Is
http://support.microsoft.com/default...b/933872/en-us your
problem?
In addition, be sure you have the latest firmware for your router
and driver for your network card.
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:01:01 -0700, jhackp3b8
<jhackp3b8@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:
>My problem is that when my computer goes into sleep mode, once it is wakened,
>I have to restart the computer in order to reconnect to the internet. If I
>don't the network says "identifying NETGEAR (my home network)" and under
>Access: it says Local only instead of Local and Internet. I tried doing the
>power options thing, but my computer was already set to the option suggested.
>I also tried the command prompt thing, but I have no idea what it means or
>what I should do about it. It is incredibly inconvenient to restart the whole
>system in order to regain internet connectivity with my network. The only
>thing I can think of is resetting the sleep options so that either it
>doesn't sleep or to set the timer to a much higher time. That's ok if it's
>plugged in, but if I'm using the battery that option will eventually kill the
>battery life. Please help...
>
>"BuzzLightyear" wrote:
> Quote:
>> To make Windows go to sleep mode correctly I have to disable the option to
>> wake up the system with the keyboard, otherwise it goes to sleep mode but
>> suddenly restarts. Also, after restoring from sleep mode, network
>> connectivity doesn't work and using Network diagnosis I have to restore LAN
>> settings
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
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