Heart Stopper

This afternoon, MS pushed two innocuous Windows 10 updates. The whole process took about three minutes and seemed be without issue. However, upon restart I had no connection to my ISP and each attempt to connect was met with the ominous message "Bad Gateway."

So I tried ipconfig /all and it showed the correct IP address for the computer and the correct gateway. At this point, I'm really, really nervous and contemplating what to do next. The anxiety meter is creeping into the red when, all of a sudden the internet is back in fine form.

It seems that my ISP choose to go South at exactly the same time as the updates installed. How often does that happen?

All's well.

JackHughs

Lately, losing the internet connection on reboot, looks like a common problem with Windows 10, at least with 1909 and recent updates.
In fact, it looks like rebooting Windows 10 can cause the router to crash and reboot! (Occurs randomly, I can't tell if it will happen again when restarting Windows) I don't remember such behavior before spring of 2020.

At first, it looks like the Windows 7 SP1 behavior, where it loves to claim no internet and stays like that for possibly as long as nearly 5 minutes. But, I never saw the same router reset with 7!

RJARRRPCGP said:

Lately, losing the internet connection on reboot, looks like a common problem with Windows 10, at least with 1909 and recent updates.
In fact, it looks like rebooting Windows 10 can cause the router to crash and reboot! (Occurs randomly, I can't tell if it will happen again when restarting Windows) I don't remember such behavior before spring of 2020.

At first, it looks like the Windows 7 SP1 behavior, where it loves to claim no internet and stays like that for possibly as long as nearly 5 minutes. But, I never saw the same router reset with 7!

Hi,

If I understand correctly, the Windows 10 restart following the two updates could have caused my router to crash and reboot. That's a bit frightening. I'm already leery of updates and this info doesn't help.

JackHughs.

The router, is the Technicolor DWA1230. At least what I still consider very recently, after rebooting Windows 10 1909, I would suddenly, but only sometimes, see the router go through the motions of a reboot, just like if I held down the tiny reset button in the back!
Looks a lot like they use Open WRT and that making a connection request apparently can cause a panic.

I suspect a cumulative update, likely as recent as spring, has a side effect.

And it doesn't look like the July cumulative update is the cause. More likely, been going on since May, maybe June, if not a bit before May.

I don't recall any January cumulative updates having this issue.

I've been watching my router each time I open the updated Windows 10 computer. So far, I've seen no signs of a router reboot. This is good.

JackHughs

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I've been watching my router each time I open the updated Windows 10 computer. So far, I've seen no signs of a router reboot. This is good.

JackHughs

Well, for at least this week, I never recalled it giving me much of a hard time, if at all.

Looks like the longest it hasn't gave me a hard time. (Including seeing the router going through the motions of a reboot)