Bah Humbug, broadband connection keeps dying

BopNiblets

So there I'd be, playing CS, using µtorrent, (it doesn't really happen when just surfing) and then BAM, all my up and down bottoms out and I have two choices, turn my router off and on again and wait, or reboot.
Sometimes the little connection icon beside the clock freezes along with it, and I can't open the Connection Status window.

I'm with Esat BT 1Mb line (although when I got it it was IOL BB)
I have their Zyxel Prestige 600 series router and XP Pro.
I just reinstalled XP fresh and new and the problem persists.

Also, I have disabled a few services according to blackviper.com's guide (website gone now) and uninstalled th File and Printer Sharing and all that trollop from Network Connections (leaving only TCP/IP, obviously).

WTF? Is this a BopNiblets problem or should I go burn Esat down?

Karoma

BopNiblets wrote:

...go burn Esat down..

:cool:



remotely useful: check for firmware update?
what network card do you have?

Atlas_IRL

i have the same isp connection and modem all i do if mine goes down or crashes is click repair and its working again...

BopNiblets

I don't have a network card, I have a router and a motherboard with USB, and they're stuck together with some sort of cable-ey, pluggy device thing.

I can only see one firmware (on this page) but there is a driver there too, hopefully it won't kill my connection any further.

DemonOfTheFall

If you can pick up a €10 network card at maplin and stick it in your PC. USB really does suck for net connections.

BopNiblets

Ok, I haven't got a network card installed, I think one came with MSI mobo, but I was unaware that USB is bad for network connections.... WHY DON'T PEOPLE TELL ME THESE THINGS!


And I upgraded the USB driver too, I'll see what happens anyhow.
Thanks dudes.

BopNiblets

*small bump*

Ok, LAN instead of USB router working now, once I enabled them in the BIOS, I say "them" because there were two LAN entries in the Integrated Peripherals menu in my BIOS
1. Mac LAN
2. Onboard LAN Controller

I enabled the first only but kept getting BSODed when installing the nVidia (nForce3 5.11 WHQL) Ethernet driver.

Then I enabled the 2nd one and the Ethernet driver installed ok, BUT now I have another item looking for drivers to install (I told it not to ask again, but I'm a perfectionist and it's in my Device Manager all yellow error-y and nasty looking):

So, what is it and how do I get it to go away?

HungryJoey

I get weird problems like that aswel with my LAN connections on my MSI board. Infact If I disable the onboard nVidia LAN, My PC's automatically reboots If I try to un-install the ethernet drivers, Once again it reboots. Its strange. Its just like, as soon as i click " Disable" IMMEDIETLY the PC just re-boots. Im sure that can't be good, Driver problem ?


Hj

DemonOfTheFall

Yeah, big issues with nvidia's latest nForce drivers. Exact same thing happens to me. How the feck did those things pass WHQL?!!?