Hey, a buddy of mine has an asus a7v-8x motherboard which has built in nic. It connects fine to his switch which is connected to a modem. The problem is that it just goes down a lot. Not the modem, a new one has been tried...but something else must be wrong. It just drops connection every once in a while, and he tells me the only way he can fix it, is if he restarts the modem. any ideas?

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sounds to me like it could be a few things..

-dirty signal coming to the modem.
*how to find out: Try running the system strictly through a network after the connection has been dropped. If you can touch another computer locally, then you've just pinpointed your problem.

-dirty signal across the network.
*how to find out: Resetting the modem sends a srong message out across the network. Oftentimes this signal is enough to jump start a dying connection. Solution? Try some nicer networking cable. Buy some expensive double shielded Cat6 Gold. Buy Belkin or Dynex. If the problem still occurs, return the cables. Don't waste 50 bucks because of an experiment.

-Lack of power
*How to find out: Buy a battery backup and run the computer, monitor, modem, and switch off of it. If it still cuts out, keep the damn thing anyways. Nobody should be running a computer without a UPS.

Hopefully that helps. You were kinda vague, but those are the most common things that I see causing network loss. I forgot to mention, if you're recieving dirty signal through the cable line, call the company. You probably need filtered cable if you don't already have it. And yes, there is a special kind of coaxial cable that they have specifically for broadband internet access. Otherwise, just have them send a technician out to see if they can route out the problem.

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Err what? Since when do they use a special cable for broadband? Maybe they made one designed for it, but it isn't required. I went to my friend's house who had regular cable, and AOL for internet (56k, ewwwW). When the lan party group arrived, I took my cable modem, which had been from my house, and plugged it into his cable line. Worked great

Anyway, you may also have a weak signal, and may require a signal booster, or remove some of the splitters on the line.

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Sounds like a driver problem to me.

I was getting this problem awhile back with an onboard NIC on a Biostar board. The only way I found to fix it was to bypass the onboard NIC altogether and use a PCI NIC.


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