A couple things to check:

 can you ping or tracert to it normally?   When it is working?

  Does your IP address change?

   Does the router have an idle timeout setting?  Is it set to never
disconnect?

Is the router set to reconnect automatically?

--Angelo




On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 14:17:13 -0500, Mark Minassian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My home computer has Win XP Pro, Verizon DSL with a Westell 2200 Modem.  My
> office PC has Win XP Pro, Verizon DSL, a Netgear router and Trend Micro
> Internet Security 2005 firewall.
> 
> I cannot consistently connect to my work PC from home.  I know my firewall
> settings must be OK because I can connect at times with no problems.  But
> then if I disconnect and try to reconnect even 15 minutes later, I will
> often get the message "unable to connect to host: Connection timed out
> (10060)".  When I get that message I will try to pathping or tracert to my
> work PC and it will be unsuccessful.  I have also noticed that if someone in
> my office reboots my work PC, I will usually be able to connect.
> Unfortunately, if no one is at my office, this cannot be done.
> 
> At first I thought that it my be a problem on the network between my home
> and office, but could the network be that unstable that it would time out
> every 15 minutes?
> 
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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