Losing internet connections
I have a problem I would like some help with. I have 3 Dell laptops all with Win XP pro and all on the same wireless network. Two of the 3 stay connected to the internet 100% of the time and the third loses connectivity about every 12 hours and I get the 10055 loopback error. When I reboot, the internet is fine. (Obviously not the router because 2 of the 3 work fine all the time).Recently I bought and installed a new wireless printer on one of the laptops that never dropped the internet before. Now that laptop is also dropping the internet about every 12 hours while the 3rd one is still fine.In an effort to understand the problem I ran Msinfo32 and compared the components->network->protocol files and noticed that on the two that drop the internet the only difference I can see is that MSAFD NetBios tcp/ip settings have "Supports Guaranteed Bandwidth" set to NO. The one that works fine has "Supports Guaranteed Bandwidth" set to YES.Then I did a system restore on the one that I installed the wireless printer on. I restored prior to printer installation and checked MSinfo32 and found "Supports Guaranteed Bandwith" was set to YES and the computer no longer drops the internet. (After installing the new printer the "Supports Guaranteed Bandwith" was set to NO).I have run the Winsock Fixit which did not work.From this I believe that I need to set "Supports Guaranteed Bandwidth" to YES on the laptop that was never dropping the internet but is now since the printer install. How do I do that? or is there another possible scenario that fits this data. 2 people need an answerI do too
July 27th, 2010 5:35pm

My brother have this problem too there is internet connection in my laptop (vista) but he doesnt have on his pc (xp) and i tried all internet browser programs but there is no internet please help ( me and him are connected to the same DSL with cables not wireless)
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December 8th, 2010 2:38pm

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