Vista - Keep losing Internet Explorer connection

I have a new Gateway MT3418 notebook with Vista Home Premium pre-installed.
This notebook has an internal wireless adapter.

I have gone through all of the steps to get wireless connectivity to the
internet via my home network cable modem and wireless router. All parameters
are set up correctly, and I am able to connect either through an Ethernet
cable, or wirelessly.

Both methods work, but there is still a problem. After being online with the
internet wirelessly for a while (using Internet Explorer as my browser),
Internet Explorer will sometimes (but not always) issue an error message
saying "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". If I then check the
wireless icon at the bottom right-hand edge of the screen, I am told that
there is a wireless connection to my home network and the signal strength is
excellent. My notebook is 4 feet from the modem and router.

The only way I have found to get back online wirelessly is to reboot.

Any suggestions? Thanks.

2 possibilities that I can thing of:
1) Disable IPv6
2) Disable the DHCP Broadcast flag in Vista
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/928233

- John

"Papa" wrote:

> I have a new Gateway MT3418 notebook with Vista Home Premium pre-installed.
> This notebook has an internal wireless adapter.
>
> I have gone through all of the steps to get wireless connectivity to the
> internet via my home network cable modem and wireless router. All parameters
> are set up correctly, and I am able to connect either through an Ethernet
> cable, or wirelessly.
>
> Both methods work, but there is still a problem. After being online with the
> internet wirelessly for a while (using Internet Explorer as my browser),
> Internet Explorer will sometimes (but not always) issue an error message
> saying "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". If I then check the
> wireless icon at the bottom right-hand edge of the screen, I am told that
> there is a wireless connection to my home network and the signal strength is
> excellent. My notebook is 4 feet from the modem and router.
>
> The only way I have found to get back online wirelessly is to reboot.
>
> Any suggestions? Thanks.
>
>
>

Thank you very much. I'll give those items a try.

"usasma" <usasma@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E8E38726-14F4-4E54-906B-1121805C3AC9@microsoft.com...
>2 possibilities that I can thing of:
> 1) Disable IPv6
> 2) Disable the DHCP Broadcast flag in Vista
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/928233
>
> - John
>
> "Papa" wrote:
>
>> I have a new Gateway MT3418 notebook with Vista Home Premium
>> pre-installed.
>> This notebook has an internal wireless adapter.
>>
>> I have gone through all of the steps to get wireless connectivity to the
>> internet via my home network cable modem and wireless router. All
>> parameters
>> are set up correctly, and I am able to connect either through an Ethernet
>> cable, or wirelessly.
>>
>> Both methods work, but there is still a problem. After being online with
>> the
>> internet wirelessly for a while (using Internet Explorer as my browser),
>> Internet Explorer will sometimes (but not always) issue an error message
>> saying "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". If I then check
>> the
>> wireless icon at the bottom right-hand edge of the screen, I am told that
>> there is a wireless connection to my home network and the signal strength
>> is
>> excellent. My notebook is 4 feet from the modem and router.
>>
>> The only way I have found to get back online wirelessly is to reboot.
>>
>> Any suggestions? Thanks.
>>
>>
>>