Still puzzling! Today I ran the lappie and the desktop all day while I went about my business. This evening, with wifi running on both, the desktop is cycling the connection but the lappie remains steady.
Does ANYONE know of a common point in a PC which the various internet conns go through? It has to be something like that.
The system log shows TCPIP event 4201
Google (MS) says "The system detected that network adapter
Compaq NC6134 Gigabit NIC (
NB Not MINE) was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation over the network adapter. A single TCPIP 4201 event is typical after you restart the computer or after you disable or enable the network adapter."
and Browser event 8033
Google says "The browser has forced an election on network /Device/NetBT_E100B5 because a master browser was stopped."
Heeeelllllllpppppppp...............