Trouble getting back on line after router is shut off....

[J Tinsby]

Doesn't XP flush the IP address when it's shut off so it's ready for a

new one when you restart it? The reason I ask is:



I have a Linksys WRTP54G wireless router that has 2 phone ports for

use with the Vonage phone company.



When we have electrical strorms I unplug everything including my cable

connection to my modem, the router and of course the 'puter. After the

storm it can take me up to 45 minutes to get an internet connection

again.



The setup is a Surfboard cable modem that feeds the Linksys then to

one of my motherboard's 2 ethernet connectors. When powering up after

a storm I power them in that order. But I continually get the message

ballon that says " A network cable has been unplugged." The ethernet

connection light on the router is either blinking or isn't on at all.

When I have a proper connection it's on solidly all the time until I

shut off the computer then it goes dark. In spite of all this I do get

a useable phone connection as the phone light on the Linksys comes on.



If I elminate the router, of course losing my Vonage, and plug the

computer in directly to the modem and power up, I get a connection

immediately.



The only way I could get THIS connection after 5 reboots of everything

was to change to the other ethernet port on my MB.



I don't think it should take all this fooling around to get an IP

address so I can get a connection.



I have tried the command 'IPCONFIG/RELEASE."



Once I have a good connection to the 'net with the above setup, I can

shut the machine off entirely, or let it sleep or hibernate and once

it starts to boot I get a solid ethernet light on the router.

Unplugging everything sends it into a frenzy!



I am using XP pro SP3 with all updates, the ISP is Comcast. What is

wrong or what am I doing wrong?



Vonage, although they try to help haven't been able to fix the

trouble, it may be beyond their purvie, but they do try.



I hope this topic is appropriate for this forum, if note please move

it to where it should have been posted.



Cheers,



J T

 

[Doug W.]

My only experience was with my tower to tower high speed

connection. I had to be hospitalized and unplugged my computer

from the wall. Two weeks later found my internet connection

down. The ISP said that it polls the connection periodically and

if there is no answering poll it shuts off the service. They say

to leave the wall plug and router alone and shut off the

computer next time that I have to leave it alone for any

extended time.



I had to phone the ISP and they restored my service without

sending a service man out athough sometimes that is necessary.



Hope that helps somewhat as it does explain at least part of the

procedure involved.

==



"J Tinsby" wrote in message

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> Doesn't XP flush the IP address when it's shut off so it's

> ready for a

> new one when you restart it? The reason I ask is:

>

> I have a Linksys WRTP54G wireless router that has 2 phone

> ports for

> use with the Vonage phone company.

>

> When we have electrical strorms I unplug everything including

> my cable

> connection to my modem, the router and of course the 'puter.

> After the

> storm it can take me up to 45 minutes to get an internet

> connection

> again.

>

> The setup is a Surfboard cable modem that feeds the Linksys

> then to

> one of my motherboard's 2 ethernet connectors. When powering

> up after

> a storm I power them in that order. But I continually get the

> message

> ballon that says " A network cable has been unplugged." The

> ethernet

> connection light on the router is either blinking or isn't on

> at all.

> When I have a proper connection it's on solidly all the time

> until I

> shut off the computer then it goes dark. In spite of all this

> I do get

> a useable phone connection as the phone light on the Linksys

> comes on.

>

> If I elminate the router, of course losing my Vonage, and plug

> the

> computer in directly to the modem and power up, I get a

> connection

> immediately.

>

> The only way I could get THIS connection after 5 reboots of

> everything

> was to change to the other ethernet port on my MB.

>

> I don't think it should take all this fooling around to get an

> IP

> address so I can get a connection.

>

> I have tried the command 'IPCONFIG/RELEASE."

>

> Once I have a good connection to the 'net with the above

> setup, I can

> shut the machine off entirely, or let it sleep or hibernate

> and once

> it starts to boot I get a solid ethernet light on the router.

> Unplugging everything sends it into a frenzy!

>

> I am using XP pro SP3 with all updates, the ISP is Comcast.

> What is

> wrong or what am I doing wrong?

>

> Vonage, although they try to help haven't been able to fix the

> trouble, it may be beyond their purvie, but they do try.

>

> I hope this topic is appropriate for this forum, if note

> please move

> it to where it should have been posted.

>

> Cheers,

>

> J T

>

>

 

[Mike S]

On 6/13/2010 10:50 PM, J Tinsby wrote:

>

> Doesn't XP flush the IP address when it's shut off so it's ready for a

> new one when you restart it? The reason I ask is:

>

> I have a Linksys WRTP54G wireless router that has 2 phone ports for

> use with the Vonage phone company.

>

> When we have electrical strorms I unplug everything including my cable

> connection to my modem, the router and of course the 'puter. After the

> storm it can take me up to 45 minutes to get an internet connection

> again.

>

> The setup is a Surfboard cable modem that feeds the Linksys then to

> one of my motherboard's 2 ethernet connectors. When powering up after

> a storm I power them in that order. But I continually get the message

> ballon that says " A network cable has been unplugged." The ethernet

> connection light on the router is either blinking or isn't on at all.

> When I have a proper connection it's on solidly all the time until I

> shut off the computer then it goes dark. In spite of all this I do get

> a useable phone connection as the phone light on the Linksys comes on.

>

> If I elminate the router, of course losing my Vonage, and plug the

> computer in directly to the modem and power up, I get a connection

> immediately.

>

> The only way I could get THIS connection after 5 reboots of everything

> was to change to the other ethernet port on my MB.

>

> I don't think it should take all this fooling around to get an IP

> address so I can get a connection.

>

> I have tried the command 'IPCONFIG/RELEASE."

> Once I have a good connection to the 'net with the above setup, I can

> shut the machine off entirely, or let it sleep or hibernate and once

> it starts to boot I get a solid ethernet light on the router.

> Unplugging everything sends it into a frenzy!

> I am using XP pro SP3 with all updates, the ISP is Comcast. What is

> wrong or what am I doing wrong?

> Vonage, although they try to help haven't been able to fix the

> trouble, it may be beyond their purvie, but they do try.

> I hope this topic is appropriate for this forum, if note please move

> it to where it should have been posted.

> Cheers,

> J T



I have an XP Pro box that I run into a router, which itself is connected

to another router. I hibernate my machine instead of turning it off, and

when I boot up it often has problems connecting, so I made a small batch

file that I run when I restart it after a hibernate. Maybe running this

batch file will help you. This is just a patch, I'm not sure what the

source of your connection problem is, but if this works it's an easy fix.



Just save this as a filename.bat file on your desktop and double-click

it to run it after when you have turned everything on but still have a

blinking ethernet light on the router. Remove the first line to change

to a default color scheme.



color 4f

cd \

cls

rem ================================

rem Releasing IP Configuration

rem ================================

rem

ipconfig /release

cls

rem ================================

rem Renewing IP Configuration

rem ================================

ipconfig /renew

cls

echo ================================

echo Done!!

echo ================================



Mike

 

[J Tinsby]

On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:53:23 -0700, Mike S wrote:



>

>I have an XP Pro box that I run into a router, which itself is connected

>to another router. I hibernate my machine instead of turning it off, and

>when I boot up it often has problems connecting, so I made a small batch

>file that I run when I restart it after a hibernate. Maybe running this

>batch file will help you. This is just a patch, I'm not sure what the

>source of your connection problem is, but if this works it's an easy fix.

>

>Just save this as a filename.bat file on your desktop and double-click

>it to run it after when you have turned everything on but still have a

>blinking ethernet light on the router. Remove the first line to change

>to a default color scheme.

>

>color 4f

>cd \

>cls

>rem ================================

>rem Releasing IP Configuration

>rem ================================

>rem

>ipconfig /release

>cls

>rem ================================

>rem Renewing IP Configuration

>rem ================================

>ipconfig /renew

>cls

>echo ================================

>echo Done!!

>echo ================================

>

>Mike





Mike,



Thanks for the batch file I will try it! The odd thing is I never used

to have this trouble.



Regards,



J T

 

[J Tinsby]

On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:27:14 -0600, "Doug W." wrote:



>My only experience was with my tower to tower high speed

>connection. I had to be hospitalized and unplugged my computer

>from the wall. Two weeks later found my internet connection

>down. The ISP said that it polls the connection periodically and

>if there is no answering poll it shuts off the service. They say

>to leave the wall plug and router alone and shut off the

>computer next time that I have to leave it alone for any

>extended time.

>

>I had to phone the ISP and they restored my service without

>sending a service man out athough sometimes that is necessary.

>

>Hope that helps somewhat as it does explain at least part of the

>procedure involved.

>==

>



Hi Doug,



It's a possiblilty I guess that the ISP is shutting off the

connection. But 2 years back I had a huge line surge during a storm

that took $1k of stuff including parts in the computer. This is a new

one I built so there's no worry about a damaged component.



I have to unplug everything here when we get a storm, to leave the

router plugged in would be deadly, they don't make this brand wireless

router anymore for use with Vonage.



Plus when I connect the computer direclty to the modem after it's been

shut down for many hours, I can get a connection immediately. So there

must be a connection available for it to lock onto.



Thank you for your reply!



J T

 

[HeyBub]

J Tinsby wrote:

> Doesn't XP flush the IP address when it's shut off so it's ready for a

> new one when you restart it? The reason I ask is:

>

> I have a Linksys WRTP54G wireless router that has 2 phone ports for

> use with the Vonage phone company.

>

> When we have electrical strorms I unplug everything including my cable

> connection to my modem, the router and of course the 'puter. After the

> storm it can take me up to 45 minutes to get an internet connection

> again.

>

> The setup is a Surfboard cable modem that feeds the Linksys then to

> one of my motherboard's 2 ethernet connectors. When powering up after

> a storm I power them in that order. But I continually get the message

> ballon that says " A network cable has been unplugged." The ethernet

> connection light on the router is either blinking or isn't on at all.

> When I have a proper connection it's on solidly all the time until I

> shut off the computer then it goes dark. In spite of all this I do get

> a useable phone connection as the phone light on the Linksys comes on.

>

> If I elminate the router, of course losing my Vonage, and plug the

> computer in directly to the modem and power up, I get a connection

> immediately.

>

> The only way I could get THIS connection after 5 reboots of everything

> was to change to the other ethernet port on my MB.

>

> I don't think it should take all this fooling around to get an IP

> address so I can get a connection.

>

> I have tried the command 'IPCONFIG/RELEASE."

>

> Once I have a good connection to the 'net with the above setup, I can

> shut the machine off entirely, or let it sleep or hibernate and once

> it starts to boot I get a solid ethernet light on the router.

> Unplugging everything sends it into a frenzy!

>

> I am using XP pro SP3 with all updates, the ISP is Comcast. What is

> wrong or what am I doing wrong?

>

> Vonage, although they try to help haven't been able to fix the

> trouble, it may be beyond their purvie, but they do try.

>

> I hope this topic is appropriate for this forum, if note please move

> it to where it should have been posted.

>



At a command prompt, type:



ipconfig /release



followed by:



ipconfig /renew



See if that helps.



Look under your couch cushions for spare change. Finding same, buy a surge

protector.

 

[Jordan]

I had that router and it sucked with Gigabit ports. Even when I forced the

NIC to 100 MB it still had issues.







"J Tinsby" wrote in message

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> On Sun, 13 Jun 2010 23:53:23 -0700, Mike S wrote:

>

>>

>>I have an XP Pro box that I run into a router, which itself is connected

>>to another router. I hibernate my machine instead of turning it off, and

>>when I boot up it often has problems connecting, so I made a small batch

>>file that I run when I restart it after a hibernate. Maybe running this

>>batch file will help you. This is just a patch, I'm not sure what the

>>source of your connection problem is, but if this works it's an easy fix.

>>

>>Just save this as a filename.bat file on your desktop and double-click

>>it to run it after when you have turned everything on but still have a

>>blinking ethernet light on the router. Remove the first line to change

>>to a default color scheme.

>>

>>color 4f

>>cd \

>>cls

>>rem ================================

>>rem Releasing IP Configuration

>>rem ================================

>>rem

>>ipconfig /release

>>cls

>>rem ================================

>>rem Renewing IP Configuration

>>rem ================================

>>ipconfig /renew

>>cls

>>echo ================================

>>echo Done!!

>>echo ================================

>>

>>Mike

>

>

> Mike,

>

> Thanks for the batch file I will try it! The odd thing is I never used

> to have this trouble.

>

> Regards,

>

> J T

>