Internet stops anytime I play streaming video

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:02 am

If there are webpages with embedded realplayer or windows media video, my internet comes to a screeching fucking halt.

If I click on a link, and it opens up a video in and external realplayer or windows media player, my internet comes to a screeching fucking halt.

what this means is, my connection just disappears. I cant check email, cant browse the web, cant do a god damn internet related thing. Everything stops.

I'm seriously on the verge of breaking everything in sight

This just started happening, and apparently for no god damned reason.

Everytime this happens, I unplug my router and plug it back in real quick, and in about 10 seconds everything is back to normal.

Please help me so I dont murder someone

FoJaR · Post by **FoJaR** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 2:04 am

my internet used to do this, only instead of me opening videos over the internet, i think it had something to do with the will of zeus, because it was totally unpredictable.

at least you know what's causing it.

Noah · Post by **Noah** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:18 pm

Only internet connected programs cease functioning?

Can you try pinging a website when this happens next time?

Open command prompt, type "ping google.com"

Also, do you have to restart your computer when this happens in order to restore your connection?

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:59 pm

its not that the program stops working, just the internet....

say I go to a site that has streaming realplayer videos

I click the link, it opens realplayer. Realplayer will just sit there.

I close realplayer, try to do something else in Firefox, and the status bar will just say "Connecting to......." then after a bit it will say "www.google.com can not be found"

I will try pinging

no I dont have to restart the computer. Just a quick unplugging of the router and then plugging it back in (the power, not the internet cable) will take care of it

squ1d · Post by **squ1d** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:33 pm

Andvil, a friend of mine at work was having an issue like that. He isn't sure if it is his NIC, his router or his gateway. I think he was saying it was his gateway, I'll talk to him tomorrow for an update.

Does anyone else in your place share your connection, i.e. someone else on a router?

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:55 pm

yeah, my brother's computer is hooked into it