[mrsD]

Does anyone here know about cache problems?

I found a thread in Arizona about internet dropping...like I have.
here is a quote:

Had Same Problem....What I Did To Fix It.
Hello, i had the exact same problem aa you. I would turn on Windows and internet would work for about 30-60minutes. Then all of a sudden it would stop. MSN Messenger would still operate if i had opened it before my internet browser stopped working. I too use Mozilla Firefox, and once after the 30-60minute time period, both Mozilla & Internet Explorer would seize to work.

I spent weeks trying to figure out the problem.....ie. Clearing cache. etc.....
What i found out was that i had a problem with my DNS.
To fix it, all i did was a simple flush of my DNS......TADA!! working internet again.

In order to Flush your DNS.......
* Click Start > Run.
* Type in 'cmd' to open Command Prompt. Press Enter.
* Once opened, type: ipconfig /flushdns ***Note*** Use Exact Spelling.
* If successful, it will say "Successful Flush Of DNS Cache"...such as such.....
* Close Command Prompt (cmd)...and your internet should be working again.

****Note**** Flushing you DNS will NOT disturb any downloads or cut your Instant Chat programs.

Hope This Works,

This is the thread:
http://forum.oscr.arizona.edu/showthread.php?t=1117

Yesterday we could not run this unit...and I started getting OLD cached posts of the index. This is after I increased the cache on Saturday to 100MB.

I'm sending this to my son to interpret. I am afraid to do it myself..
The basic problem is that the internet works "sometimes" and not others.
It seems to work fine for a while on and overnight reboot, then start crashing later. And we do Spybot fairly often, and this thread mentions SpyBot leaving remanents behind to contaminate the cache. I sort of get this but not completely.

Any thoughts?

[Brian]

Hi Mrs D, i had a similar problem using ADSL, it worked fine for a while then no internet connection, with mine it was only a matter of turning off the router for a minute or so, then when i turned it back on, browser worked perfectly again.
just a thought,
oh yeah, this is handy guide for most browsers for clearing your browser cache http://support.lexis-nexis.com/lexis...cleID=wg_cache
Brian

[MelodyL]

What ever happened to the good old days when you just sat down in front of the computer, turned it on, took your mouse, clicked on the icon and you WERE ON THE INTERNET.

Now you have to know about Caches, and flushing this, and browsers, and mozilla this, and Vista that!!! And what the heck is ADSL??? sounds like ADD. Good grief.

My head is spinning. I just tried to call my phone company to ask a question. I was told "talk to the system", by some robot voice. I then asked to speak to an operator. All of a sudden everything switched to Spanish. THANK GOD I CAN SPEAK SPANISH. I would have been doomed. I just asked (in spanish), to please be connected to an operator. Sure enough, the guy comes on and says "por favor"?? I said "do you speak english?" He burst out laughing.

I'm not kidding. I have to constantly learn stuff every day if I'm going to keep up with what the young ones are doing.

I'm now trying to learn about audio files. AND I'VE GOT A MEDIA CENTER PC for crying out loud.

So I do hope my dear Mrs. Doubtfire that your son can explain stuff to you.

Maybe then you can come and explain it to us. lol

Melody

[Jomar]

the most I even had to do was shut off everything
{DSL modem, router, computer}, wait 1 minute, turn all the rest back on and reboot pc.

I did have to re install the Verizon CD after some of my hard drive redos.

I've never done a DNS flush.

[Brian]

Mel, you most probably heard of DSL, the " A " beforehand only stands for " asymmetric" / DSL.
As far cleaning the cache you shouldn't have to really worry about that unless you notice your pages loading up painfully slowly, its a simple procedure anyway, i have never flushed anything either, except but my car radiator.lol.
Brian

[mrsD]

I am pretty fed up....

We dumped the cache tonight. It seems I cannot leave my computer on anymore. The only way to get online is to turn it off for at least an hour.

My husband left it on tonight, and I woke up around 2am, and it is cutting off and on. If I sit here and wait the blinking stops. I do notice that the router is blinking all 4 lights (this unit is on port 2) when the down happens. What do you think that means?

We have taken the system down, and left it for 15 minutes (both modem and router) and rebooted...no difference.

Also, I couldn't get on YouTube at all tonight...gave that up.
So now what?
New Router? New network card? (Son seems to think a new card is in order)...but wouldn't I be totally down if that were the case?

This is mega frustrating. But I do appreciate all tips and other thoughts.

[MelodyL]

Mrs. D.

Are you using a laptop, or a regular desktop PC.??? And how old is it anyway??

mel

[mrsD]

desktop.... 512 RAM.

We are backing up....asking ourselves...

What does rebooting do? A full reboot from shut off? Not a restart.

Well, it dumps the RAM.
Son is considering a new ethernet card.
It seems I get a certain period of time on each reboot, and whatever happens then, I crash eventually. I dump the cache twice a day now.

We did the DNS flush yesterday, and it didn't do anything.

Also it seems YouTube or other video shortens my stay online considerably.
We don't download anything, play games or watch TV online.
We are very conservative users compared to others.

I switched the port again on the router, to see if that is it. I've disconnected the backup drive, shut down the widgets my husband installed, closed the AT &T support tool, there is nothing else. We do not view porn or weird things.
We ran Avast and Spybot to no avail. Just the typical double click cookies etc. which are quarantined.

We are reaching a place of replacing this. But first we will try to replace the router.

[MelodyL]

It could be your motherboard.

I once had to bring in my old computer (the one that ran Windows 98). long long time ago. The motherboard was corrupted (or something like that).

The man just wiped out the hard drive, loaded the Windows 98 softward (and whatever else was on the disc). and I just paid $25.00 (now this was over 10 years ago, so I gather it's more money now).

But when I got home, it seemed like I had a brand new computer on my hands.

Everything worked just fine.

You might just want to look into replacing your computer (there are christmas sales all over the place).

And if it is your modem that is doing this (disconnecting from the internet, not lasting to long on the internet, etc. etc.) well, you might have to replace the modem.

I'm no computer whiz. Not by any means. I have to be walked through steps all the time.

I give you a lot of credit. I my internet connections kept stopping, I'd probably call up Verizon and make them walk me though the steps of fixing, whatever has to be fixed.

I remember once being on the phone with them for 3 hours.

For some reason, I couldnt' get my email, sign in or anything.

The guy had to change all the codes in my software, but in 3 hours (I was sweating by then, believe me), but the verizon tech guy and me, well, we figured it out, I followed instructions and then all was fine.


If this DOES NOT WORK for you. I'd simply take my pistol, aim it at the computer and say "bye bye sucker'.

Drives you nuts sometimes, don't they?


P.S. I forget to mention, you might need more RAM. There's all kinds of RAM, there's SD Ram. That's what I think I've got. I have 1 .0 GB of memory in mine.

[mrsD]

times have changed.... AT & T wanted $99.00 to help me. I waited on hold for over an hour on Sat, with this problem. When I said-- holy cow... she offered $69.00 for the fix (no guarantee) or $139.00 for 6mos contract.
I'd rather apply that $$ to a new computer.

My son is pretty good... I depend on him. But if this is too complicated we will replace. He was going to give us 512 RAM with installation for Xmas.
I just might get a new tower. We'll see. I should get off the net as it is.
It is just too addictive for me. Maybe this is a "sign" from my guardian angel? LOL

I just tried to edit something on PN, and got a bunch of red x's. Didn't like the edit thingey ...whatever it is.