captseth
November 22nd, 2002, 02:34 AM
I've just done a fresh install of XP and am having trouble with my internet connection hanging. I am using a cable modem and didn't have any problems connecting with IE5.5 under WIN98SE. It appears that my browser hangs and then seems to reconnect. I first noticed the problem with windows update when it was scanning for installed updates. It starts hanging when it gets to 75% and then the browser window goes blank and hangs for about 30-90 seconds. After it reconnects it frequently won't load the next page. If I restart IE after a hang it won't connect immediately. I again have to wait for 30-90 secs for the connection to work again. during that period none of my networked programs can find a connection. When I am using my P2P software I can see the connection start up and run fine for a minute then it starts slowing down until it stops completely and loses the connection. After the 30-90 secs it reconncets and cycles like that again. any ideas???? I'm losing sleep over this one.