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Tuesday, July 27, 2004 at 5:48 am
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Posted by James Carter (1 messages posted)

I have the exact same problem as well, and I thought it was just me.  I have a Dell 
Dimension 8100 running Windows XP Home, SP1, version 2002.  This problem started 
after I got my cable modem.  It's a Motorola Surfboard, the newer version, but the 
problem happened with my old Surfboard modem, too.  My router is a Netgear RP614, 
4 port.  I am running AVG antivirus and Zone Alarm's free firewall.

It's maddening.  Like it was mentioned above, my connection will go anywhere between 
30 minutes to 3 hours, sometimes more, and it isn't based on activity level.  One 
thing that is slightly different - I do not get a message about my network cable 
being unplugged.  There's actually no indication that a connection is lost until 
I try to get on the internet.  

I also have an old AMD machine running Win98 hooked up - and this is the best part 
- it does NOT loose it's connection.  I find it suspicious that previous posts have 
had XP on Dell machines, and this is not a Dell problem?

I'm currently doing some internet research on this, and I will definitely post here 
if I find anything new.

On Friday, July 23, 2004 at 8:57 pm, Bob Forsyth wrote:

>

>I also Lose Connection now that I switched my PC from a HP Me to  a dell XP. I have 

>a cable connection and a Linksys router. Everything was fine till the dell was installed. 

>All PC's work Fine Till the Main PC (dell) is Turned On and It Loses it all connections 

>between 15 minutes to 3 hrs. Every day since I got this. Dell had me reinstall windows, 

>same thing...replaced Mother board and card (all one unit) same thing.

>Linksys has no patchs for this and I see searching the net I am NOT alone here. 
It 

>appears to be XP in all cases I see. Is it a Microsoft problem or just a Bad PC? 

>Any help is appriciated.

>Again ALL connected PC's are Ok Till the main one goes on and then all go in 3 hours 

>or less.

>

>

Written in response to:: re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (Bob Forsyth: Friday, July 23, 2004 at 8:57 pm)

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re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (nelson: Saturday, August 21, 2004 at 8:13 am)

re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (Fred Malott: Wednesday, February 1, 2006 at 4:07 pm)

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Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (B.C.: Wed, Dec 25, 2002, 4:13 pm)

re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (GM: Wed, Dec 25, 2002, 4:34 pm)

re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (B.C.: Wed, Jan 1, 2003, 5:46 pm)

re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (Tom Swanson: Wed, Dec 25, 2002, 7:47 pm)

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re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (Tom Swanson: Fri, May 7, 2004, 1:38 pm)

re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (Bob Forsyth: Fri, Jul 23, 2004, 8:57 pm)

re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (James Carter: Tue, Jul 27, 2004, 5:48 am)

re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (nelson: Sat, Aug 21, 2004, 8:13 am)

re: Question about 'Share an Internet Connection' (Brett Pierce: Thu, Sep 2, 2004, 10:33 pm)

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