Losing ip or internet connection

Question

I have a brand new Inspirion 531s with Vista and cat 5 wiring.  I am losing my internert connection by rebooting or after a couple of hrs of non use.  I can reset the router and my cable modem and be right back online and remain online till we time out or I reboot.  I have noticed with ipconfig that I am losing my ip addresss. I called Dell they were no help.  I have another computer using the same router and it never goes off online.  I did not have a problem with the computer that I just replaced.  I am pretty sure it is the computer or a sitting.  I am looking for things to try.

therecanbeonly1 · Answer

your wireless might be messing with your lan connection ...switch off the wireless for a few hours and test ....otherwise check if there are any new bios updates available

dallascowboyswo · Answer

Try going to Control Panel/Classic View/Device Manager.  Click on the plus sign next to network adapter.  Double Click on the your wireless adapter and then click on the Power tab. Uncheck allow this computer to turn off this device to save power.

sctiller · Answer

I do not have a wireless card however I did check just to make sure under connections and it only shows one connections.  Anything else I contacted Dell they want me to pay them.   Might get HP next time.

sctiller · Answer

Thanks I had tried that it seemed to last longer.   But still an issue anything else and thanks.

ec21042 · Answer

Try this to fix your problem: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233/en-us

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Losing ip or internet connection

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