> Before I am going to take this up with my ISP,
> can I find a solution here?
>
> My d@mn ISP always disconnects and reconnects my wireless adsl router
> internet connection every now and then to discourage users from using
> their connections as a server. If I leave my system on, the next
> morning I would need to reboot since I cannot download my mailbox or
> access the Internet. This is been going on since I sub to their adsl
> service.  My laptop is within 1 metre of the wireless route therefore
> I can rule out any interferences that disable my connection.
> In a test, I download files via a ftp client and leave it on
> overnight.  The next morning, the ftp connection is still on, and I
> can access my mailbox and use Outlook Express to download newsgroups.
> But I cannot use Internet Explorer or any browser to access the
> Internet. The usual solution offerred by this d@mn ISP is to shut the
> modem (which actually means rebooting my system), wait for 5 minutes
> before turning on the wireless router. I tried ipconfig /renew and
> still I cannot access the Internet and the solution that I use is to
> reboot my system.
> I have not tested shutting down the modem and switching it on, (but I
> may the next time, I hate the repair feature for wireless network)
>
> System is a laptop with a Centrino CPU using a Billion wirelss adsl
> router.