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Naio
Explorer II
Feb 13, 2015

Why does my network adapter have to be reset so often?

I'm running windows 7 starter. Most times, not every time, when I connect to a wifi network (say, at a campground), and then later I connect to my phone's hotspot, the computer connects to the hot...
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Naio
Explorer II
Feb 16, 2015
1492 wrote:
What happens when you do the following in WIN 7?

  • Hold down Windows Key+R and type CMD and click OK.
  • Type or copy and paste PING 127.0.0.1 and press your ENTER key.


Does it look like this?





Or are there other characters present? If so, your TCP/IP stack may be corrupt and should be reset by using netsh winsock reset at the Command Prompt. Needs to be run as administrator.

Thanks, 1492!

The results are the same as your screenshot, except the TTLs are all 128.

0% loss, 0ms, etc.

Does this tell you anything?

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