="Don" <burnettedclothes@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F0268BE9-2B19-457D-BEDD-95E15677C41E@xxxxxx
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> Hey gang,
>
> For some reason, all of a sudden, when I wake my system after sleeping it,
> I do not have an internet connection. The connection icon in my systray,
> says " local connection only". I have to either, reboot, or go into the
> network connection and click on " diagnose and repair ". Once it does the
> repair, I then see my status as " Local and Internet". I am running Vista
> Ultimate 64 bit, and have cable model run with a router. Nothing has
> changed with that setup for some time.
>
> I have changed nothing in my system this week, that I am aware of,
> especially with regards to my network connection, only updates I have done
> is whatever Vista 64 bit update came out this week.
>
> Anyone have any ideas on why it has started doing this?
>
> Thanks for any help here,
>
>
>
> --
> Don
In Device Manager, properties for the NIC, power management tab, is "allow
the computer to turn this device off to save power" selected? If so, try
removing the checkmark.
HTH
-pk