Re: Off topic: Xp and internet

["Chris Madsen" cmadsen@xxxxxxxx]

As I said, it is a cable modem connection. OE = Outlook Express. I do have a
router; I can try disconnecting that since the other computer is kaput. The
router worked with W98 just fine.

Thanks for the idea.

Chris.

----- Original Message -----
From: "J. R. Fox" 
To: 
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Off topic: Xp and internet


> Chris Madsen wrote:
>
> > I have a cable modem and reliable ISP. Everything worked great until I
got a
> > new machine with XP Pro. Now I randomly lose connection when using IE.
> > Suddenly it can no longer find the site I want. OE continues to work
fine,
> > so I suspect it's not the ISP but some setting I've missed in XP.
>
> And "OE" stands for ____ ?
>
> > Any thoughts?
>
> Sometimes it *is* the ISP, and I think there are ways to establish that.
You
> never
> said whether you have a dial-up service (old-style modem), or one of the
> always-on
> broadband services (DSL or cable). I have had other types of problems
with my
> home system DSL service, but never the sudden, random loss of connection.
I
> have
> seen that on other people's systems -- W98 or W2K based, not XP. It can
happen
> in areas where there is a lot of ongoing construction . . . and not
necessarily
> just in
> your immediate neighborhoods. Where there is regular digging,
infrastructure
> getting
> put in or repaired, etc., buried cables get cut accidentally. The ISP's
network
> in the
> area will have routing redundancies, so such interruptions can be brief.
>
> I've also seen problems with the cable or DSL modem one is using or the
add-on
> router
> (many with some sort of built-in firewall) used to share a broadband
connection
> between
> more than one computer. When the device's firmware was updated, or in
some
> cases after
> changing to another brand and model of the unit, the dropped connection
problem
> went
> away.
>
> There are also settings in your computer's TCP/IP setup that could be
wrong,
> though with
> most of those, you would not be able to connect with anything, even
briefly, if
> there was
> a settings error.
>
> It's difficult to say more without better information. If you had an
> alternative browser
> installed, that could provide more of a check on whether IE or XP issues
were
> involved.
>
> Jordan
>
>
>