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why does net keep dropping?

this laptop that i am using in my work. i realise that recently the net will just drop from this pc and even though it is showing connected, it will not load a page....

if i restart the machine it fixes the problem....

this happens sometimes every few hours or sometimes once for the day

why is this?
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is it wireless or wired?
maybe the laptop has power saving enabled and if you don't active use wi-fi or ethernet it may power down those ports.

so check the power saving settings and adjust them
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my power plan is on balanced

it is wireless internet

the internet drops while i am using...it dropped just now and i restarted the machine and then i asked this question
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it is just my pc that seems to be disconnected....the rest works
areyou sureyou have to restart the whole laptop?
can you switch off the wifi and then switch it back on see if that reconnects?
i never tried the wifi method but i guess if it happens again i can try that method?
now that your down to ur specific machine and wireless

lets look at the wireless manager

is it windows....
if its a dell machine - dell has its own wireles manager

sometimes enableing and disableing the wireless NIC in network connections will restablish without the need for a reboot
maybe you accidentally hit the wi-fi button and disable the signal.  ;-)
nope...the wifi always on...
yes its windows
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no i only use this at school.....so far for the day it hasnt happened again...only once