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| Thread ID: 105854 | 2009-12-16 09:54:00 | connection lost after sleep mode | linw (53) | Press F1 |
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| 840223 | 2009-12-16 09:54:00 | Looking for ideas . I made up a system identical to mine using an ASUS P5Q Pro mobo with Win7 . The problem is that this system drops the ethernet connection if it goes into sleep mode . Win7 will reconnect it in troubleshoot mode . The router it connects to is a WAG200G . We thought it was fixed after setting the NIC to not allow the pwr save option in device mgr but it seems this was a false hope . It is more stable but still isn't fixed properly . Tried changing cable and router port . Mine certainly never does this (WL-520GU router) . We will try a PCI card to see whether this fixes it but has anyone seen this sort of thing before? |
linw (53) | ||
| 840224 | 2009-12-16 10:13:00 | Did you install the ASUS LAN drivers?? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 840225 | 2009-12-16 10:18:00 | Have you tried reinstalling the adapter? Uninstall in device manager, then reboot and let Windows redetect it and reinstall the driver. Blam |
Blam (54) | ||
| 840226 | 2009-12-17 08:33:00 | Thanks, guys, good suggestions on re-checking the drivers . I'll get that done . My driver is from Microsoft so I'm betting the crook one is the same . Cheers . |
linw (53) | ||
| 840227 | 2009-12-17 17:45:00 | Occasionally this happens with my pc. Right click the system tray icon > Repair. I have no idea why - only sometimes - the internet connection is lost after sleep mode, but the Repair works. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 840228 | 2009-12-17 22:11:00 | Yes, this is exactly the situation with my friend's one. It looks like the router can't see it anymore so gives up on it and it needs Windows to give it a shout to re-establish the link. Or something like that!! What router do you have, Steve? |
linw (53) | ||
| 840229 | 2009-12-18 18:15:00 | Yes, this is exactly the situation with my friend's one. It looks like the router can't see it anymore so gives up on it and it needs Windows to give it a shout to re-establish the link. Or something like that!! What router do you have, Steve? Dynalink |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 840230 | 2009-12-19 10:39:00 | The connection via the router is not a permanent one, each connection expires after a certain time. The connection contract is renewed when Windows is booted, it is not renewed on coming out of standby. The length of the contract is set in your router & is adjustable. The reasonn for this is to reduce the chances of malware bringing your computer out of standby over a long period. I reckon it should be rebooted every 24 hours to clear the memory and reconnect to the Internet. |
mzee (3324) | ||
| 840231 | 2010-01-17 03:34:00 | Well, I finally have the solution . Friend left his computer here for the weekend and I have now found the problem after hours of mucking around! With at least this particular mobo/win7 combo you need to set the NIC (Atheros AR8121) power management to allow comp to turn off device and also tick the boxes against 'Allow this device to wake the comp' and 'Only allow a magic packet to wake the comp' . (The latter stops LAN activity waking the machine all the time) . Mine is set this way because I wanted GBPVR to be able to wake the comp from sleep but this was not needed in my friend's computer so I didn't check these items . I am happy but just wish I had tried this a whole lot earlier! Just might be useful for you, Steve?? |
linw (53) | ||
| 840232 | 2010-01-17 19:30:00 | Hmm I've got the same NIC in this, but those entries were already ticked by default | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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