internet keeps dropping, help please.

shorty28898

after about 2 hours on the internet (sometimes more sometimes less) my internet just drops. the only way i can get it working again is to restart the computer and sometimes turn on and off the modem. but the wierd, my laptop still gets the wireless signal that its giving off. why does the wireless still work but not the LAN? thank you.
and i have verizon,westell model 2200 with a linksys wrt54 gl if that helps at all. ay mroe info wanted? logs? .. thank you.

Thrax

Change the DNS servers in your router to:

4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2 and
4.2.2.3

Then see what happens.

shorty28898

ok done. ill tell you in a few hours whether it helps or not. thank you. can you tell me alittle what this does though?

Thrax

Those are the DNS servers the United States uses at a national level to keep track of what domain names are assigned to what IP addresses. Many connectivity issues with local ISPs are a result of crappy DNS servers failing. These addresses make sure you're using some of the best servers on the planet; servers that are always up because the western hemisphere can't do without them.

shorty28898

o ok thank you. But this did not do to much, basically everytime someone logs into AOL the connection says it is there, but it cannot be repaired, nor does AIM or firefox work. any other tricks in your book? this might work though still nto positive.

GrayFox

Try it without the router.

If it doesn't do it put dd-wrt on your router. If it still does it with dd-wrt on the router flash back the linksys firmware and rma it.

shorty28898

ok i tried the winsocket fix thing, and then did some registry cleaners and it might of helped.. not positive though. i hve 4 reg cleaners now. regcure, tweak regcleaner, ccleaner, and easy cleaner.