Internet drops after a few hours.

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Is anyone else having this issue?
After a few hours of use my PC can't load most web pages. For some weird reason YouTube works, and I can search on Google. Just can't go to any of the results.
If I go to windows (Win 10) settings and do a 'network reset' it will work again for a few hours.

It's wired to a BT home hub 5, which seems to be working fine for other connected devices, so I assume this is an issue with my desktop PC.

It's a 3 year old motherboard with an Intel LAN controller. I'm on the latest driver.
 
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Try updating your network adapter drivers.

What model is the Intel chipset on that board?

Might also be worth changing to Google DNS on the adapter (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4).
 
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The adapter is Intel 82583V, and I can't find a newer driver.

I'm connected to a Netgear 8 port switch which is then connected to a BT home hub 6. Everything else on the switch works fine. My smart TV, Apple TV, home server (Windows home server 2011).

I'm not using any VPN's, and I have tried using the Google DNS.

It's been working fine for almost 2 years. This just randomly started to happen.
 
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I found Kaspersky would stop my DNS requests randomly. Took me ages to figure out this was the problem. Changed over to Sophos and been fine since.

This happened on 2 computers too, however there seems little in the way of other people reporting this problem.
 
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