Hubby's netwok connection woes

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machinemessiah

Hubby just got himself a 64 bit Windows 7 machine from Dell.
He's been having trouble staying on line. After several loud arguments I
finally convinced him that the source of his problem had to be in his
pc, not our router or home network which has been running fine for
several years. Vonage phone works fine, my XP Pro& Home machines
aren't having any connectivity issues.
My only experiece with Windows 7 has been running the network trouble
shooter on HIS pc and changing the type of network from "Public" to
"Home". Also trurned off the power saving feature on the network card.
If my technically challenged spouse gets booted offline again should I
look at the Windows settings for his network card or should I get on a
Dell board to find out if anyone else is having isues with that
card/chipset/mobo?
Hubby is a hardcore gamer and gets very upset when he loses his
connection. He thinks it's caused by my occasional bittorent download
of British T/V shows.
 
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Gene E. Bloch

Hubby just got himself a 64 bit Windows 7 machine from Dell.
He's been having trouble staying on line. After several loud arguments I
finally convinced him that the source of his problem had to be in his
pc, not our router or home network which has been running fine for
several years. Vonage phone works fine, my XP Pro& Home machines
aren't having any connectivity issues.
My only experiece with Windows 7 has been running the network trouble
shooter on HIS pc and changing the type of network from "Public" to
"Home". Also trurned off the power saving feature on the network card.
If my technically challenged spouse gets booted offline again should I
look at the Windows settings for his network card or should I get on a
Dell board to find out if anyone else is having isues with that
card/chipset/mobo?
Hubby is a hardcore gamer and gets very upset when he loses his
connection. He thinks it's caused by my occasional bittorent download
of British T/V shows.
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Since you say you have no other Windows 7 experience, I am guessing that
you let W7 set him up as a Homegroup instead of a Workgroup. I am also
assuming your other computers are older and have Workgroup networking. If
both are true, switch Hubby's computer to the Workgroup.

Try posting in a networking group, although I doubt that there's one
specifically for 7. Or just wait - there are people in this NG who know
more than I do (lots of them!).
 
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Char Jackson

My arm is broken, excuse the typos
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From your previous post, "Hubby is a hardcore gamer and gets very
upset when he loses his connection."

Wow, you weren't kidding about him getting upset. ;-)

There have been cases where BT downloads have caused routers to lock
up, but if that were the case it should affect you and hubby equally,
so I don't think that's the problem.

If it happens again, please clarify whether he's only losing his
Internet access or whether he's completely dropping off the LAN.
 
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machinemessiah

From your previous post, "Hubby is a hardcore gamer and gets very
upset when he loses his connection."

Wow, you weren't kidding about him getting upset. ;-)

There have been cases where BT downloads have caused routers to lock
up, but if that were the case it should affect you and hubby equally,
so I don't think that's the problem.

If it happens again, please clarify whether he's only losing his
Internet access or whether he's completely dropping off the LAN.
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I can always see him on the router even when he can't access the
internet. Neither of my XP machines can see him. That's ok because we
don't share files.
I have my Bittorrent client seriously throttled. It will crash the
router if I kept the number of allowed connections at their defaults.
I only use 2 private, ratioed trackers where people are expected to mind
their manners.
 
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machinemessiah

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Since you say you have no other Windows 7 experience, I am guessing that
you let W7 set him up as a Homegroup instead of a Workgroup. I am also
assuming your other computers are older and have Workgroup networking. If
both are true, switch Hubby's computer to the Workgroup.

Try posting in a networking group, although I doubt that there's one
specifically for 7. Or just wait - there are people in this NG who know
more than I do (lots of them!).
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Not too many Windows 7 groups yet either.
I think the error was he chose "public" which is allegedly more secure.
He's on a simple home network, he should stick to that. It worked fine
in the past. I used to be able to see his Vista machines on my pcs.
Now I can only see his pc on the router.
I'll have to get on his machine to see if he's on a homegroup or
workgroup.
He set the new pc up himself. I only got on it to get him to stop
yelling. Rather funny that I got him back online in less than a minute.
 
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Gene E. Bloch

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Not too many Windows 7 groups yet either.
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That's why we're here :)
I think the error was he chose "public" which is allegedly more secure.
He's on a simple home network, he should stick to that. It worked fine
in the past. I used to be able to see his Vista machines on my pcs.
Now I can only see his pc on the router.
I'll have to get on his machine to see if he's on a homegroup or
workgroup.
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I hope what I said turns out to help you...though I'm not sure of the odds.
He set the new pc up himself. I only got on it to get him to stop
yelling. Rather funny that I got him back online in less than a minute.
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I get more yelling when I try to help ;-)
 
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Paul E. Baronowsky

Hubby just got himself a 64 bit Windows 7 machine from Dell.
He's been having trouble staying on line.
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FWIW: I had a similar problem while using both WIN XP (on a Dell) and
Win7-64bit (on a HP). After resetting my cable modem and wireless
router, I would have a stable internet connection for only 10-15
minutes, then it would be lost: my router could not find my ISP's mail
server, NNTP server, or any web server. (In that case, none of the
computers on my home network could connect to the internet - until I
went through the reset routine again.)

The problem turned out to be my Linksys WRT160N Wireless-N broadband
router. I replaced it with a Belkin G Wireless router - at my ISP's
suggestion - and have had stable inetnet connection ever since.

When I talked with others afterwards, I was told that Linksys routers
were known to have problems with connections to some ISPs.

As far as I am concerned, a router is a magic, black box. But one of
my sons, who is a computer pro, said that a possible cause could be
that my ISP's routers periodically request a handshake with my router.
If my router replied only once - after resetting - then I would lose
the connection after the next request, because my router did not
reply.

I dunno! I trust Cisco to know routers. I find it hard to believe that
a company of their stature would market a router they had reason to
believe would not work with some ISPs.

In any case, this is my experience. YMMV.

Best Wishes,
Paul B.
 
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Chuck

Home network is a scheme that is really only useful between Win7 computers
in a home situation.
Use which ever of the other choices more closely matches your network.
 
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Bill Yanaire

machinemessiah said:
Hubby just got himself a 64 bit Windows 7 machine from Dell.
He's been having trouble staying on line. After several loud arguments I
finally convinced him that the source of his problem had to be in his
pc, not our router or home network which has been running fine for
several years. Vonage phone works fine, my XP Pro& Home machines
aren't having any connectivity issues.
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Several loud arguments? You are yelling at the poor guy for working on his
PC? Maybe you should get laid. Then you won't want to yell so much!

My only experiece with Windows 7 has been running the network trouble
shooter on HIS pc and changing the type of network from "Public" to
"Home". Also trurned off the power saving feature on the network card.
If my technically challenged spouse gets booted offline again should I
look at the Windows settings for his network card or should I get on a
Dell board to find out if anyone else is having isues with that
card/chipset/mobo?
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You probably bitch at him constantly and the poor guy is too scared to do
anything on his own. Maybe you should get laid. Then he won't seem so
henpecked.

Hubby is a hardcore gamer and gets very upset when he loses his
connection. He thinks it's caused by my occasional bittorent download
of British T/V shows.
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Maybe he is a hardcore gamer because he doesn't get laid. If you paid more
attention to him, maybe he would power down the computer and spend more time
with you. Just think, if both of you got laid, there would be less yelling,
screaming, and throwing things around.


If that doesn't work, move out.!
 
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