point for a 4 PC wireless network for > internet connection only. this setup has been working flawlessly > for nearly > a year now. A few days ago, our internet connection became very > erratic, but > no problems whatsoever with the network connection. Of course I > have called > our provider (Comcast) and they report no problems. > > The other problem I had was that one of the folks on my wired > network had a > few "bugs" on his system, which I found (coincidentally?) on the > same day we > started having connectivity problems. His machine was infected with the > following: > Exploit-ByteVerify (Trojan) > Adware-SearchAid (potentially unwanted program) > Downloader-IZ (trojan)aka Troj/Small-HG > StartPage-BN (Trojan) > All of these were reported by McAfee Antivirus. After a very good blessing > out, I got on his machine and cleaned everything out, including > editing and > deletion of some registry entries, deleting files and running cw > shredder in > safe mode. MacAfee appeared to clean the rest. > > Sooo..now my question is how likely is it that he "bugs" and the > connectivity problems are related? I had a brand new in the box > router that > I replaced the old one with, so I don't think that is the problem. I have > hooked the main PC up directly to the cable modem and was able to get > online...but that does not seem to prove anything because I am able to get > online thru the router as well...but it is very intermittent. I have not > been able to test the direct cable modem hook-up long enough to see if it > will get erratic or not. > > I need some help, suggestions, support..anything at this point :-) ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
