I have been plagued with Click……………then…………………W….a….i…. t for ages before a response. Looking at the two little computers at the bottom of the screen showed no activity. Sometimes, I found that holding down the [Enter] key worked. It was, to say the least, frustrating. Usually it happened after followinfg three or four links in PPRUNE or other sites. Even the FAA site wasn’t immune so it couldn’t be the sites.
I tried various things including posting here but no luck. I eventually stumbled across this gem when I somehow got transferred from the Microsoft Knowledge Base Info pages.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sandi/MVP/answers2.htm try also this one
http://members.iinet.net.au/~sandi/MVP/answers.htm
I DO have a network card as I have the 3 confusers networked, so I tried the second suggestion and added the 192 etc and 255 etc addresses. It appears to be working!!! So a big thank you to iinet!!
QUOTE From IINET
Internet connection 'freezes' - data going to and from modem seems to pause
Do you have an unused network card installed on your computer? If so, disable it via device manager.
Also, the following can sometimes help:
Add an IP address to your network card (ie 10.1.1.1) or (192.1.1.1) and the subnet mask 255.255.255.0
Those on a network may prefer to use 192.168.0.1 and subnet 255.255.255.1
To do that go to "Control Panel" then "Network" then "TCP/IP->you Network card" then "properties" then "Specify an IP address"
If you are running Win2K, then the following steps are used to assign the static IP to the Local Area Connection:
1. Open Network Connection, open Local Area Connection
2. In the Local Area Connection, click Properties, then double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
3. Click "Use the following IP Address" checkbox
4. Enter the IP Address 192.1.1.1 and subnet mask 255.255.255.0
5. Click OK
The precise settings can be affected by your particular system's setup. Please post a query to one of the Microsoft networking newsgroups for guidance if the above does not work for you. QUOTE
So far it appears to work. Thanks folks!!