keep alive connection

Discussion in 'Software' started by leopold99, Nov 29, 2009.

  1. leopold99

    leopold99 Private First Class

    my connection to the net used to be always on, all i had to do was to move the mouse to wake up my computer and open firefox.

    now, after reistalling my OS (winXP home), i noticed that i must periodically restart my computer and modem.

    any ideas as to what happened?
     
    leopold99, Nov 29, 2009
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  2. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    Take a look at your power settings ;)
     
    Earthling, Nov 29, 2009
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  3. plodr

    plodr MajorGeek Super Extraordinaire Moderator Staff Member

    Is your modem connected by ethernet or USB?
    Whichever one, that's where you need to look to be sure it is not set to turn off after a certain period of time. This is what Earthling meant about checking your power settings; not to be confused with power settings that you look at through your screensaver tab.
     
    plodr, Nov 29, 2009
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  4. Earthling

    Earthling Interplanetary Geek

    No plodr, I did actually mean the power settings in screen properties ;)
     
    Earthling, Nov 30, 2009
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  5. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    Not sure what you are looking for under power settings, if not for the selective suspend for usb as plodr mentioned...

    I think more information is in order? Is this a cable modem, DSL, or analog, and how is it connected to the computer?

    Until we have that information, its a craphoot.
     
    Adrynalyne, Nov 30, 2009
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  6. leopold99

    leopold99 Private First Class

    i changed my power settings from presentation to always on, no help.

    i connect through a phone line, 3 mbps.
    modem is a westell 6100.
    the computer connects to the modem by ethernet.

    i had no trouble until the re-install of my OS.
     
    leopold99, Dec 2, 2009
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  7. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

    Try upgrading your ethernet driver.
     
    Adrynalyne, Dec 2, 2009
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