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Doogle
New Contributor
3 years ago

Wired internet requires constant "Refresh" to stay online.

I'm disgusted and ready to move away from Cox because I constantly need to click "Refresh" to stay online. I'm wired but my wife uses wifi. She doesn't seem to have the problem. Sometimes I restart m...
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CurtB
Valued Contributor III
3 years ago

You can change the NIC Power Management setting and retain the ability to enter sleep mode.

When I replaced my NIC and driver, power save was enabled. by default.  I unchecked the box.

When this setting is unchecked (disabled), Windows shutdown or sleep completely halts the device and on resume reinitializes it.  When the computer reboots or comes out of sleep mode, a new lease is obtained, but it should have the same IP address.

Note: The Power Management tab may not be available for all network adapters (NIC).