On 7/5/06, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've got a rather odd problem. No, not that one, it goes like this..... > > At home, I have broadband access via cable. The modem feeds into a Netgear > wireless router, from which my desktop and laptop work. > > The laptop is working fine. On the desktop, I can use the mail programme > built into Netscape perfectly. The browser, however, reports refused > connections once it has been opened for more than a minute or so. IE will > also not function. Yet the email client continues to download mail. I can > access the router (during the short active period) and all seems well. It's > a secure network and nothing seems to have been tampered with. I have > up-to-date virus protection and have scanned for malware. > > It's almost as if an invisible firewall suddenly starts to function. Zone > Alarm is uninstalled at the moment, as it was causing me difficulties with > the network. > > Is anyone less baffled than I am about this? >
Not any less baffled, but I have similar problems with my Netgear router and/or a Linksys USB wireless adapter. One of our PCs is connected wireless and frequently the browser stops working. It usually happens after when the PC is idle, but sometimes while I'm using it. A few weeks ago it got to the point that I was having to repair the connection about every five minutes. Uninstalling and re-installing the wireless adapter's drivers solved the problem for a while. The problem started again the day before yesterday. If you find a real solution, I'd love to hear it. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
