Is killer e2200 killing my internet connection?

[RustyMiester]

Just recently started using an Ethernet cable for gaming onlin. but after a while the internet cuts out for the whole house. it will eventually come back on over time but then cuts out again. i unplugged my Ethernet after this problem and found it to be my ether net cable causing the problem anyway. i had this problem before but then got a wireless adapter which made the problem go away, but now its come back. (also wanted ethernet because my wireless signal is crap). is killer e2200 app killing my internet connection?? if i plug back in my cable the internet is fine but then loses connection and eventually says unidentified network, no internet connection and no ip configured "local area connection" doesnt have a valid ip. i dont get it. is there something disabling it?? ips clashing.. i dunno.

 

[weilin]

If you have a cheap router (like say, the ISP supplied router) it may be because the additional (heavy?) load your desktop is generating is causing the router to crash. This is especially true if multiple people are using the router at once (watching youtube, Netflix, torrenting etc). You may just be the straw that broke the camel's back.

That being said, it may be worthwhile to make sure you have the latest driver from Qualcomm and the latest BIOS (Ethernet firmware would be updated in that fashion). Go download the driver only download from Qualcomm's website. I'm not sure how reliable their additional software (driver stack) is compared to Microsoft's. Uninstall any Killer drivers on your computer and install the latest driver. See if that helps your situation.

 

[bill001g]

As I assume you have found there are massive numbers of posts in various forums about driver issues and the killer chipsets.

Still all it does is attempt to prioritize the traffic within your machine. It should not be able to affect your router. I would be more suspect of the router having a issue. There is a rare chance the PC is taking a IP it should not but that is unlikely.

I would look to see if there is newer firmware for your router maybe you get lucky and its a bug.

If you really think it is the killer drivers there are now drivers on the killer site that disable all the extra feature in the killer chip and run it as a more normal nic. People say these have much less stability issues.....still I it would have to be something very strange to have a impact on the router

 

[RustyMiester]

thanks. i think we ended up having a new router and service provider. finding out also that a wireless extender was clashing ips with each other. we took this out and had a much better time with it, except for the low bandwidth. though my house mates assumed my machine, which is ultimate was taking much more of the bandwidth. is this true or does it get split equally. and can you also change how much each machine gets through the router settings because im sure one of my house mates was doing this so he could download torrents.