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Hi all, great place here that I've used many times to solve problems (without having to post my own), a terrific resource.
I'm hoping I can get some specialized knowledge here as I can't seem to find many matches for my problem.
Problem: My wireless connection drops, seemingly at random, but it's never indicated that I've lost connection or internet access. However, things that are loading (videos, even a website) will stop in the middle and not recover. If I try to load a new website, the status bar in IE9 or Firefox will say "waiting for a response from [whatever site I'm trying to access]" ...that's the most consistent part of this, "waiting for a response"
On my Compaq Presario CQ56, I hit the little wireless internet button off, wait a few seconds, hit it again and I'm back in business for an indeterminate amount of time.
I had never had this problem before. Now, I had just moved to a new place (and I'm not even sure where the router is quite yet, to be perfectly honest). No one else seems to have any internet issues at all, on no other connections (away from here) do I have any problems at all (stayed in a hotel recently, back at my old place of residence, etc.). Just here.
My info:
Compaq Presario CQ56 laptop - Windows 7 (64 bit)
2.2 GHZ, 2 GB RAM
Device Manager -> Network Adapters
- Hamachi Network Interface
- Microsoft Virtual Wifi Miniport Adapter***
- Ralink RT5390 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter
- Realtek PCIe FE Family Controller
*** - Code 10 This device cannot be started (being that it's virtual, I'm not sure what it's purpose is really...)
Things I've tried:
- Simply restarting the computer (simplest answers are sometimes the best)...didn't help.
- Going into the power management of the adapter and not allowing Windows to turn it off to conserve power...didn't help.
- Going into the advanced screen of the adapter and enabling "multimedia/gaming environement"...didn't help.
- Uninstalling all of the drivers from all of the devices listed above, restarting the computer, allowing Windows to re-install them fresh...did help, for several hours, but then I got bogged down again. ***
*** - Interesting that it worked for several hours (longest stretch of continuous internet I've had here), and that sometimes I would get stuck on the "waiting for a response from..." status, but after 5 or 10 seconds, a refresh of the page could bring it up. So it pulled itself out of it so to speak...that's not the case any longer.
Malware/virus free to the best of my knowledge.
Anything I can do to test what's causing this, fix it on my end without getting the router involved? It's Verizon Fios, by the way, if that makes a difference (it was Verizon Fios at my previous residence as well, and the one before that, no problems at all [best service I've had, in fact.]. Any help or tests would be greatly appreciated, especially because I need my laptop for work, fun and as a part-time television.
Thanks so much!
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