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  • MarkTiarra
    Confirmed User
    • Aug 2002
    • 3833
    #1

    Losing Net Connection When PC Goes Idle

    I've got fiberoptic service here and my router is logged on with PPPoE. Not all the computers in the house have this happen and it only seems to happen with FTP and HTTP (My yahoo widgets that are grabbing info seem to stay conntected). Any idea what is causing this and how to correct it?

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    • KRosh
      So Fucking Outlawed
      • Nov 2001
      • 5114
      #2
      check power save settings
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        • comeplay
          Confirmed User
          • Nov 2004
          • 1435
          #3
          what kind of router?
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            • Barefootsies
              Choice is an Illusion
              • Feb 2005
              • 42635
              #4
              Sounds like something on the ISP end.

              A lot of ISP's will disconnect you if you are idle for 10-20 minutes. This is nothing new. The trick is to either have a router that keeps it 'live' or keep up something like outlook, gmail, or something checking e-mail every few minutes.

              I've heard some routers do this as well, sending small packets to keep the connection live, but I do not have any direct experience.

              If you have something (like e-mail) active, then it will show on the ISP end that you are still active, and not disconnect you.

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                • minusonebit
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Feb 2006
                  • 7391
                  #5
                  heh, if you are paying the prices one has to pay for fiber optic service, I'd be screaming bloody murder. Its a dedicated circuit, right? So the ISP has no right to throttle or time you out.

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                    • LHG
                      Registered User
                      • Jan 2006
                      • 21
                      #6
                      Change your settings so your computer doesn't go to sleep. That's the default, but it's useless.

                      Control panel/Display/Screen Saver/Power/System Standby/Never - System Hibernates/Never; Turn off hard disk/Never

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                        • candyflip
                          Carpe Visio
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 43070
                          #7
                          I love Yahoo widgets.

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                            • artman
                              Confirmed User
                              • Nov 2005
                              • 770
                              #8
                              happened to me a few months back, turned out i had some sort of virus that norton wasn't catching but i installed avg and it found it

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                                • tomud
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jun 2002
                                  • 7993
                                  #9
                                  power settings !!

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                                    • MarkTiarra
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Aug 2002
                                      • 3833
                                      #10
                                      Well I've had it set to always on so it's not that.

                                      I have a Yahoo widget pinging my Google account and that keep getting the info - it's just http and ftp that close out.

                                      Also it's only this one machine, the others in the house are fine. Must be some weird virus issue as you say... I'll look into that.

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                                        • BV
                                          wtf
                                          • Sep 2001
                                          • 10914
                                          #11
                                          could be the dns settings maybe

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