Really Weird Connection Issue

Really Weird Connection Issue
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anon @ 13th Sep 12:56PM:
Really Weird Connection Issue

I have WOW 8mbps dl, 1 mbps ul.

I have a really weird connection issue...it's like I have a special slow mode that I sometimes enter. Whenever I get into this "slow mode", I have to disable and re-enable my network adapter to get back into normal speeds.

There seem to be certain triggers for this slow mode, but I'm not sure what all of them are. However, I know that starting Warcraft III and attempting to connect to Battle.net triggers the slow mode. Sometimes it happens while browsing with Firefox, also.

Here's a trace route to a speedtest.net server while I'm in slow mode:

tracert 199.254.141.52 Tracing route to 199.254.141.52 over a maximum of 30 hops   1     *        *        *     Request timed out.  2     *     3535 ms     *     172.31.34.238  3     *     2933 ms     *     gi1-4.ccr01.cmh02.atlas.cogentco.com [38.104.22.21]  4     *        *        *     Request timed out.  5   139 ms     *        *     te9-5.mpd01.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.29]  6     *        *        *     Request timed out.  7  2047 ms     *        *     xo.ord03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.12.230]  8    20 ms    18 ms    18 ms  te-4-2-0.rar3.chicagoil.us.xo.net[207.88.12.137]  9     *        *        *     Request timed out. 10    38 ms    37 ms    65 ms  ge7-0-0d0.rar1.washingtondc.us.xo.net [65.106.1.9] 11     *        *        *     Request timed out. 12  1282 ms     *        *     p0-0.chr1.columbusoh.us.xo.net[207.88.84.138] 13    48 ms    48 ms    49 ms  ip65-47-116-50.z116-47-65.customer.algx.net [65.47.116.50] 14     *        *     4031 ms  199.254.141.52 Trace complete.

Here's the same test after I disable and re-enable my network adapter:

tracert 199.254.141.52 Tracing route to 199.254.141.52 over a maximum of 30 hops   1     *        *        *     Request timed out.  2     8 ms     5 ms     5 ms  172.31.34.238  3     8 ms    10 ms     9 ms  gi1-4.ccr01.cmh02.atlas.cogentco.com [38.104.22.21]  4    13 ms    11 ms    12 ms  te4-1.ccr01.ind01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.28.173]  5    20 ms    18 ms    18 ms  te9-5.mpd01.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.3.29]  6    85 ms    18 ms    19 ms  te1-1.mpd01.ord03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.2.94]  7    18 ms    17 ms    18 ms  xo.ord03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.12.230]  8    19 ms    18 ms    18 ms  te-4-2-0.rar3.chicago-il.us.xo.net[207.88.12.137]  9    67 ms    38 ms    37 ms  207.88.12.34.ptr.us.xo.net[207.88.12.34] 10    39 ms    37 ms    38 ms  ge7-0-0d0.rar1.washington-dc.us.xo.net [65.106.1.9] 11    48 ms    47 ms    57 ms  p4-0-0d0.mar1.columbus-oh.us.xo.net [65.106.3.174] 12    50 ms    50 ms    49 ms  p0-0.chr1.columbus-oh.us.xo.net[207.88.84.138] 13    48 ms    49 ms    50 ms ip65-47-116-50.z116-47-65.customer.algx.net [65.47.116.50] 14    49 ms    50 ms    47 ms  199.254.141.52 Trace complete.

This issue is really annoying because I have to disable/renable my network adapter 10-20 times a day. I am using Windows 7 build 7100. My network adapter is the "Realtek RTL8168B/8111B Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)" built into my motherboard. My drivers are from 6/25/2007, but Windows says I have the most up to date when I click the "update driver" button.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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Stormgren @ 13th Sep 02:36PM:
Re: Really Weird Connection Issue

Get the drivers directly from realtek.

»www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/

There's a new driver for this chipset for Windows 7 released 9/9.
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anon @ 13th Sep 02:41PM:
Re: Really Weird Connection Issue

Yea I just found those, and I think they may have in fact solved the problem.

Thanks.
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