PC loses connection ever 20 minutes? - Page 2

**nekrosoft13** · 03-20-11, 12:01 PM

check the router, update firmware, reboot router, disable dynamic DNS, stop using DHCP and switch to static IP, look up if your ISP has a different DNS and switch to it. oh and update drivers, if for example you have asrock board don't look for drivers from asrock, look for realek drivers for LAN (if that boards has realtek LAN) if wifi, for example Dlink, don't look for Dlink driver, figure out what chipset that Wifi adapter uses and look for driver from the original manufacture for example Atheros, ralink etc...)

if router has QOS disable it

do all that and report back.

Albo · 03-20-11, 02:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekrosoft13

check the router, update firmware, reboot router, disable dynamic DNS, stop using DHCP and switch to static IP, look up if your ISP has a different DNS and switch to it. oh and update drivers, if for example you have asrock board don't look for drivers from asrock, look for realek drivers for LAN (if that boards has realtek LAN) if wifi, for example Dlink, don't look for Dlink driver, figure out what chipset that Wifi adapter uses and look for driver from the original manufacture for example Atheros, ralink etc...)

if router has QOS disable it

do all that and report back.

Have my babies? <3

I updated the firmware for the router, and youtube is working now!

Thank you so much!

ViN86 · 03-21-11, 11:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Albo

That's exactly it, thanks bearclaw.

Anyways, now a lot of sites are slow. Youtube won't stream AT ALL. (I updated flash, closed adblock, had javascript enabled just as it was, stopped other connections) But still no video. It does the circle thing, then it says cannot load video, an error occurred) I have no idea what is wrong. The laptop works fine, the other desktop is good. Just this PC. And the thing is, that I haven't changed a single thing the past week. No updates (except for the internet adapter drivers ones I did after the problem started).

Now I'm only on the ethernet cord adapter, and its working fine except sites are slow, and youtube won't load at all.

EDIT
Actually, after posting this I tried youtube again and it worked. I tried another video and it wouldn't even search. This is so strange.

nekro nailed it. Your issue could also have been caused by DNS and name resolution issues.

Switch over to new DNS servers. Go to your ethernet adapter, right click and go to properties. Click on Internet Protocol v4 and go to properties. Hit the "use the following DNS servers" and use the OpenDNS servers (208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220) for your DNS. The ones provided by the ISP are typically slow and ****ty.

Albo · 03-21-11, 04:58 PM

Actually, the problem is back. And btw, once the problems started, I changed my DNS to Google's.

So, youtube won't work, sometimes the whole site won't work, and it will work on my ipod.

EDIT:

Updated to Firefox 4, and its working again. This is strange. I'll let you know if it stops. Also, this text is weird in Firefox 4,

ViN86 · 03-21-11, 05:16 PM

Try a tracrt to YouTube. You're probably dropping packets. If so you should notify your ISP because that could mean it's a problem with their infrastructure.

03-20-11, 12:01 PM	#13
nekrosoft13 I'm Geralt Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland, once a year in Poland Posts: 24,364	Re: PC loses connection ever 20 minutes? check the router, update firmware, reboot router, disable dynamic DNS, stop using DHCP and switch to static IP, look up if your ISP has a different DNS and switch to it. oh and update drivers, if for example you have asrock board don't look for drivers from asrock, look for realek drivers for LAN (if that boards has realtek LAN) if wifi, for example Dlink, don't look for Dlink driver, figure out what chipset that Wifi adapter uses and look for driver from the original manufacture for example Atheros, ralink etc...) if router has QOS disable it do all that and report back.

03-21-11, 04:58 PM	#16
Albo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 3,633	Re: PC loses connection ever 20 minutes? Actually, the problem is back. And btw, once the problems started, I changed my DNS to Google's. So, youtube won't work, sometimes the whole site won't work, and it will work on my ipod. EDIT: Updated to Firefox 4, and its working again. This is strange. I'll let you know if it stops. Also, this text is weird in Firefox 4,

03-21-11, 05:16 PM	#17
ViN86 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,486	Try a tracrt to YouTube. You're probably dropping packets. If so you should notify your ISP because that could mean it's a problem with their infrastructure.