Ok first some background....
I have two machines, let us name them Alpha and Beta.....
Alpha connects to the internet (BT is my ISP) and supplies the connection to the internet via a hub to Beta. The two computers are networked together in order to do this.
Anywho, after about 10minutes of Alpha connecting to the net, the net.... *stops* working, and when I say stops, I mean, it cannot access any services, for instance, if I am already logged into DAoC I stay logged in and nothing is different, if I am on MSN I stay logged in but I cannot send messages, and I cannot access ANY website.
However, Beta remains able to access any internet application and service I wish it to the whole time, so this rules out the possibility of a problem with the ISP.
It cannot be to do with any program or virus/spyware on here, as I just re-formated Alpha and have only DAoC on it at the moment. However the problem wasn't always this way, once I very first formatted it, the problem only seemed to start occuring when SP2 was installed onto the machine. Maybe this is a Coincidence? maybe not!
I cannot work this out, its been like this for a few days and I am really really contemplating just shooting the comp.
Any help on this would be really really really appreciated!!!!!
Thanks in advance!
I have two machines, let us name them Alpha and Beta.....
Alpha connects to the internet (BT is my ISP) and supplies the connection to the internet via a hub to Beta. The two computers are networked together in order to do this.
Anywho, after about 10minutes of Alpha connecting to the net, the net.... *stops* working, and when I say stops, I mean, it cannot access any services, for instance, if I am already logged into DAoC I stay logged in and nothing is different, if I am on MSN I stay logged in but I cannot send messages, and I cannot access ANY website.
However, Beta remains able to access any internet application and service I wish it to the whole time, so this rules out the possibility of a problem with the ISP.
It cannot be to do with any program or virus/spyware on here, as I just re-formated Alpha and have only DAoC on it at the moment. However the problem wasn't always this way, once I very first formatted it, the problem only seemed to start occuring when SP2 was installed onto the machine. Maybe this is a Coincidence? maybe not!
I cannot work this out, its been like this for a few days and I am really really contemplating just shooting the comp.
Any help on this would be really really really appreciated!!!!!
Thanks in advance!