Intermittent internet communication.
I have been trying to get the best out of my internet connection. PC is a P4 with XP and ADSL connection through a router. I have run TCP Doctor and set all the optimum settings. This did improve the performance, but while doing this, I moved the router to where it could be seen and another problem became apparent. Sometimes when I click on a link, nothing happens for 5-30 seconds. During this time the network and adsl lights on the router remain on solid (connection good but no activity). If I hit 'stop' and 'refresh', the page will often load imediately.
I have tried IE7, Firefox and Opera, three different routers and allowing my ISP to allocate a DND os specifying one myself. All to no avail.
I am begining to suspect there is something wrong with the PC itself.
Before I go down the "format c:" route, does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks in anticipation.