re: Network Cable Unplugged
Friday, February 18, 2005 at 6:13 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Billy Shears
(6 messages posted)
Here's my tale of woe: I've been using a linksys WRT54G router for my computer to
hook up to my comcast cable modem. This is a wired connection btw. Anyway, every
now and then the bubble at the right of the taskbar comes up and says "Local Area
Connection 3 (and underneath) A network cable is unplugged." and disappears within
a second.
Internet access isn't hampered, but when I'm playing an online computer game for
instance, say UT2004, the action will freeze for a few seconds, i.e. people will
be running in midplace, rockets will be frozen in midair, and if I'm in some kind
of vehicle, it'll go in whatever direction I had it going last, even if I try to
move it in a different direction. This will last a few seconds and then I'll be back.
This doesn't sound too painful, and I could live with it, but it happens so often
that it gets really annoying.
Thought it might be the firmware on my router, but have been upgrading as they've
been releasing, and still no luck.
Here's the weird part(s): I tried directly hooking my PC to the modem to see if it
actually was the router, and my gaming connections weren't hampered at all. When
I tried to use Internet Explorer, however, the pages would take about 5-10 seconds
to load, as opposed to 1 when I had it going through the router. So gaming improves
when I have it going directly to the modem, but internet access and instance messenging
programs (AIM, MSN) work better when I have it going through the router. This doesn't
even make sense to me, logically. How can my internet connection be better while
going through the router than when directly connected to the modem? Shouldn't, logically,
the connection be either the same or worse?
I'm running Windows XP, have the WRT54G router with latest firmware, and a DCM425
modem.
Any help would be......very....helpful.
- Written in response to:
- Network Cable Unplugged (Robin: Saturday, March 1, 2003 at 10:12 am)
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