VoronweTSG
03-18-2004, 08:02 PM
Hello,
I'm at the end of my wits, and looking for help :)
I am running a Windows 98se computer connected to a LinkSys BEFW11S4 router, which is hooked up to two other computers. The adapter in the computer in quesiton is a D-Link DFE 530TX+ PCI 10/100 Ethernet Adapter.
Here is the problem:
For the past few months I've been running this computer with a strange problem. Within an hour or so of surfing the internet, sometimes much less time, sometimes more, all internet browsers stop working. They just time out on every request to load a website. However, no other internet capability was disturbed - ICQ still worked, IRC still worked.
I had always figured it was my old ethernet card - a Siemens Realtek 10/100, that was causing the problems. So yesterday, I finally get upset at it, and decide to take it out and reinstall it, hopefully making it better.
Instead, I make it worse. I remove it from the PCI slot, put it back in, reinstall the drivers, and now all internet capability is gone. No ICQ, no IRC, websites don't even try to load, they just time-out immediately.
I thought the problem was with the ethernet card, so I bought a new one, the D-Link I have installed now. No difference. I reinstalled Windows98, and again, no difference.
I still have network connection, however, as I can explore any part of the LAN, such as going into the harddrives of the other computers on the network. The other computers, btw, have no difficulty accessing the internet.
I have tried resetting the LinkSys Router many times, changing cables, etc. I have also updated my windows' DUN files as per the suggestion of another support forum.
What could be the problem?
Thanks for any help,
Voronwe
I'm at the end of my wits, and looking for help :)
I am running a Windows 98se computer connected to a LinkSys BEFW11S4 router, which is hooked up to two other computers. The adapter in the computer in quesiton is a D-Link DFE 530TX+ PCI 10/100 Ethernet Adapter.
Here is the problem:
For the past few months I've been running this computer with a strange problem. Within an hour or so of surfing the internet, sometimes much less time, sometimes more, all internet browsers stop working. They just time out on every request to load a website. However, no other internet capability was disturbed - ICQ still worked, IRC still worked.
I had always figured it was my old ethernet card - a Siemens Realtek 10/100, that was causing the problems. So yesterday, I finally get upset at it, and decide to take it out and reinstall it, hopefully making it better.
Instead, I make it worse. I remove it from the PCI slot, put it back in, reinstall the drivers, and now all internet capability is gone. No ICQ, no IRC, websites don't even try to load, they just time-out immediately.
I thought the problem was with the ethernet card, so I bought a new one, the D-Link I have installed now. No difference. I reinstalled Windows98, and again, no difference.
I still have network connection, however, as I can explore any part of the LAN, such as going into the harddrives of the other computers on the network. The other computers, btw, have no difficulty accessing the internet.
I have tried resetting the LinkSys Router many times, changing cables, etc. I have also updated my windows' DUN files as per the suggestion of another support forum.
What could be the problem?
Thanks for any help,
Voronwe