Note: 'downloading' is here used to refer to the legal downloading of things in the public domain or released under the creative commons license. I am not discussing anything illegal. Please respect this before posting 'we cannot talk about x here'.

I've an issue currently where, whenever downloading for a period of time (usually 20-30 minutes), I am unable to connect to my network. It is given as available, I can see it in the 'networks in range' list, however I am simply told that I am unable to connect to the Internet whatsoever. This makes the downloading of some things impossible, as they are not given time to complete. The Internet cannot be restored unless I reset my computer, and resetting my router does not fix the issue; I would draw the conclusion, therefore, that the issue is with my computer and not the router.

If anyone is even thinking of suggesting that I 'scan for viruses' or 'reset my router' to fix the issue, please just go away and don't bother posting as such. You clearly know nothing. Other than that, I am open to most suggestions.

I will give 100 FG to whoever fixes my problem.

You should contact your ISP or w/e it's called in english

Good luck Ryan :]

This post was edited by Marcusd0 on Jul 17 2011 06:28am

I've tried, but they're pretty much useless. I end up being put on to someone in India, and they don't really give anything beyond general advice which hasn't worked so far about firewalls. I've long since disabled the default 'Windows Defender', and my firewall doesn't interfere with my connection at all, to my knowledge.

And thank you mate!

Hmm, I see. How long have this problem been going on?

Have anything like this before?

This post was edited by Marcusd0 on Jul 17 2011 06:34am

Since I've taken steps to encrypt my network, I suppose. It's encrypted with AES256 and the SSID is not set to broadcast (of course, the computer still picks it up, however; this essentially just acts as a second password).

I've heard of it happening to a friend, and I fixed it for him, although his was directly related to his firewall, and I'm rather certain mine isn't. So I've not reallly, no.

When securing the network you may have limited its bandwidth per user on the network itself. I work with networks daily at my job doing it for hotels across the US and we have this problem daily, users doing massive bandwidth downloads on the network its configured to disconnect / not allow / timeout users using that much bandwidth. Go into your router's configuration and set your ip address to allow that heavy traffic.

I live with several people, all without the issue I'm having. Where might this setting be found? I'm attempting to change my router configuration, as I think it might be set to 'protected mode' but I'm not sure it's actually letting me do so as this computer isn't a designated access point.

Cmd prompt ipconfig

URL bar login to your router

I'm not sure where it would be, its different per router. Try setting a static IP via your network and setting the static IP on the router as "priority".

Also be sure to update your drivers on your network devices

It sounds like your flooding either your network card or your router. Try getting a external network adapter. I recommend a USB unless its a tower then just get a newer card.

This post was edited by Dj16921 on Jul 17 2011 07:23am

Doesn't mention anything about limited bandwidth on ipconfig

I'm at the IP URL-thing where you change the router settings, but it doesn't let me modify any of the settings at all.

I can't change my IP; it's dynamic, I'm not sure you can change it to static. Even if I could, I'm unable to get into my router settings still.

Okay, I said to go to ipconfig to get the ip address (normally a 169.168.x.x) and put that into the URL to log into the router

Also the IP the ISP gives you is dynamic, your router hands out ip addresses which CAN be set to static via the router configuration. But that is all besides the point. Your problem is your computer itself. The network card can't handle the traffic that you're trying to put it through. If its a laptop get a USB wireless adapter. If its a tower upgrade the WLAN card on the MOBO which is most likely plugs into the PCI Express slot slot. But BEFORE that upgrade your drivers via the device manager and automatically find updates on the internet. Or contact your computer's maker's site and get the drivers manually.