Odd internet behavior

Ahh. That should not have caused that, since the new one would have been set for the same IP range. Use Minitoolbox and the Service Scanner. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/dow...lisher/farbar/ If you are using any kind of third party Internet security or firewall, that can also cause this. The thirty seconds is common when Windows still expects the same Gateway that it is no longer connected, so you have to do a bit of maintenance to clean out the old stuff.

I am a bit jealous. I am stuck with the NVG589, until ATT decides to switch them out. I cheated and used one of the 1st Gen Belkin for backup and got a APC also for backup when the Belkin runs out of juice. I can squeeze around four hours just off the Belkin.

I tried shutting down Malwarebytes & rebooting but no change. I guess it's not that big of a deal... just odd.

We live in the country where high speed internet has been a stranger. About 4 years ago a new phone / internet company took over & things got better. Internet went to DSL @ 3-7mbs service. But streaming video needs faster yet. I've nagged the company for years & was about to give in to satellite internet a month ago when to our surprise the speed jumped to 25mbs. This cost us another $20 per month which is well worth it. Thus, the new modem or whatever it is :) & this odd issue.

It's not that big of a deal... just odd.

Plankton said:

A "gateway" is what allows you access to the internet. It can be either a modem or a router or a combo of both. In your case it's both...it's a modem/router. Data sheet explains and shows it.
There might be a firmware update for it....
Channel Login | ARRIS

Customers cannot upgrade the firmware, only your provider can.

Try doing the flush in the problem machine. I use a independent Access Point on my network. It does a lot better in handling WiFi traffic, than the NVG589 can.

bro67 said:

Try doing the flush in the problem machine. I use a independent Access Point on my network. It does a lot better in handling WiFi traffic, than the NVG589 can.

Sorry bro67, I'm not an advanced user so not familiar with "doing the flush".

All our issues are with LAN. The iPad WiFi seems fine.

If you want to flush dns, open command prompt (admin) and type

ipconfig /flushdns

GARoss said:

Sorry bro67, I'm not an advanced user so not familiar with "doing the flush".
All our issues are with LAN. The iPad WiFi seems fine.

The flushing of the DNS and DHCP is done with the program in that link below this. The two items that can cause your issue is one, the registry is hosed and network connections need to be cleaned up, the other is third party Network Security software.

https://www.hiren.info/downloads/fre...nternet-repair

bro67 said:

The flushing of the DNS and DHCP is done with the program in that link below this. The two items that can cause your issue is one, the registry is hosed and network connections need to be cleaned up, the other is third party Network Security software.
https://www.hiren.info/downloads/fre...nternet-repair

bro67, I generally scan all downloads before install, especially open source software, to protect my PC. The Hiren download had no hits with MS Defender but had 2 with Malwarebytes; both were PUP.Optional.Vosteran.

I believe they are a type of adware. Not really harmful but annoying. Am I correct or should I be concerned about installing Hiren?

GARoss said:

bro67, I generally scan all downloads before install, especially open source software, to protect my PC. The Hiren download had no hits with MS Defender but had 2 with Malwarebytes; both were PUP.Optional.Vosteran.

I believe they are a type of adware. Not really harmful but annoying. Am I correct or should I be concerned about installing Hiren?

Hirens should get PUP hits because of the nature of some of the Apps it has in it. I haven't used it in years, but I used to ignore the hits it gets.