wireless networking - Constant Limited Access

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2014-07
  • Brendan Reed

    I recently switched ISP's and while I am very happy with the performance I'm getting, I am constantly getting limited access on my connection. I am fairly close to the modem/router and the modem/router isn't close to any phone or any wireless device. If I leave my computer on for the day to download a file, I'll come back several hours later and the file won't be downloaded because I got limited access. It's very frustrating. Any help would be appreciated. My modem/router is a Motorola SURFboard, brand new.

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  • Arve Systad

    From time to time (twice a day, once a week - hard to tell really), I suddenly get "Limited access" on my internet connection, and I see no obvious reason for this.

    • It's on a wired network, so no unstable WLAN-issues here

    • It's not the router nor the modem, everything works fine with my two other computers (both wired and WLAN).

    • Motherboard with NIC is an Asus Striker Extreme (2x 1000mbit). Tried both. Both have the same problem.

    • I'm running Windows 7 RC. This never happened when using Vista. Could possibly be some driver not being stable in Win7, but if so - which one? Tried several motherboard driver versions (including NIC-driveres).

    • Disabling and then enabling the network connection often fixes it. Not always though - sometimes i just have to wait for a few minutes.

    • No error messages anywhere

    Anyone seen this before? I'd really like this fixed, it's damn annoying.


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  • Jared Harley

    Do you have the Cisco VPN Client installed? That caused me massive problems with my Win7 setup, and something similar to what you describe.