I have Vista and DSL. I've had times where I'll go to a site and it will seem like the site is hanging. Then the network indicator (in the system tray) will turn to a "!".



My main question is, is it possible that something is wrong with one site, and Vista is "fooled" into thinking something is wrong with the whole internet connection??

Or is Vista always going to be accurate about losing the connection?

It doesn't happen often. Every few weeks I might suddenly see the globe disappear and there is just the two computers, but then the globe will return after a minute. However today I had to reboot the DSL modem and it was okay.

The problem seems to happen once every 2-4 weeks so I'm just going to wait. The thing is, this time I got the "!" but in the past I just lost the blue globe.

I have run speedtests many times and it's always the same.
I use Norton IS 2009 - it seems to be okay.

I have another question - the yellow triangle means "limited connectivity" - what does that mean, as opposed to no blue globe?

Originally Posted by Lottiemansion

Hi,

Limited connectivity is just that, you are connected to the network but at a low speed/ weak signal strength &/ or not the internet too.

Is the problem between my computer and the DSL modem, or between the modem and the internet?

I have only one desktop computer and just the DSL modem.