Why did my home network stop working?

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I am also facing the same problem, after running the uTorrent for a while my router stops responding. if any one knows the problem please update me.. BTW i am using Bel
kin router.

Hi Leo, recently i have observed that all websites on a particluar server not working on my PC, on others it is working, Can you tell me any thing wrong at my end, or my ISP providers end, or at the SERVER end,

Has the Server bloacked my IP? if yes what can be the reason? The server guys say its not blocked when i called them?

The ISP guys say its working fine with all IPs near to my IP its only my IP thats not working. So its my server prob and not the ISP prob.

Or is it a VIRUS?

Or is it possible that some one has HAacked my PC.

I had download accelerator on my PC that now i have removed it.

Or, what it is.

I am using 512KBPS cable modem net.

All other sites working fine. Only this servers sites not opening......

I cannot get an internet connection on my laptop after around 7.30 every evening, even though the pc in the same room still has connection! Any ideas?

Hello Leo,
Maybe you can help, can't access my internet on my home computer I have Comcast, they even sent a tech to look at it, and now he is saying its the computer, the local connection is gone and the back of the computer there are two lights, the top one is yellow and the bottom is green, don't know what to do, please help. My husband is thinking of wiping everything and start new??? we can't afford it to take it to a computer tech.
thank you, I'll be waiting for your response, anyone knows what could be wrong? I have been reading your articles but so far I've seen nothing on this problem. oh I have AVG firewall.

Hey! Thank you! very useful. There is one problem though. I am rebooting my router like every 3 days. It is getting annoying. Is there anyway I can clear up the memory? Is there something on my computer I can to clear traffic. I would appriciate it is you e-mail me as soon as possible. Thank you for your time.

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Not that I'm aware of. Sorry.

Leo

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maybe you can help me, while using a P2P network like bittorrent, I lose my internet signal, but I am still connected to my router. I have tried a router swap just to make sure that it wasn't the problem.

Leo, THANK YOU! I, too, tend to forget these most fundamental rules: Keep It Simple, and Start From The Beginning. This is not the first time I've come here for advice on what to do when all my network connections suddenly "disappear". And -- just like the last time -- a simple router reboot took care of the problem. Maybe I'll remember to START with the reboot the next time this happens! And, hopefully, I don't spend a full day testing OTHER theories -- to no avail -- before remembering to reboot.
Thank you, again, for the reminder. :)

Hello, I hope you can help. I have a new internet connection, and to the router 2 computers are connected: mine and that of my neighbor. We have both winXP, The internet is working fine on my neighbor's computer, mine was working fine at the beginning, then i started facing a problem: after about 10 to 30 minutes after i turn on the computer, i receive a notification telling me that the connectivity is limited, and the ip address changes from 172.24.97.* to a private one 169.... I have to shutdown and then turn on my computer for the connection to work again. I tried setting a static ip address, and it didn't work. The problem is not whith the physical connections, since the same network cable works fine when i plugs it in the laptop. I connected the computer to a different interface of the router and i had the same problem. Firewall is off. (all the settings are the same as that of my neighbour). Any suggestions please?

Ihave a D- Link Router WBR-2310
Connected to my dektop Comp. My laptop works great.and very happy with perfomance.

My son when visiting one day plugged in his laptop. Indications were excellent signal,however
when we tried to access internet, message shows up this page cannot be displayed no internet connection
Any help or advice appreciated

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