I started sharing an at&t cable connection with my roommate about a month ago and am having an annoying problem where my computer doesn't stay connected for more than 5 - 10 minutes. I have to disable and then enable my network connection to get back to FTP'ing or surfing, or whatever. This isn't a problem for my roommate who keeps a constant connection without any interruptions.
The hardware we use is a Netgear MR314 router, (we also tried a Netgear RT314 with the same problem), I've got about 12 meters of Cat 5 cable running from the router to my NIC. My OS is Win XP and my roommate's OS is Win98. I really think that it is some setting with my machine, I just don't know which one.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
The hardware we use is a Netgear MR314 router, (we also tried a Netgear RT314 with the same problem), I've got about 12 meters of Cat 5 cable running from the router to my NIC. My OS is Win XP and my roommate's OS is Win98. I really think that it is some setting with my machine, I just don't know which one.
I would appreciate any suggestions.