Hi all, I have been having a strange problem with my computer: usually only when I first start up/connect, but sometimes intermittently, I have this wierd ping time out error. For example, I am connected in an IRC server, a Ventrilo server (voice chat) and a game server (World of Warcraft, Diablo II, etc). Suddenly I will get disconnected from Vent and be unable to browse webpages, but still in IRC or the games. So using TCP Optimizer, I run the largest MTU utility, and my connection is fine on the 750 byte packet, but not the 40 byte packet. In a few minutes, this condition seems to just go away by itself. In fact, just now, I ran the test and timed out on the 750, but I was still connected in Vent. I ran the test again and it went through (it usually takes more like 5 + tries or several minutes of downtime). Tapping my computers wireless button on and off seems to 'stabilize' my connection, but I don't want to disconnect from everything else I am already connected to every time I get on my laptop.
How do I go about diagnosing this issue? I'm not sure where to look.
In the event log, nothing shows up, except this error once in a while:
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: BROWSER
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8021
Date: 4/24/2009
Time: 2:23:02 AM
User: N/A
Computer: 1337B00K
Description:
The browser was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser master \\KATHY on the network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0597287D-4268-4CD5-85C6-A2C6E2883833}. The data is the error code.
Not sure if these are even related, just thought they might help.
Thanks in advance!
How do I go about diagnosing this issue? I'm not sure where to look.
In the event log, nothing shows up, except this error once in a while:
Event Type: Warning
Event Source: BROWSER
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8021
Date: 4/24/2009
Time: 2:23:02 AM
User: N/A
Computer: 1337B00K
Description:
The browser was unable to retrieve a list of servers from the browser master \\KATHY on the network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{0597287D-4268-4CD5-85C6-A2C6E2883833}. The data is the error code.
Not sure if these are even related, just thought they might help.
Thanks in advance!