Why is my computer constantly disconnecting from the internet?

[Chefguy]

@Chefguy

A pox upon me for a churlish poltroon!

I still have the router because I’m lazy. And for some reason, I thought (probably incorrectly) that a router helped provide firewall protection. I don’t understand why this problem would suddenly start happening.

I run Spyware Doctor daily and Ad-Aware every weekend. I think I did a complete virus scan just last weekend. My email service provides virus scanning and spam blocking with about a 99.99% success rate. I’m fairly rigorous about email traffic and guarding myself against infections, but who knows.

I’ll try taking the router out of the equation and see what happens.

I took the router out of the loop and haven’t had a problem since, so I’m cautiously optimistic. Thanks all!

[Fringe]

@Chefguy

I took the router out of the loop and haven’t had a problem since, so I’m cautiously optimistic. Thanks all!

Let us know how it turns out.