Internet will suddenly stop working daily

Question

While connected wirelessly to any network, a couple of times a day or more the internet will all of sudden not work. It will stay I am connected, that there are no problems with connection, but no pages will load. It will say 'page not found' or whatever. Even if I disconnect/reconnect or reset the card, the problem will stay until I restart the computer and then it will work fine. I am on a Inspiron 1520 with a Intel wireless card and I have the latest drivers.

Any help is appreciated.

volcano11 · Answer

Try opening the Intel ProSet Utility and setting the Power Management options to always supply full power.   Steve

volcano11 · Answer

As a test, when you expereince this problem, does the connection return if you momentarily unplug and replug your router?   Steve

bball3212 · Answer

Usually I am in a place where I do not have access to the router (college campus, college apartments, etc.) So that is not an option I have available.

AirChief · Answer

I would look for forms of interference in your home.  The most common culprit is a 2.4MHz range cordless phone.  Could be a neighbor's if not yours.  I troubleshoot a lot of people's networks and have found interference to be the number one connection issue.

bball3212 · Answer

I downloaded a hot fix from microsoft that seems to be working so far (of course I still havent been to the network where it happensthe most). Anyways, in my apartment there are no phones like that or anything...it is pretty distinct because I can wait 10 hours when it stops working and it still wont work until I restart.

kerrykoz · Answer

I have an Inspiron 1521, having a similar problem, What was the Hot Fix ?  Did it resolve the problem ?

bball3212 · Answer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937168 Actually there is the actual link for the hotfix page. hope it works for you!

bball3212 · Answer

https://support.microsoft.com/contactus2/emailcontact.aspx?scid=sw;[LN];1414&from=KBHotfix&WS=hotfix

I cant remember the number of the hotfix, but after searching my internet history, this is the page I used to request it and they emailed it to me. If it doesnt work, I remember the hotfix said it has something to do with an error after you change internet permissions or something. So far no problems even with the network I usually had problems with,

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Internet will suddenly stop working daily

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