A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (axella) — Sat, 17 May 2008 08:52:00 GMT

I thought the quotation marks were funny, too. But what can I say? My "husband" is a funny guy.

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (52media) — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:58:42 GMT

mjt57, nice to meet you "Axella's" husband....

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (axella) — Sat, 17 May 2008 02:43:28 GMT

Thank you all for your suggestions. His Majesty is nightshift tonight until 7am, and after some sleep, will look into it again tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks again! I know I can always depend upon the folks here for helpful advice on a myriad of topics.

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (Sir Reel) — Fri, 16 May 2008 19:26:15 GMT

It may very well be Axella's network card. If it's sending malformed packets or noise due to some internal hardware problem, that might do it.

If it was doing it with a separate PCI wireless card, though...hmmm. Could still be something or other on the motherboard causing malformed packets, I suppose. That does make it sound like some sort of sortware problem. Maybe rebuild the TCP/IP stack? If the new NIC card doesn't do it, try going to Device Manager and deleting...

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (mjt57) — Fri, 16 May 2008 18:11:24 GMT

Hi.

I'm "Axella's" husband. I have been trying for months to sort this problem out. It started some time ago when the computer was still connected wirelessly using a PCI Netgear wireless network adaptor and connected to a Netgear wireless router.

When I got our house rewired we installed network cabling. I removed the netgear wireless card from the PC and connected it via its built in network adapter and in BIOS enabled it. The problem remained.
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Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (Netjams) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:49:36 GMT

I had the same problem and found it was a conflict in the AVG firewall and Xp's firewall.
Even thow the XP firewall was off it still caused problems so I turned it on then told it firefox and IE where ok then turned it back off and the problem was fixed..

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (Social Spit) — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:53:24 GMT

Crap--- I could not MASK my MAC addresses... I'm going to have to trust you guys. (Edit: There, I got it: If your MAC addrss leaks out on the net? That's an invitation and a road map to your house, people can get RIGHT into you with only that knowledge!)

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (Social Spit) — Fri, 16 May 2008 06:51:31 GMT

Sounds like a "Nick Collision" - In this case IP Address collision. I've had it happen here... I don't know if that is exactly what is happening with your network.

Log in to your router... Is it a router or a switch? If it is a switch, you cannot connect more than one PC to the net at a time. It will say Router or Switch on the front or bottom of the unit.. I suppose you know the diff... Well, log in to your Router, the address will be something like:

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (interludemusic) — Fri, 16 May 2008 03:22:08 GMT

http://www.answersthatwork.com/Download_Area/ATW_Library/Networking/Network__4-List_of_default_Router_Admin_Passwords_and_IP_addresses.pdf
Depending on the make of your router, you should be able to open a browser and poke around for any anomalies

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (axella) — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:48:50 GMT

My PC is definitely the problem. It does this when nothing else is running. I know we changed routers not long ago, but I think this problem was here before that.

I can't think of one defining moment when it started, like after we installed this or changed that. Very annoying. But thanks for trying.

Re: A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (52media) — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:40:24 GMT

sounds like a pain, try another/new router/switcher thingy, its been awhile since I've messed with wired, can't rem.

try and see if one computer is the culp, turn off laptop, see if situation still remains, etc.

A Perplexing PC and Network Problem

feeds@yuku.com (axella) — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:27:53 GMT

This has been driving us nuts for months.

We have 4 things on the network - My husband's PC (where all the gear is), my PC, the Xbox and my laptop (which is wireless. The rest aren't).

Anyway, every time I go to log into my PC in the morning, it will let me open Firefox or IE, load maybe 1 or 2 webpages, before it disconnects the modem and spits everyone off the net until the modem resets itself. I believe we are on our second modem since this started. It...