Originally Posted by
green granite
A couple of weeks ago I suffered a strange problem in that when I started the system up in the mornings I got 'no internet connection' the cause of which was an 'unidentified public network' being discovered. Obviously the first thing I did was to run various virus scans, all of which were negative. I then disabled the network in the 'network and sharing' window, did a repair and all was well.
This happened again the next day so a more in depth investigation was carried out which came up with the following parameters:
1) It only happened if windows (V7) arrived at the log-on window before the router had finished initializing and only at the first start up of the day, if I delayed windows start-up by using F8 then no problem occured.
2) I tried deleting the public network by using the 'ROUTE DELETE 0.0.0.0' CMD but the problem was still there next morning.
While I was pondering what to try next, bearing in mind the above took several days, I started to get the message at boot 'the cpu configuration has changed press delete to enter set-up' so I checked an the cpu multiplier had changed so I reset it and carried on. The same thing happened the next morning so I reset it and changed the CMOS battery.
Since then there has been no re-occurrence of the network problem
So the question is : Why should a failing CMOS battery cause windows to find a spurious network?
The thing you are doing wrong is turning the router off. Leave it on 24x7. It's designed for it, and the internet mechanisms expect it. You do yourself no favours aside from maybe saving £5 a year in turning it off.
As regards your other issues, they are not related and are more likely to be due to a failing CMOS battery as mentioned above.
Also. 0.0.0.0 isn't a spurious network, it's the default route. Don't attempt to delete it.