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Sleep & Loss of Internet connection solution
  1. 22 Mar 2007 #1


    Mary Guest

    Sleep & Loss of Internet connection solution

    I haven't used this for long, but I've found that if I change the Power
    Management setting for my Ethernet Card to select "Allow windows to turn this
    off to save power" I do not lose my Internet connection when returning from
    Sleep or Hibernation. This was suggested in a post from March 3rd, where a
    poster said that Microsoft Support suggested it. It goes against everything
    I've learned & told others about network cards, but it works. It must allow
    Sleep to turn off the card and then restart it properly.



    Now if only I could get Vista to stop dropping my DVD-RW drive after Sleep,
    I'd be happy.

      My System SpecsSystem Spec
  2. 22 Mar 2007 #2


    Robert L [MVP - Networking] Guest

    Re: Sleep & Loss of Internet connection solution

    Thank you for the tip.

    Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
    Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
    How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
    "Mary" <Mary@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5CAFCA58-5F8F-4D59-856F-70616B9605B7@microsoft.com...
    I haven't used this for long, but I've found that if I change the Power
    Management setting for my Ethernet Card to select "Allow windows to turn this
    off to save power" I do not lose my Internet connection when returning from
    Sleep or Hibernation. This was suggested in a post from March 3rd, where a
    poster said that Microsoft Support suggested it. It goes against everything
    I've learned & told others about network cards, but it works. It must allow
    Sleep to turn off the card and then restart it properly.

    Now if only I could get Vista to stop dropping my DVD-RW drive after Sleep,
    I'd be happy.

      My System SpecsSystem Spec
  3. 27 Mar 2007 #3


    Daniel Balsam Guest

    RE: Sleep & Loss of Internet connection solution

    I see how to do this on the ethernet card but I don't have the power
    management tab with this option for the wireless card. How can I change this
    setting for my wireless connection? I have this wake up lose connection
    problem and it's really frustrating.

    "Mary" wrote:

    > I haven't used this for long, but I've found that if I change the Power
    > Management setting for my Ethernet Card to select "Allow windows to turn this
    > off to save power" I do not lose my Internet connection when returning from
    > Sleep or Hibernation. This was suggested in a post from March 3rd, where a
    > poster said that Microsoft Support suggested it. It goes against everything
    > I've learned & told others about network cards, but it works. It must allow
    > Sleep to turn off the card and then restart it properly.
    >
    > Now if only I could get Vista to stop dropping my DVD-RW drive after Sleep,
    > I'd be happy.

      My System SpecsSystem Spec
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