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Originally Posted by type-r
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Originally Posted by homealone
what I was thinking, too, it was the 'even when unplugged' that seems to be a clue, as logically, if the router is set to be the DHCP server & is unplugged when the lease request is sent, it will time out the connection ??
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during the setup wizard the router will have probably been configured to be the 'DHCP server' for your sisters system
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/DHCP.html
but a 'lease' of your address only lasts so long & has to be periodically 'renewed', so if the router is offline when the renewal transaction is supposed to occur, you will lose the IP you have been assigned and the connection will drop.
- i.e. try leaving the router & modem permanently plugged in & see if the problem goes away
