Frequent connection drops

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For months now, my connection speed will randomly slow down rapidly and eventually cut off all together. The only way to remedy this is to reset the cable modem. Since late May or early June I've had to reset my modem 5-10 times a day typically.

During this time, I have done a fresh install of Windows on a new HDD. I have switched network cards, too. At first I thought it was my router, but it's been doing the same nonsense when I'm directly connected to the modem.

I have an ASUS P4P800 Deluxe, P4 2.4ghz 800mhz bus, PC3200 DDR, Western Digital 120GB running Windows XP Pro.

 

Can there be some sort of physical damage to the motherboard during installation that would cause frequent connection drops? Is there a bios issue I don't know of? Or is there something in the settings specific to Comcast that I'm not aware of? Any help would be much appreciated, as I've completely run out of ideas at this point.

[jmmijo 1]

Did you get your replace power/wall pack from Comcast yet ?!?

 

I received mine but haven't had this problem. Basically there is a note inside the package that describes this very problem and that some power packs are defective and need to be replaced with the one they have supplied.

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Did you get your replace power/wall pack from Comcast yet ?!?

I received mine but haven't had this problem. Basically there is a note inside the package that describes this very problem and that some power packs are defective and need to be replaced with the one they have supplied.

Nope. The weird thing is, someone else in the house is using the same cable modem using a wireless connection, and he never drops. This is why I think it has to be my computer, I think.

[jmmijo 1]

Interesting, then do you have the Ethernet connection on the modem going to a WAP then ?!?

 

Is this something like a Linksys or Netgear WAP/Gateway box ?!?

 

Could be an issue with a setting or something causing this in the WAP instead, like a timeout of some sort.

[Tomay 0]

Had a similar problem, but in the end I found out it was my network card. If you can hook up another computer too see if the same happens.

[blakerwry 0]

if rebooting the modem resolves the problem and the computer was connected to the router (*not* the modem) then how could it be the computer?

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if rebooting the modem resolves the problem and the computer was connected to the router (*not* the modem) then how could it be the computer?

Because I get the same error when directly connected to the modem. The other computer does not. From reading other forums, quite a few others are experiencing this problem and seem to be linking it to Microsoft's IPv6 update from a few months back. Strangely enough, disabling flow control has helped tremendously...