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[cu in 4years Dan]

ok i have tried everything.
i am using my laptop and am trying to connect to the internet at my place.
when i plug the laptop in it lets me use the internet (mainly party poker really) for about 10-30 mins max and then cuts off and says limited or no connectivity. i wait for about an hour after this and it works again for the same ammount of time then shuts off.
any help someone? this has been going on for about 3 months starting when i got the laptop so i have never really been able to use the net properly.

[Governator]

ok i have tried everything.
i am using my laptop and am trying to connect to the internet at my place.
when i plug the laptop in it lets me use the internet (mainly party poker really) for about 10-30 mins max and then cuts off and says limited or no connectivity. i wait for about an hour after this and it works again for the same ammount of time then shuts off.
any help someone? this has been going on for about 3 months starting when i got the laptop so i have never really been able to use the net properly.

Your avatar image isn't working to start with.

Well lets the get scoop of your setup first, assuming you are behind a router - are there other computers connected to the router as well? Your running XP on your laptop? Does your laptop have wireless capabilities?

[cu in 4years Dan]

Your avatar image isn't working to start with.

Well lets the get scoop of your setup first, assuming you are behind a router - are there other computers connected to the router as well? Your running XP on your laptop? Does your laptop have wireless capabilities?

lol i'll put up a new avatar.

yep behind a router, there are 4-5 others connected to it aswell. im running xp home (home is so tacky) on the laptop and yes i do have wireless capabilities

[Governator]

lol i'll put up a new avatar.

yep behind a router, there are 4-5 others connected to it aswell. im running xp home (home is so tacky) on the laptop and yes i do have wireless capabilities

Has any other computer had that same problem? What you may want to try is disable the wireless feature before connecting to the ethernet. Sometimes if it picks up a wireless connection and tries to auto connect to it, it will cut out from the ethernet to do so.,

[cu in 4years Dan]

Has any other computer had that same problem? What you may want to try is disable the wireless feature before connecting to the ethernet. Sometimes if it picks up a wireless connection and tries to auto connect to it, it will cut out from the ethernet to do so.,

i have been on computer forums looking for help and one suggested that so i did it and it did not work.
also i clicked "repair" and it said that it could not renwe ip address.
also i noticed that my ip address is set to 169.whatever instead of 192.whatever if that means anything

[ajs510]

Unplug it, take it up to the roof, drop it.

I didn't read your post, just more of a personal wish on my part.

[SBriand]

Unplug it, take it up to the roof, drop it.

I didn't read your post, just more of a personal wish on my part.

LOL, your mean.

[Governator]

also i noticed that my ip address is set to 169.whatever instead of 192.whatever if that means anything

k thats wrong. click start > run > type cmd and press enter. Type ipconfig - It'll show 3 ips - 1st being your IP address found on the network such as 192.168.1.5 2nd don't worry about 3rd "Default Gateway" - should be something like 192.168.1.1

[cu in 4years Dan]

k thats wrong. click start > run > type cmd and press enter. Type ipconfig - It'll show 3 ips - 1st being your IP address found on the network such as 192.168.1.5 2nd don't worry about 3rd "Default Gateway" - should be something like 192.168.1.1

connection-specific DNS Suffix - :
Autoconfiguration IP Address --- : 169.254. .........
Subnet Mask ---: 255. .......
Default Gateway --:

thats what came up

[Governator]

Ok... go to My Network Places - Try clicking Add a network place and see if it detects the router & network.

[cu in 4years Dan]

hey i have been reading and i found this article

should i procede with this? is it dangerous?

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_...s/w2knoaip.html

[Yoda]

Goto start, run, type cmd, hit Enter. Type format c: /q /x - Hit 'Y' key if necessary.

Disclaimer: Only Cuin4 should try this, not recommended for the computer dumb.