network NIGHTMARES

[engine_okrad]

recently i have been loosing connection randomly to my broadband. liek tonight, i was sittin here fine, chatting on msn and browsing a few websites. suddenly all the browser windows contained ''this page cannot be displayed''
so i restarted the modem, pc and router, but it didnt help matters.

then after about 30 mins, wow its back. then 5 mins later, same problem. however i am always able to stay on msn if i was on at the time it went out, but i cant log in again during blackout periods.

contacted tech support, they ran a disgnostic tool and told me my modem was 100% fine, no problems and it was my router.

i have two laptops connected to the router, and when i unplugged my brothers cable, connection here came back on instantly. alarm bells ringing for anyone?

[Geekgirl]

Check your CAT5 cable it may be bad. Have you gone into your router settings? Has this just begun or have you always had this problem?

[brad]

Next time reboot only the Router. See if that's it. Seen this many, many times. Especially with a Belkin Router.
brad

[engine_okrad]

well yeah i can go into the router settings, but what does that tell me? nothing, theres nothing much there ANYWAYS. what exactly would i be lookin for?

and brad, that didnt solve the problem unfortunately. and it isnt a belkin router, intellinet.

any ideas what the problem is?

[brad]

Did you try changing or swapping Cat5 cables, as suggested?
brad