I'm afraid I don't understand why having security cameras requires a 24/7 
Internet connection.  Is he sending the images off-site, or trying to access 
them remotely?

  Is his IP address static or dynamic?

  Can he still ping the modem/router when it's in this state?

  "MO connections"?  Sorry, not a term I recognize.

  "email and browse" What email program?  What browser?  WHAT ERROR MESSAGE?	

David Gillett


On 24 Mar 2006 at 11:11, Orf Bartrop wrote:

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> A friend of mine has been having Internet difficulties for some
> considerable time. It was not that important until he started to
> leave his computer running 24 hour a day. The reason for 24/7 is he
> now has video security cameras set up to monitor and record 
> intrusions. The problem was apparent before the cameras were fitted.
> What happens is after some hours of sitting idle his computer, for
> no apparent reason, is no longer able to contact the Internet
> (email or browse) and both his computer and modem/router have to be
> shut down and restarted to get it working again. Interestingly, 
> sometimes he is able to use PalTalk.
> He has changed his modem/router, Ethernet cable, ISP and Local
> Connection (from an Ethernet board to the MO connections) to no
> avail (his Internet connection is ADSL).
> I ran MS's Local Connection Repair option and also WinsockFix.
> Neither has fixed the problem. The only clue given was the Repair
> program said that it was unable to find the IP address, although at 
> the time he was connected to the Internet.
> Anyone any clues as to what could be causing this dropout?
> 
> Orf Bartrop
> 
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