Hi all!
I have Toshiba WBG-1200A ADSL modem. The modem is wireless and it's controlled via html pannel (connected to my PC via ethernet cable). I can sucessfuly connect to internet via either cable or wireless connection and all works fine for the first few hours...
But then, all of a sudden I loose the access to the internet. Let me be more specific. I only loose access to web sites, while p2p, file sharing and messengers are working fine all the time, it's just the access to web sites that doesn't work. Furthermore, if, instead of typing the URL address I type IP of a website, it works! This points out towards a communication problem between DNS and my system. I'm sure that it's not a modem, since I need to restart the computer (not the modem) in order to resume the normal operation for the next few hours. I have another PC connected to the same router, but that one doesn't time out...
So, it must be the difference between the two that creates the problem, I hear you say... Correct! And the only obvious ones are Zone Alarm Firewall and Kazaa Lite...
Is it possible that Kazaa Lite (my main suspect!) is taking over the ADSL connection and not allowing the modem to retrieve the web sites? Is this just a peculiar for Toshiba modems? What sort of link does it have with DNS server (is it possible that DNS is tripping my modem out?)and can I avoid it? This doesn't happen when I connect the same computer (with the same software) to my works network, but there we don't have ADSL, we have T1, but they both use the same RJ connector (and that means same protocols in my PC). So we close the circle, cause if the protocols in my PC are always the same, the thing working on work network means that my modem is faulty, but it's the PC, not the modem that need to be restarted in order for the normal operation to resume...
One obvious answer is not to run Kazaa Lite and messenger, but I share some of my work this way (the only way I know that I can afford) and Messenger is a way of life...
Thank you for all your suggestions
Vlad
