Hello. i have windows XP and i my internet keeps buggin out. it will work fine... then it will quit, so i just unplug and plug in my modem. and its fine for an hour or so or 30 mins etc then goes out again so i just unplug plug in again.. I called tech support with my internet provider, and they reset my tcp ip and it works fine for a short period..then bugs out again. they said to contact my computer manufacturer.. and reinstall my drivers... so i called them...and they said to reinstall my LAN driver for my pc. i did that...but alas..still the same problems. (my moboard is a m2a-vm dhmi asus)i have reset my tcp ip ...many times..but it KEEPS quitting out my internet any suggestions?

Is the NIC integrated or PCI? "So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown

i dont know...network card? i think its part of the mobo? how do i find out? thanks

it says on my network connections... realtek rtl8168/8111 PCI-E so i think that answers the question

I would remove it from Device manager, shut down, open the case and remove the card, power back up, shut down, reinsert the card and power up again, letting the software and hardware reinstall itself. "So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown

its integrated into the moboard... i suppose if i cant get it to work properly... i could just get a new network card?

Oops. Sorry about that. Try removing it from Device manager, then reboot. It should reinstall itself. You could also download the newest drivers and see if that fixes the problem. And, yes, you could install a PCI NIC. You'd have to disable the onboard in the BIOS. "So won’t you give this man his wings What a shame To have to beg you to see We’re not all the same What a shame" - Shinedown