Hi,
I have 4 WinXP SP2 installed PCs hooked up to the net using PPPoE to a ADSL modem via a Switch.
Recently I am experiencing drops on Internet Connection on all PCs randomly, although the network connection is active and the PCs can ping each other but they cannot access any n/w resources! Also the internet connection icon still says connected to internet but IE wont display any pages!
I have run many Antivirus programs and AntiSpyware programs but they havent picked up anything!
I also notice that when this happens the Windows Firewall and other services are stopped!
When trying to restart the Windows Firewall it says Access Denied!
I have to sometimes then restart the PCs and then reconnect to the Internet to solve this, and then again it cuts off randomly sometimes after 10min or 30min or sometimes after 3/5 hours!
Please help!!!