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Squiddy · 15-05-2008, 14:48

Hi, I have recently started using Virgin Broadband, (20 mbit) package.

The problem:

I am getting a very intermittent connection. My connection drops in and out constantly for a few minutes at a time, although when it's working speeds are fine.

I have set up static IP's for the 3 other internet capable devices in my house, but they don't seem to have a problem (I will check this again later as I'm not 100% sure about that), but when assigning my PC a static IP I get this horribly unstable connection.

I have disabled DHCP as well, but even when it was enabled it was still terrible.

When I remove my static IP from the router and the static IP settings on my own PC it works a little better, but I still get connection losses just nowhere near as many as I'm getting now.

This is a problem though because I need to set up static IP's to be able to port forward properly and use applications without fault.

I'm using Windows XP, have a clean and powerful PC, using a Netgear WGR614 v6 wireless router and I live in Worthing, (BN13, South East).

15-05-2008, 14:48	#1
Squiddy Inactive Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 4	Intermittent connection Hi, I have recently started using Virgin Broadband, (20 mbit) package. The problem: I am getting a very intermittent connection. My connection drops in and out constantly for a few minutes at a time, although when it's working speeds are fine. I have set up static IP's for the 3 other internet capable devices in my house, but they don't seem to have a problem (I will check this again later as I'm not 100% sure about that), but when assigning my PC a static IP I get this horribly unstable connection. I have disabled DHCP as well, but even when it was enabled it was still terrible. When I remove my static IP from the router and the static IP settings on my own PC it works a little better, but I still get connection losses just nowhere near as many as I'm getting now. This is a problem though because I need to set up static IP's to be able to port forward properly and use applications without fault. I'm using Windows XP, have a clean and powerful PC, using a Netgear WGR614 v6 wireless router and I live in Worthing, (BN13, South East).