I had a similar problem posted as "Browser goes to sleep", and received, as
you have, a number of good suggestions, from list members. Tried everything,
and I mean everything. Well almost. This losing of connection had been
happening since I acquired my Dell with xp Home O/S in June of this year and
it had been driving me nuts. My free Norton AV trial included with the Dell
expired last week and I uninstalled NAV and replaced it with Avast. Lo and
Behold, the disconnect problem simply disappeared and has not recurred. Not
only that but my browser speed has increased and a slow tedious boot-up has
improved dramatically. You might want to test uninstalling Norton AV if you
have it  (make sure you download Avast or one of the other freeware AV's
before uninstalling and replace immediately  with the freeware AV and see if
that resolves the problem.
Good luck

Maurice Reid
----- Original Message -----
From: "gregory Moyer" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2004 4:57 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] losing broadband connection


> I frequently lose my broadband connection, my server says its my computer,
and
> dell says its a problem with my server. I connect with a cable modem. I
will be
> viewing pages and it will say page cannot be displayed, and my e-mail will
also not work. I must go into local area connection status and click on
repair to
> get connected again. this works for awhile then I lose my connection
again.
> all cables are secure, and my server can ping my computer. my os is
windows xp home edition.
>
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