[mark4man]

folks...

I had intermittant connectivity to the internet. I went thru 2 new PC's & 2 modems from verizon to no avail. I did all the ipconfig & DNS release & renew stuff, also to no avail.

When I had NO connectivity, the network icon in the task area was showing 2 Networks. When I rebooted (sometimes as many as 5 times)...& was finally connected, that icon showed only 1 Network.

Today, a smart verizon tech figured it out (but I still need some OS help). He walked me thru the deletion of my Public Network. When that occured, BOTH Networks were gone. Then we re-enabled the Home Network; & it worked...I was instantly able to get online.

BUT...when I rebooted, the same problem reoccured...TWO Networks again.

So he asked me what I did when I first powered up the computer, in the original Network Setup dialog. When he asked that question, I remembered that I DID in fact choose a Public Network. He said, ah-ha...I should have chosen the Home Network. He said that when I reboot, the machine looks for the Public Network, because of my original choice; & that it was being confused & combining the two...(which is alsso why both Networks disappear when I disabled only the Public Network).

So now...I'm really close to solving this problem...the only thing left to be done is to UNDO that original selection...please, HOW IS THIS ACCOMPLISHED...???


thanx,


mark4man
Windows 7 Pro

btw - I've already tried going to Network Sharing Center & redefining the network as Home, but that didn't work. somehow, I have to undo whatever setting is causing Win7 to look for the public network as default, get confused; & load both networks...thanx.

[Takaharu]

In the Network & Sharing Center, if you change a network type (e.g.: Public to Home) then that choice is actually supposed to stay. I should know, I changed mine the other day from Public (not sure how it got that setting) to Home. It's been the same ever since.

Do you have a firewall that has the connection marked as Public?
When you change the network type, do you have the checkbox ticked that says "treat all networks as public"?
What are you connecting to each network card?

[mark4man]

Takaharu...

everything in NSC was ok...& I do not have 2 network cards...but I noticed that, in my windows firewall settings, my 'public profile' was also turned on...(in addition to the private profile)...so I turned it off:



1) would this have caused the problem...???

2) did I do the right thing...???

thanks,


mark4man

[Takaharu]

Ah, Windows firewall.
What you've done there is told Windows that whenever you're connected to a "public network", turn off Windows Firewall. If you're connected to a "work network" or "home network" then it will turn the firewall back on.

My suggestion: get an Internet security suite and disable Windows Firewall altogether. Generally, the software will do that for you.
If you'd like a recommendation of security suite I'd say go for BitDefender Internet Security, it's the longest-standing security software that I've used (and I've been through a lot - Panda, McAfee, Norton, AVG, F-Secure, etc, etc).

Give it a try anyway, even if it's momentarily; disable the Windows Firewall, reboot your PC (if you don't get an Internet connection straight away) and see if that resolves the problem. If it does it's just another reason to not use Windows Firewall.

[mark4man]

SOLVED...!!!

1st...I reset my Windows Firewall to default...(have no idea why I did this, other than I suspected it was a major part of the problem & was groping for answers)

2) when I did this...next time I fired up the PC...a message came up from Windows Firewall asking me about EPSON EVENT MANAGER...that it was attempting to connect to a PUBLIC network.

3) rather that attempt to go about changing the network settings for EPSON EVENT MANAGER...I simply went into msconfig & removed it from the Startup Item list

PROBLEM GONE...now when I boot up, I have instant connectivity...to ONE network...!!!

thanx for all the help,


mark4man

[mark4man]

never mind...

it worked twice & then reverted back to the old problem

I'm really frustrrated w/ this, man...!!!

thanx,


mf

[Takaharu]

Have you tried turning the firewall off yet?

[mark4man]

yeah...

but that's the same deal as turning off epson event manager in startup...it worked for 3 successive boot ups & then the same old problem came back.

it's somethin' else altogether.


mark4man