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Raistlin · 28-07-2005, 01:52

Forgive me if I'm barking up the wrong tree.....I can see (I think) where Ignition is coming from on this one (maybe

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It could be something on your local machine that is affecting your connection.

If you have no firewall, no router, no protection, it is possible that your machine has been compromised in some way and your connection is being adversly affected as a result.

I would suggest that you really need to be running some anti-virus software through it, along with some spyware scanning software, to make sure that there's nothing in there that shouldn't be. As a next step you need some sort of firewall.

Once you're positive that your machine hasn't been compromised we will be able to say with more certainty that it is a problem with the connection.

To my recollection there has been more than one thread here recently with similar symptoms to yours, so it could be a dodgy connection - it pays to rule out the other possibilities first though.
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The other thing that might be causing a problem is that (and I could be wrong on this, one of the Techs will have to confirm) if you are uploading a constant stream of data which swamps your upstream connection you will sometimes get the symptoms that you describe.

You say that you are a gamer, do you get the same symptoms if you aren't playing any games? Are you running any P2P software which might be uploading?

28-07-2005, 01:52	#5
Raistlin Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Services: Depends on the person and the price they're offering Posts: 12,384	Re: Random Disconnects (patience wearing out) Forgive me if I'm barking up the wrong tree.....I can see (I think) where Ignition is coming from on this one (maybe ). It could be something on your local machine that is affecting your connection. If you have no firewall, no router, no protection, it is possible that your machine has been compromised in some way and your connection is being adversly affected as a result. I would suggest that you really need to be running some anti-virus software through it, along with some spyware scanning software, to make sure that there's nothing in there that shouldn't be. As a next step you need some sort of firewall. Once you're positive that your machine hasn't been compromised we will be able to say with more certainty that it is a problem with the connection. To my recollection there has been more than one thread here recently with similar symptoms to yours, so it could be a dodgy connection - it pays to rule out the other possibilities first though. __________________ Apologies, where are my manners? to Cable Forum __________________ The other thing that might be causing a problem is that (and I could be wrong on this, one of the Techs will have to confirm) if you are uploading a constant stream of data which swamps your upstream connection you will sometimes get the symptoms that you describe. You say that you are a gamer, do you get the same symptoms if you aren't playing any games? Are you running any P2P software which might be uploading?