Hi, I live in the UK and have Sky Broadband Max. This means I pay for a
service of up to 16Mbps. My usual download speed is 10.4Mbps. I run a
Windows
XP pro machine with 1gb ram. My router is a Netgear DG834GT. I gather that
Sky have altered the firmware.
Now the problem I have is the periodic dropping of connection. By this I
mean I will have days where it stays connected. Then I get periods where
it
will drop evey 6 minutes or so.
I do have a wireless network, as my son occasionally uses his pc to
connect
using a Belkin Wireless G 54 Mbps network card (that's another story for
another time).
I have noticed certain conditions when the connection is more stable than
other times, hence this question.
Sometimes when I boot up the pc, it connects automatically. This leaves
the
icon in the systray which says Local Area Connection 100.0Mbps. When I
click
on Network Connections it says SiS 900-Based Fast Ethernet Adapter. When I
enter the address 192.168.0.1 in my browser, and enter the password, the
software tells me the speed I am connected at, usually 10.4 Mbps.
However, sometimes, usually if I have to reboot for some reason, or the
router is unplugged, another icon appears in the systray. This says
Internet
Connection and either Status: connected or 10.4Mbps. When I click on
Network
Connections there's an icon which says Internet Gateway. Now this seems to
have an ip address of 192.168.0.2. My son's pc has an address of
192.168.0.3
Now why do I have this 192.168.0.2 address, when my pc is the one
connected
to the net? And how do I disable it? I click on Disable, and it tells me
to
go to the properties of the shared connection, but it's not mentioned as
being connected there. And it doesn't always load up at the start, and
when
it's not loaded it's far more stable.
I also run CMD; netstat, and see which ****ts are open and which are not.
When it halts halfway down I know I've got to restart the router.
Any comments gratefully received.
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