Internet "poops out" - needs reboot

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Jan 24 2006, 12:03 pm
Recently I have tried to download some rather large files. Unlike in the past, however, my Internet has randomly shut itself off during the downloads, and I have to kill it and reconnect manually to get service back.

ADSL. Do you know what would cause this? Maybe this is SBCYahoo's anitpiracy measure?

Although I never said what I was downloading was illegal.

~Kujila
Jan 24 2006, 2:20 pm
It could just be the fault of your ISP. In the meantime, if you don't use a download manager and this keeps up you'd probably find this to be handy.

http://www.freshdownload.com

(That is, assuming you can stay online to download this. :P)
Jan 24 2006, 2:20 pm
Well, my router would go out every time I streamed a wmv from the net.
Jan 24 2006, 2:21 pm
In response to Sarm
Ah, thanks. The problem only occurs when a single download lasts over a few hours. If the internet is idle, it will stay on for weeks! (I lasted 23 weeks straight on my DSL with no interrupts)

~Kujila
Jan 24 2006, 2:24 pm
In response to Scoobert
I am not using a router though :(

I hope to get one (Even has WiFi!) within the month though so I can finally play my DS online ;)

~Kujila
Jan 24 2006, 2:26 pm
In response to Kujila
It might also be that your computer doesn't know that it was disconnected for x amount of time if it doesn't try to do anything, but with big downloads, it gets broken when it stops in the middle. Oh ya, can I not recommend a router. Linksys, I strongly don't recommend a linksys router.
Jan 24 2006, 2:28 pm
In response to Scoobert
Well, everything is dead when I awake in the morn. Like, the GMAIL Notifier is dead, and Mozilla won't load pages.

It just sits there until I manually make XP reconnect. :(

~Kujila
Jan 24 2006, 2:30 pm
In response to Kujila
It might be thier way of stopping piracy, or at least bandwidth hogs. Call them up and ask them why.
Jan 24 2006, 7:54 pm
In response to Scoobert
if it's DSL, sometimes the modem is designed to shut off after a certain amount of inactivity (maybe the download site got so slow it was not sending packets anymore for a while?). usually the modem has some sort of 'keep alive' feature that reconnects automatically after a disconnect (mine does that).

of course that does not explain why it stays connected when your computer is idle. :p (maybe there is a spyware/virus in there someplace spreading itself out across the net via your comp? it's occasional activity could keep the line up).

a download manager will help, in any case. GetRight is a favorite of mine under Windows.
Jan 25 2006, 6:04 am
In response to Scoobert
What's wrong with Linksys? I used one for a while and I had 0 problems with setting it up. :-/
Jan 25 2006, 7:08 am
I guess it was just a fluke, because last night it continued all night and finished the download, as well as keeping my internet connection alive through morning.

*shrugs*

I guess it was just a fluke, or something on my ISP's end, perhaps.

Thanks for the replies though, a download manager is a good idea :)

~Kujila
Jan 25 2006, 9:18 am
In response to Kujila
So my guess might have been correct? Woo!

One time, we had a power outage in my neighborhood. For the next two weeks, apparantly everyone's download speeds were .05 kilobytes per second. I had to F5 and F5 and F5 just to pull up Google.