Broadband connection drops out

thecremeegg · 29 Jun 2007 at 14:23

On one of the PCs in our house, if left for a while the internet drops and requires a reboot to get it back.
What could be causing this?

paradigm · 29 Jun 2007 at 14:25

What exactly is dropping out, the broadband connection or the LAN connection?

thecremeegg · 29 Jun 2007 at 14:41

the LAN connection, sorry should've mentioned that

paradigm · 29 Jun 2007 at 14:44

Does it "need" a reboot, or would disabling and re-enabling the connection work? Or perhaps even just renewing the DHCP lease?

If it NEEDS a reboot, i'd suggest it was a driver or hardware issue.

thecremeegg · 29 Jun 2007 at 14:47

Whats the DHCP lease?
Well im not sure it needs a reboot, i'll try disabling and re-enabling when it next does it, see what happens

tolien · 29 Jun 2007 at 14:48

Tried swapping the cable or attaching it to a different port on your router/switch/hub/leprichaun at the other end?

paradigm · 29 Jun 2007 at 14:51

thecremeegg said:
Whats the DHCP lease?

Well assuming your LAN IP's are being assigned by your router, they will most likely be DHCP assigned. You can release your current address and get a new lease from the server by going to the command prompt and typing:

Code:

ipconfig /release
 
ipconfig /renew

EDIT: Disabling and re-enabling the connection in windows will renew the lease too, due to the nature of the action.