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I'm using Windows 7 Professional with SP1. I have a Virgin Super Hub (Netgear wireless router and modem combined).
I have a wireless connection to a laptop which is fine.
I have a wired connection to a desktop that is fine most of the time, but almost every day when I first turn it on I cannot access the internet.
- I right-click on the network icon in my task bar and click 'troubleshoot problems'.
- It goes through its diagnostics.
- It eventually comes up with ' the default gateway is not available' and 'fixed'.
- Then I can access the internet without issue for the whole day.
I've tried updating drivers, and using a static IP, but neither had any positive effect.
Any ideas?
EDIT:
Strangely - I can access the internet at the moment (obviously) but I cannot access my router. If I go to 192.168.0.1 I get a 'page does not exist' error.
I can ping bbc.co.uk but not with -r 1 - with that I get timeouts.
How can my internet be working but I cannot communicate with my router?
EDIT:
Rebooted my router and now 192.168.0.1 works. But pinging any address with -r 1 times out.
Not sure if any of that is related to the actual issue - my default gateway getting "lost" every now and again.
Pete Oakey
Posted 2012-11-04T01:44:29.867
Reputation: 194
Are you sure that is the IP of your router? And what do you mean "page does not exist", you get no response or you get a 404? – MarioDS – 2012-11-04T01:50:15.693
I will check that the address is correct - but I'm sure I've connected to it before now using that address. Sorry the actual message I get on Chrome is "Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to 192.168.0.1" – Pete Oakey – 2012-11-04T12:28:07.660
See the edit to my question - I can access my router now that I have rebooted it, but still not sure about the original issue. – Pete Oakey – 2012-11-04T12:35:29.357