JohnA
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join:2003-09-16
Pittsburgh, PA
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Re: [connectivity] DSL-Occasional Loss of Connectivity on only o
You're never going to be happy with what you've got. You should not be using a tray icon, and she shouldn't be using control panel. What modem does she have? Sounds like you are either doing connection sharing through her PC, or it's just all set up wrong. The sharing should be through a router, or the router portion of the modem, if it has one. |
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eliuri0
join:2006-09-18
Brooklyn, NY
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We do use a Linksys BEFSR 41 Router.
I use that computer icon in the System Tray to find out information about the current connection when there seems to be a conectivity problem.
Neither of us connects via the Control Panel or or sytem tray icon. When I said she signs out via the control panel earlier, that was when we were trying to reestablish the connectivity I had lost, while she retained hers.
I do notice that at the Device Manager [My Computer-->Properties-->Hardware]
there are TWO network adapters listed :
1) Intel Pro/1000 MT Network Connection
2) Linksys USB 2.0 Netwrok Adapter ver 2
Likewise, at Network Connections: I see two LAN icons.
1) Local Area Connection: Connected, Shared Intel Pro/1000 MT Network Connection
2) Local Area Connection 2 Network Cable Unplugged, Linksys USB 2.0 Netwrok Adapter ver 2. This icon has a red X through it.
I assume that it is unplugged because there is another network adapter [Shared Intel Pro] and therefore is somehow not functioning. I'm unsure about this though. The hardware seems properly installed as the device status says the device is working properly.
I'm not sure if this unplugged adapter is or is not part of the problem here, since there's another adapter apparently installed.
I was under the impression that Windows XP automatically sets up another LAN icon if it detects a second network adapter.
As I said, I don't know if this is related to the problems Im having with connectivity, BUT this arrangement had been this way for months before I started getting those disconnections.
Further suggestions?
-Eliuri |
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JohnA
Premium
join:2003-09-16
Pittsburgh, PA
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Modem??
If the modem is bridged properly, and the SR41 is set to PPPoE with her username and password, and you're both connected to LAN ports of the SR41, you will both have live connections. There's no need for tray icons or control pad.
edit: Control pad claims to be something different than I remember, so it may not be the problem I thought it was. I still know of no one who uses it. |
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eliuri0
join:2006-09-18
Brooklyn, NY | The Modem Type is: Westell [Wirespeed ]
It's an external modem.
The question was why I often get a limited or no connectivity reading and how I might rememdy this? |
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