DSL internet Connection Problems

[nathanielehlert]

hi i have att yahoo dsl and i run it through a linksys WRT54GS V.4 and my computer is an hp media center edition i have had a lot of connectivity problems on my network my computer is ethernet cable connected. I will have a connection and everything is working great than nothing no connectivity but it will still say i am connected browers will say no connection for loading pages what can i do to fix this problem i already setup the router with the ip and dns address and i still have problems

[nathanielehlert]

i forgot i repair connection and in the network connections it shows the internet connection icon but then it gos away within like 2 minutes

[wayout44]

Have you tried another cable?

[nathanielehlert]

yes i have

[Darthtanion]

When you first added this network router, did you do a power down and hard reboot of the modem? If so then you may want to go into the Administrative section of the router and verify that everything is set up correctly and there are no conflicts with your ISP.

[nathanielehlert]

Originally Posted by Darthtanion

When you first added this network router, did you do a power down and hard reboot of the modem? If so then you may want to go into the Administrative section of the router and verify that everything is set up correctly and there are no conflicts with your ISP.

I check the settings and they are still set correctly i there are no isp conflicts

[Kheldar]

update the firmware on your router - you might be able to use the http://www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/index.php , otherwise just use the manufacturers one.

I have found in the past with routers that an older firmware can work better than the latest - depends on the firmware/router & isp involved.

I use the dd-wrt firmware on my lynksys routers and its much better than the one lynksys give you.

[nathanielehlert]

I just did recently no new since i upgraded it

[Kheldar]

can you go back a version? did you have this problem before your upgraded?

since your router is supported by dd-wrt I'd go for that - it'll give you a lot more features

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Supported_Devices

installation instructions
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php...RT54G/GL/GS/GX

other things you can try

use the ping command to work out if network is failing and where

eg ping 192.168.0.1 -t
ping ipaddressoftarget -t (keeps pinging - cntrl-c to stop)

so you'd want to ping your router & other pc's on network if any and then you could ping a website

ipconfig /all

prints out network settings, do this and post results to give us more info

nslookup www.google.com - will translate webaddresses into ipaddresses - it could be a dns failure

you could also try

netsh winsock reset - this will require a reboot


all of these commands need to be used in the command prompt (start, run, cmd)

[nathanielehlert]

ok well i changed the firmware i will update you guys later