Whats going on?

[philyb]

Every few hours now, for the past two days my internet has just died randomly. It comes up in windows saying limited or no connectivity, and I thought at first it may have been something to with my router, but when I plug it directly into the computer I get the same message, same with my laptop. So I just unplug my modem for 20-30 seconds and plug it back in, and my internet is back. What? Is my modem dying or is Virgin messing me about?

[Paul K]

Probably the modem, have you called them?

[philyb]

Not yet, I'm giving it two or three days to see if the problem persists. If it does, I'll give em a ring.

[Paul K]

You may want to check your signal levels on the modem to see if that's the issue. Which modem is it and how long have you had it?

[PeteTheMusicGuy]

I had that problem last year and turned out the blue LAN cable was dodgy. I went out and got another and that was that

[r00t]

What is the model of your modem?
Could you also post some modem stats please. :)

[12noon]

I've had the same problem over the last few days. I've unplugged my router and plugged the cable modem into my laptop and the problem has gone away. I take it that my router is playing up.

[philyb]

Haven't had the problem today...yet. When it has done it, now that I think about it I've had torrents downloading, not too fast (about 100kb/s down 10kb/s up) so I wouldn't have thought it'd be affecting anything.

I've had a scientific atlanta one for nearly 2 years.