lose internet connection when computer left on

RC Henkel,
I was looking at my router manufacture's website and I
found out that the lease time will expire unless you set
it to automatically renew, so check your settings within
your router. Derek
>-----Original Message-----
>Derek,
> I have just recently been dealing with a very similar
>problem. We run Windows XP on our home desktop with
>internet coming through a Verizon DSL modem and a Linksys
>router. We haven't completely solved our problem yet,
>but we have had suggestions that our lease on our IP
>address is not being automatically renewed. You can
>check your lease information by opening the Command
>window and entering
> ipconfig /all
>this will give you times that your lease was last
>obtained and when it expires. We tried taking our router
>out of the loop and taking the signal directly from the
>modem. With this configuration, the lease is being
>automatically renewed. I think my next step is to tak to
>Verizon about lease renewals for a customer that uses a
>router. Hope this is of some help to you. RC Henkel
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Hi,
>>
>>I am running Windows XP home on a laptop with a cabel
>>modem, which is plugged into a router, so I can share my
>>connectin with another computer. Anyway, many times I
>>will leave my computer on overnight, because I don't
>like
>>starting up every morning, but when I leave it on the
>>computer loses its' connection after sometime and I have
>>to restart to get the connection. Any suggestions?
>>.
>>
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