Internet Connection Failure?

[donghae]

Hi. I currently have a Compaq Presario V6000 running Vista, and it used to work wonderfully, but lately, the internet connection has been weird.


SCENARIO:

Internet works.
I turn it off and go to sleep.

-- next day~

I turn it on.
Internet doesn't work.

Restart.

Internet doesn't work.

Five restarts later~~~
Internet works!



Is there any reason why that could be so? Thanks!
Sorry if I'm unclear or confusing in any way.

[Aegis]

What kind of internet connection do you use?  Dial up / DSL / ISDN / cable?

[donghae]

I have Comcast, so cable.

[Aegis]

Is there a router between the computer and the cable modem, or do you connect directly to the cable modem?

Have you rebooted the router or cable modem, lately?

[donghae]

Yes, there is a router between the computer and the cablem modem.


I haven't rebooted anything lately.

The funny thing is that the internet works perfectly fine on my sister's computer, just not on mine.

[Aegis]

My apologies -- I believe you did mention that.

Is your connection to the router wired or wireless.  If it's wired, I'm gonna suggest you try a new ethernet cable.  It might also be your etherenet card, or the drivers that run the card.  The drivers may need updating.

[Broni]

Turn off computer. Disconnect router, and modem from power source for 30 seconds.
Power them back on.
Restart computer.

If that doesn't work, bypass router, and connect computer straight to the modem.

If that doesn't work...
Go Start>Run, type in:
cmd
Click OK.

In Command Prompt window, type in following commands, and hit Enter after each one:
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew

Restart computer.

If that doesn't work...
Download, install, and run LSP-Fix: http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Restart computer, and see, if it helped.
If not...
Download, install, and run WinSockFix: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Network-Tweak/WinSockFix.shtml
Restart computer, and check again.

[donghae]

Thank you Aegis and Broni . This forum is super awesome.
<3 Your replies were so quick, too! :D

Aegis:
It is connected wirelessly, and I do update my drivers, so I
was sure it wasn't the cause.

Broni:
My laptop worked after doing that Command Prompt method.
Sometimes I feel like such a noob. -__-;

I thought it wasn't going to work, though, because it kept on
saying something about elevation(?), up until ipconfig /renew.


Thanks again! ^__^;

[Aegis]

I'll have to remember Broni's software fix.  Thank you for putting up with my posts.

[Broni]

Good going

If you ever encounter:

it kept on saying something about elevation

right click on cmd.exe, and, see below...

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[Broni]

Thank you for putting up with my posts.

You wanna learn, right?

[Aegis]

Oh, absolutely, I want to learn, so I try to show some effort and gratitude on a regular basis.  I was also thainking the original poster.

[Broni]

You worry too much...hehehe

[donghae]

Upon updating my HP Driver, I have found the internet to not work, yet again.
Why does this problem persist? My sister keeps telling me I ruined it. -__-;

[Broni]

Try to hardwire it straight to the modem, and see if the problem persist.
It may be either router, or network card problem.