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Ah, they joys of cable.
While my problem is probably not the same as yours, it has cleared up completely since installing my new NIC. Yay!

Yes, this problem too suddenly popped up on my system, but I believe I may have fixed it just this morning by simply replacing the NIC. At least try it, they don't cost sh*t!

Yup, that's the only solution the "senior" tech support could come up with. Grr.

Its too soon to tell, but this morning, I installed a new NIC, and the problem has not yet returned! I'll post again if I was wrong, but if I'm not, this is a very good thing to know!

Worth a shot, at least.

Seems like this is a fairly common problem. I'm seeing a lot of posts about it.

That solution sounds promising. I just need to know how to do it in 98 as well.

I'm currently experiencing the same problem, this thread:
https://www.speedguide.net/forums/ ... adid=79865

If that helps.... I still have no idea what the problem is

Yeah, they told me to replace the cat 5 too. But I only have to renew / release my IP. I really don't want to pay the $50 to have them come out to my house.

Oh, one more tidbit of info - this started occuring only with my new comp. It didn't happen with my old one, but there was a delay of about 2 ...

Good to know, good to know.
So, basicaly, I'm going to have a tech come out, huh? Grr, I was hoping I could fix this on my own.

Hm, I just discovered something interesting.
When the connection drops, it will start working again when I release and renew my IP in winipcfg. Any idea what this means?

EDIT:
one more thing... I can't just renew, as said above. I have to release it first.

ARGH!!!
I'm having this exact same problem, with At&t.
Here are some tidbits that could be useful:

- I have both win98 and 2000 (dual boot), and it happens with both
- When it stops working, the "PC Link" LED on my RCA modem is still lit
- This started when I got my shiny new computer, and I'm ...

GAH! I'm having this same problem, only with At&t. I have no idea what the problem is!
BTW, I have both 98 and 2000 (dual boot), and it happens in both. Tech support is clueless. HELP