You mentioned a "switch". It would be helpful to know what the setup is that you use to connect to your DSL service, but if you're talking about a router, they frequently have a setting that is used to periodically re-establish your connection and assign a new IP address to you. Your noticing that it occurs every 30 minutes can be a symptom of this. This setting is problematic to a lot of people (including me) and can be turned off. If you're using a router, check the documentation.
first, sorry I am not good with names, im from sweden the definisions are sometimes diffrent ( dsl=broadband) =)
second, its not a router i got a D-link ethernet
switch , i know the problem is somewhere in this new computer cuz the other 2 computers in this house works perfectly as did my old pc..
could it be that this new pc just dont have a good network-card which can handle the kind of traffic I put it to?? (its a built-in motherboard, on the other hand so was my old and the other 2 pc)
There is the problem. You can not run two machines on a switch that is connected to a modem. You are getting only one IP address from the ISP and the swicth can not "route" that address. That is the reason to have a router.
im really started to think swedish vs american definitions are completly difrent!! what we call broadband is maybe what u call cable.. there is no modem involved and my net-provider gives 5 diffrent ip adresses, and as i´ve said earlier, until 2 weeks ago when i still had my old pc.. i think its probebly as confussing for me to explain my problem as it is for u to understand hehe =)
Okay, I ran into this issue with a Polish ISP also. They were pushing down 6 IP Addresses. The disconnects may be still coming from the fact you are using a hub instead of a switch.
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You mentioned a "switch". It would be helpful to know what the setup is that you use to connect to your DSL service, but if you're talking about a router, they frequently have a setting that is used to periodically re-establish your connection and assign a new IP address to you. Your noticing that it occurs every 30 minutes can be a symptom of this. This setting is problematic to a lot of people (including me) and can be turned off. If you're using a router, check the documentation.
Good luck.
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im really started to think swedish vs american definitions are completly difrent!! what we call broadband is maybe what u call cable.. there is no modem involved and my net-provider gives 5 diffrent ip adresses, and as i´ve said earlier, until 2 weeks ago when i still had my old pc.. i think its probebly as confussing for me to explain my problem as it is for u to understand hehe =)
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