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Internet Connection Drops After A Few Hours Until Reboot (SOLVED)
Boggin:
Glad to see you may have found the cause.
I assume you will be asking for one of their routers.
We have a much simpler system in the UK.
For the most part we get our broadband through the phone line from the nearest exchange street cabinet, although there are some companies that use a coax connection in the home.
For Fibre connections it's much cheaper to use the ISP's supplied router although I had my own while I was on ADSL prior to changing to Fibre.
DanTheTechMan:
Unfortunately, here in the US, the ISP supplied routers are pretty heavily locked down, and I need to be able to tweak settings that just wouldn't be possible with an ISP supplied router, so asking for one of their routers just isn't an option. A technician is scheduled to come out to install some wall jacks and look at my equipment in a little over a week (that's unfortunately the earliest I could get an appointment). I'm still not completely convinced that the aforementioned FIOS issue is the only issue at play, as my WiFi never went out, it was only the connections on my desktop, so I'm hoping that by the time the technician does arrive, I will have solved whatever else is causing issues with my connection, if there are any other issues.
Boggin:
Did you check to see if the connection remains stable or not in Safe Mode with Networking.
If it still drops out then it won't be because of any programs you have installed.
DanTheTechMan:
Yes. I just checked. It doesn't drop in safe mode. While in safe mode, I did some more investigating. I disabled some components of my security suite that may be interfering with my internet connection. I will report back with the results.
Boggin:
If that doesn't do it then go Start - type msconfig and press enter.
Under Start-up click on Disable all - Apply - OK - Restart and check again.
If that resolves then you will need to enable one item at a time until you find the one that is causing the problem - Apply - OK - Restart.
If it still drops with those disabled, then go back into msconfig and click on Services.
Check the box to Hide all Microsoft services - Disable all - Apply - OK - Restart.
If that resolves then enable 2 or 3 items at a time until the problem returns then it will be a process of elimination of the last group you had enabled.
When you uncheck the box for your antivirus program in Services, you may find that it reinstates itself when you click on Apply.
Remember to check the box to Hide all Microsoft services each time you go into msconfig/Services.
Given that you have to wait about 2hrs to check, this will be a long process, but hopefully worthwhile.
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