automatically enable/disable internet connection

[colore]

hello

for some reason, my internet adsl connection gets stuffed after some time of inactivity and it becomes unusable

for this reason, I need to automatically disable it when I am leaving my pc (just like the pc detects inactivity and enables screensaver) and re-enable the internet connection when I move my mouse, click my keyboard, etc (just like pc resumes from screensaver)

any idea?

thanks

[Tripredacus]

Have you determined if this is a problem with your computer and not with your service?

[colore]

Have you determined if this is a problem with your computer and not with your service?

yup, it is a line problem (it is known that line quality is not the best in the area)

[bphlpt]

I'm confused. If it's a line problem (external to your PC) doesn't the PC automatically reacquire the signal when it becomes available again? If so, what's the problem? And if not, then why will disabling the connection during inactivity help the situation?

Cheers and Regards

[colore]

I'm confused. If it's a line problem (external to your PC) doesn't the PC automatically reacquire the signal when it becomes available again? If so, what's the problem? And if not, then why will disabling the connection during inactivity help the situation?

Cheers and Regards

disabling the connection during inactivity helps, because as I was advised from the customer service, my line gets stuffed because of too many errors in packets transmitted, so disabling the line (often restarting my router or even my pc) fixes the problem

this in most cases works, but it is hard to manually do all these each day, an automatic method would be a saviour

[bphlpt]

If it takes restarting the PC or router then I don't know if disabling the software end of the connection will really help. Are you currently disabling it manually before you leave the PC so you know for a fact that this will indeed help? And speaking of screensavers, have you tried changing your power settings so that after some amount of inactivity that the PC goes to sleep? (Disable any wake on LAN) If your particular PC can wake up gracefully that might solve the problem.

Cheers and Regards

[colore]

If it takes restarting the PC or router then I don't know if disabling the software end of the connection will really help. Are you currently disabling it manually before you leave the PC so you know for a fact that this will indeed help? And speaking of screensavers, have you tried changing your power settings so that after some amount of inactivity that the PC goes to sleep? (Disable any wake on LAN) If your particular PC can wake up gracefully that might solve the problem.

Cheers and Regards

yes indeed it helps

I dont want my pc to go to standby, I just want the connection to be disabled

(I dont even know if getting the pc into standby, disables the connection)

[bphlpt]

What exactly are you doing to disable and restart it manually now? If nothing else you might be able to script that with a shortcut on the desktop to make it easier/quicker to do. Also, once you have a script that functions correctly, then it's just a matter of figuring out how to trigger it after xx minutes of inactivity.

Or an extremely simple manual fix, since you don't want to PC to go into standby, unplug the LAN connection when you are not using it. THAT disables the connection. LOL

Cheers and Regards

Edited September 23, 2011 by bphlpt

[colore]

I right click on the connection icon under Network Connections (Control Panel) and I choose DISABLE

[engmod]

That will only disable the NIC, not the internet connection.

Your problem is the modem / router and the phone line, and seeing you have been talking to "customer service", I recommend that you talk to them again about how to resolve the problem.

[colore]

That will only disable the NIC, not the internet connection.

Your problem is the modem / router and the phone line, and seeing you have been talking to "customer service", I recommend that you talk to them again about how to resolve the problem.

there is nothing to resolve

the previous internet provider locked my speed at a lower value to overcome this problem, this company now won't do that and I dont want to do it either

it is due to the distance from the dslam and little can be done

[Geej]

How about keeping your connection alive? Try goggling for "stay alive internet connection" for some utilities.

I got some results like these:

http://www.download3k.com/Network-tools/Dial-up-Connectivity/Download-BySoft-StayAlive-Pro.html

http://www.downloadatlas.com/stay_alive/stayon-by-stefan-walter.html