Internet connection problem.
August 9, 2006 6:04 AM Subscribe
Internet connection problem.
My Internet connection only seems to work for a few minutes after dialling up my isp. The connection appears to be active but no programs will connect (firefox, Azureus etc.) Strangely if I manage to load up azures or betfair poker within the first few minutes then they will stay connected even after firefox has stopped working. This seems to have just happened out of the blue.
Any Ideas?
I use windows firewall and have an 8mbs broadband connection.
Response by poster: My connection isn’t always on. I have to connect that’s what I mean by dial-up. There’s no problem actually making the connection its after a few minutes the connection will appear to die (I am not able to load any websites in ie or ff). However connection will appear to still be active and I don’t receive any error messages.
posted by Cookie Monster at 6:54 AM on August 9, 2006
posted by Cookie Monster at 6:54 AM on August 9, 2006
k8t writes "What do you mean 'dialing up' to your ISP?"
He has PPPoE? I know Verizon used to force people to use that crap. (I replaced Verizon's crappy driver with a better free one, and left that always on.)
posted by orthogonality at 7:21 AM on August 9, 2006
He has PPPoE? I know Verizon used to force people to use that crap. (I replaced Verizon's crappy driver with a better free one, and left that always on.)
posted by orthogonality at 7:21 AM on August 9, 2006
I had Verizon -- I just popped my username and password into my router and was good to go.
posted by k8t at 7:44 AM on August 9, 2006
posted by k8t at 7:44 AM on August 9, 2006
I don't know about Betfair poker, but Azureus (and bittorrent clients in general) tend to open tons of connections to hosts all over the internet. Frequently, your OS or your router will have a hard limit on open connections, and after you hit it, all new attempts to open a connection will fail, though existing connections will be fine. That sounds like what's happening here.
Does your computer connect directly to the internet, or do you have a router?
posted by murphy slaw at 8:58 AM on August 9, 2006
Does your computer connect directly to the internet, or do you have a router?
posted by murphy slaw at 8:58 AM on August 9, 2006
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Check your Network control panel to be sure you do not have some waywayd DNS server listed. that could appear to slow things down.
posted by Gungho at 6:26 AM on August 9, 2006