Vista Tutorial - 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.

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.

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.