Hi guys, I have been looking for a solution to this problem forever.
I run Win7 and Linux Mint. The problem pre-dates this dual system (before, I only had Win7).
The trouble is this: I live in shared housing and we have one common modem. The LAN cable runs from the modem (as far as I know) directly to an outlet in my studio.
It connects to the network and everything is fine. Three minutes later, it connects me to a different network (LAN). The second network has no connectivity (the network icon displays a little triangle with exclamation sign). What used to work, is going into the Network adapter settings, go into its properties, and change the network address to manual, inserting some random sequence. It would then revert to the first network. I'd have connectivity again, but only for a while, until it kicked me off and put me on the second network again.
When I check for issues, the response is different each time - sometimes it will say there are none, sometimes it says the modem may be experiencing DNS issues, but considering my experience I have not tried to alter those.
I thought perhaps the issue was a conflict of network addresses, and I wanted to know if it would also happen with WiFi. I purchased a powerline adapter, the type that you plug into a power socket next to the modem. The adapter works fine, however I am getting the same exact problem with LAN. In addition, when I connect to wireless in Linux, the connection only lasts for as long as I remain in that session. If I reboot the system and try to connect again, it refuses to connect. The only thing that helps is physically removing and reinserting the wireless network adapter.
It is worth mentioning that Win7 does not recognize the (wireless) adapter at all, while Linux does.
Rowan
I run Win7 and Linux Mint. The problem pre-dates this dual system (before, I only had Win7).
The trouble is this: I live in shared housing and we have one common modem. The LAN cable runs from the modem (as far as I know) directly to an outlet in my studio.
It connects to the network and everything is fine. Three minutes later, it connects me to a different network (LAN). The second network has no connectivity (the network icon displays a little triangle with exclamation sign). What used to work, is going into the Network adapter settings, go into its properties, and change the network address to manual, inserting some random sequence. It would then revert to the first network. I'd have connectivity again, but only for a while, until it kicked me off and put me on the second network again.
When I check for issues, the response is different each time - sometimes it will say there are none, sometimes it says the modem may be experiencing DNS issues, but considering my experience I have not tried to alter those.
I thought perhaps the issue was a conflict of network addresses, and I wanted to know if it would also happen with WiFi. I purchased a powerline adapter, the type that you plug into a power socket next to the modem. The adapter works fine, however I am getting the same exact problem with LAN. In addition, when I connect to wireless in Linux, the connection only lasts for as long as I remain in that session. If I reboot the system and try to connect again, it refuses to connect. The only thing that helps is physically removing and reinserting the wireless network adapter.
It is worth mentioning that Win7 does not recognize the (wireless) adapter at all, while Linux does.
Rowan