So after the reinstall it's still doing the same thing? When you say "forcing the IP address", you mean you always wind up with some bogus address? What address is it?
Rogers says it's a valid IP address, but it's the same as before the reinstall. Twice (including the first time I connected after the reinstall) I've seen it start with a new one, and then revert to the other IP address. It's 74.102.67.251
Possible cheap-and-easy solution: Buy an inexpensive router. If you go down to Chinatown, they're like $20, especially if you don't want wireless. With wireless, they're like $30. Kind of ignoring the problem in a way, but it'll get you all "go" again with no real hassle, because then it'll be your router aquiring the IP instead of your laptop. Your laptop will acquire a local address from the router, but if that doesn't work for whatever mysterious reason you can just give it a static one.
This won't help. I have a similar, if not the same, disconnect problem from time to time and am now convinced it is a Rogers issue. I have a router and when this issue occurs both of my computers drop connection at the same time then later come back at the same time. This has happened pre and post wipe.
You and I both connect to the same Rogers DNS server (we verified that a few nights ago) because we're in the same region. I believe the problem is on their end and we need to approach it from that angle.
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Date: 2006-11-30 03:14 am (UTC)My feeling is that Stu's right. Sounds like the problem is at Rogers' end, and seems likely to be a DNS issue. Hopefully it gets actually fixed soon.
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Date: 2006-11-30 03:26 am (UTC)Indeed. At least I have a pretty partition now…