Vista internet drop after some time (need help!)

[xtremejimmy]

My machine keeps dropping the internet after an hour or so of use online. It normally requires me to restart the laptop to get the internet to function again. What is strange is that it still sees my network name but does not allow me to reconnect to it when the internet drops. I went to device manager and disabled and re-enabled the wireless and it brought it back to life.
What could be causing this, and is there a fix for it? My dads laptop with vista doesnt have this problem. I have already tried turning off the power save feature on the wireless and also unchecked Qos, ipv6, and both link-layer topology in the wireless network connection properties. Also, I just did a fresh install of Vista to see if it helps and no dice. Also updated all the windows updates, even to SP1 and still no dice.

I have an Alienware aurora m9700 duo core 2.0 ghz, 1 gig ram, 80 gig HD, Realtek 8185 Extensible 802.11b/g Wireless Device, Vista Home Premium. Any help from you guys is greatly appreciated!

below is a copy of my ipconfig after the internet drop if this can help you guys diagnose my problem.


C:\USERS\GIOVI>ipconfig/all
Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Giovi-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-41-DE-34-FF
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ether
net Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-25-3D-DA-20
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek 8185 Extensible 802.11b/g Wireles
s Device
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-A8-D8-DF-5F
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{5A7F6742-859B-43EA-8273-B5E84727F
37B}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{43527F9A-174D-409D-97F7-48D5A3FA2
548}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : isatap.{07F7E442-9979-4E57-9410-174681A18
761}
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

hmm?
Maybe a power saver feature on the network card?
check the properties of your network card itself for such.
and BTW:
I don't see any IP addresses in your ipconfig /all .
I am amazed you are connecting to the internet at all



"xtremejimmy" <xtremejimmy.39w2g6@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
message news:xtremejimmy.39w2g6@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>
> My machine keeps dropping the internet after an hour or so of use
> online. It normally requires me to restart the laptop to get the
> internet to function again. What is strange is that it still sees my
> network name but does not allow me to reconnect to it when the internet
> drops. I went to device manager and disabled and re-enabled the wireless
> and it brought it back to life.
> What could be causing this, and is there a fix for it? My dads laptop
> with vista doesnt have this problem. I have already tried turning off
> the power save feature on the wireless and also unchecked Qos, ipv6, and
> both link-layer topology in the wireless network connection properties.
> Also, I just did a fresh install of Vista to see if it helps and no
> dice. Also updated all the windows updates, even to SP1 and still no
> dice.
>
> I have an Alienware aurora m9700 duo core 2.0 ghz, 1 gig ram, 80 gig
> HD, Realtek 8185 Extensible 802.11b/g Wireless Device, Vista Home
> Premium. Any help from you guys is greatly appreciated!
>
> below is a copy of my ipconfig after the internet drop if this can help
> you guys diagnose my problem.
>
>
> C:\USERS\GIOVI>ipconfig/all
> Windows IP Configuration
> Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Giovi-PC
> Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
> Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
> IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
> Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection:
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area
> Network)
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-41-DE-34-FF
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit
> Ether
> net Controller
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-03-25-3D-DA-20
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek 8185 Extensible 802.11b/g
> Wireles
> s Device
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-C0-A8-D8-DF-5F
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 6:
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> isatap.{5A7F6742-859B-43EA-8273-B5E84727F
> 37B}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 7:
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> isatap.{43527F9A-174D-409D-97F7-48D5A3FA2
> 548}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 10:
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . :
> isatap.{07F7E442-9979-4E57-9410-174681A18
> 761}
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
> Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 11:
> Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
> Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 02-00-54-55-4E-01
> DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
> Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
>
>
> --
> xtremejimmy
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

Maybe his last statement would explain the reason. ;-)


Spaceman wrote:

> and BTW:
> I don't see any IP addresses in your ipconfig /all .
> I am amazed you are connecting to the internet at all
>
>
>
> "xtremejimmy" <xtremejimmy.39w2g6@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
> message news:xtremejimmy.39w2g6@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>> My machine keeps dropping the internet after an hour or so of use
>> online.

>> below is a copy of my ipconfig after the internet drop if this can help
>> you guys diagnose my problem.
>

oops, ya.

xtremejimmy,
be sure to enable the network before checking for the power management
tab,
It might not even show up unless the connection is active (on)



"propman" <propman@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:NnKZj.4594$KB3.3877@edtnps91...
> Maybe his last statement would explain the reason. ;-)
>
>
> Spaceman wrote:
>
> > and BTW:
> > I don't see any IP addresses in your ipconfig /all .
> > I am amazed you are connecting to the internet at all
> >
> >
> >
> > "xtremejimmy" <xtremejimmy.39w2g6@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
> > message news:xtremejimmy.39w2g6@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
> >> My machine keeps dropping the internet after an hour or so of use
> >> online.
>
> >> below is a copy of my ipconfig after the internet drop if this can help
> >> you guys diagnose my problem.
> >

[xtremejimmy]

I already checked off the power management thing and it still does it. I can disable and re-enable the realtek in device manager and it brings it back to life for a little while. Any other takers on what it can be?

just wondering now,
When your connection is working,
What date does it give for Lease Expires in the ipconfig / all?


"xtremejimmy" <xtremejimmy.39xygf@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
message news:xtremejimmy.39xygf@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>
> I already checked off the power management thing and it still does it.
> I can disable and re-enable the realtek in device manager and it brings
> it back to life for a little while. Any other takers on what it can be?
>
>
> --
> xtremejimmy
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>

[xtremejimmy]

it shows the expire as of right now for the 25th at 8:36 pm.

that should be fine then.
sorry I could not help further.
I will still be thinking about it though.



"xtremejimmy" <xtremejimmy.39y2o8@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in
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>
> it shows the expire as of right now for the 25th at 8:36 pm.
>
>
> --
> xtremejimmy
> Posted via http://www.vistaheads.com
>