Problems with internet

Miggins

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Hi,
since I upgraded to Win 8 from win7 x64 ultimate I am having continual problems with my internet connection.
I am running Win 8 on an ASUS P8Z77V-Deluxe, Intel 3770K, Belkin Router.

The internet is connecting via the Intel Gigabit LAN (Realtek and WLAN are disabled).

The problem is a little bit strange and has only shown up after installing Win 8.

I can connect to the internet and load up my home page - Google usually, I can do this regardless with any browser I have, Firefox, IE. and Safari, the home page loads.

I can browse without problems for various periods of time and then, out of the blue I cannot access any pages other than the top level of say Google - if I click on a link all I get is "waiting for google" nothing loads. I get no timeouts, nothing just a continuous "waiting"

If I try to open my router home page / setup using my 192.168.2.1 it just sits there, doesn't open doesn't hang, just sits there the same - waiting!

I go to adapter settings and network troubleshooting and Win 8 detects nothing to be a problem.

The only way I can get things to work again is to shutdown and restart, then everything is fine for what could be 30 minutes or 2 days, it is totally random.

The strange thing is that google works, I can type in a search and it will load up the search results but I cannot get any of the links to load, nor address the router page. Do you think this is a router issue or a Win 8 problem?

Thanks!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    Intel 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77V-De-Luxe
    Memory
    32GB DDR 3 1600MHz. Gskill
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Nvidia GTX460 1GB OC
    Sound Card
    NA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U2412m / Acer 2251W
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Intel 520 - 240GB SSD/ WD 1TB /Seagate 1TB/WD 500Gb/Seagate 1.0TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Coolermaster 850W
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 920
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Internet Speed
    10MB/512
Looks like you are using a Belkin router with that default gateway 192.168.2.1, you might want to see if there is a firmware update for it.

I've been seeing this issue quite a bit lately on Windows 7 machines also. Same symptoms, but some people can never get to anything but Google sites and can't get anywhere else. It doesn't seem to fluctuate from bad to good for most of them.

I would try moving my DNS settings either to the router by typing the DNS servers into the routers settings for DNS or try static DNS by typing the DNS server address into the IPv4 properties. I assume you are using Google's DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
Looks like you are using a Belkin router with that default gateway 192.168.2.1, you might want to see if there is a firmware update for it.

I've been seeing this issue quite a bit lately on Windows 7 machines also. Same symptoms, but some people can never get to anything but Google sites and can't get anywhere else. It doesn't seem to fluctuate from bad to good for most of them.

I would try moving my DNS settings either to the router by typing the DNS servers into the routers settings for DNS or try static DNS by typing the DNS server address into the IPv4 properties. I assume you are using Google's DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4

Thanks, I will give that a try. Currently using IP assigned address, and that is automatic so I'll give the Google DNS a try and see how it goes.

A question or two for you if you can help? Should I enter the 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 into the DNS settings on the router or should I leave that as "Öbtain Automatically" and just put the DNS settings into the IPV4 settings on my network card? (Then again - should I do both?)

I tried setting the DNS in the IPV4 page and I can connect, I tried entering both into the router and the IPV4 page and can still connect, I also tried the google settings in the IPV4 and entered AT&T / 3BB DNS into the router (110.164.252.222 /110.164.252.223) and it STILL connects!
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    Intel 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77V-De-Luxe
    Memory
    32GB DDR 3 1600MHz. Gskill
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Nvidia GTX460 1GB OC
    Sound Card
    NA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U2412m / Acer 2251W
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Intel 520 - 240GB SSD/ WD 1TB /Seagate 1TB/WD 500Gb/Seagate 1.0TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Coolermaster 850W
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 920
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Internet Speed
    10MB/512
I am having the same exact problem now with 2 of the 4 computers in my household. Those are both running Windows 8, the other 2 that seem to work fine, are running Windows 7. I also have 2 voip phones, which are not having any issues. Any ideas? I am going to upgrade the firmware on my D Link Router now. Will let you know if that resolves it.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    CPU
    Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 460
I am having the same exact problem now with 2 of the 4 computers in my household. Those are both running Windows 8, the other 2 that seem to work fine, are running Windows 7. I also have 2 voip phones, which are not having any issues. Any ideas? I am going to upgrade the firmware on my D Link Router now. Will let you know if that resolves it.

After following Chev65's advice, I have set my router (there are no more firmware upgrades available for mine) to obtain DNS automatically, and set up the IPV4 as Chev65 suggested with the Google DNS of 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 and my machine has run for about 15 hours without any problem - I don't know it is Placaebo Effect, but I will swear that my torrents and my YouTube videos are both running faster.

The clincher for me is that if I just happened to go into the network and sharing page in Win 8 and even access the LAN properties without changing anything, when I exited, I started getting problems with connections and had to reboot - This has stopped since making the recommended changes.

I do find that browsing is a little slower (I am accessing the Google server via Thaialand so that might be something to do with it) but I have had none of the problems I had before where I couldn't access deeper levels from the Google page.

I have tried it on Safari, IE10 and Firefox and it is running pretty much at an acceptable level, I have even dared to turn on that software from ASUS that caused me problems before "NetworkIcontrol".

If this runs tonight I intend to try and enable my WiFi and test again, then enable the Realtek LAN and see what happens - if it keeps up like this then it is going to get marked as solved and a big thank you to Chev65!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    Intel 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77V-De-Luxe
    Memory
    32GB DDR 3 1600MHz. Gskill
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Nvidia GTX460 1GB OC
    Sound Card
    NA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U2412m / Acer 2251W
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Intel 520 - 240GB SSD/ WD 1TB /Seagate 1TB/WD 500Gb/Seagate 1.0TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Coolermaster 850W
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 920
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Internet Speed
    10MB/512
Hi,
I am having problems with my internet connection too, after installing windows 8. The wireless connection icon shows that everything is fine-but when i attempt opening any of the browsers-explorer, chrome, or firefox, the web pages refuse to open-but windows live messenger works perfectly.
So I am baffled with the whole thing. Any solutions out there, please?
Thanks
Zailani
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8
Hi,
I am having problems with my internet connection too, after installing windows 8. The wireless connection icon shows that everything is fine-but when i attempt opening any of the browsers-explorer, chrome, or firefox, the web pages refuse to open-but windows live messenger works perfectly.
So I am baffled with the whole thing. Any solutions out there, please?
Thanks
Zailani

Out of curiosity, what motherboards are you guys using? I wondered if it was something to do with ASUS (I am on an ASUS P8Z77V-Deluxe - i73770k Processor) I have a few issues in the past with ASUS Suite and some of their bundled Bloatware.

I discarded their Intel LAN driver and downloaded the Intel version from the Intel site but still had the same trouble, however, there are a number of ASUS background processes that remain operating even if you install their software....just a thought.

The weird thing though that springs to mind as the common denominator is Win 8! I used this exact same setup with Win 7 x64 Ultimate and never had the same problems - usually similar hangs were caused by an overloaded router, but I was always able to access the router set up and restart. The problems here prevent you from getting into the router. Even if I switch off the router and let it reboot, I still cannot access the setup page, the only thing that sorts it out is a reboot of the OS.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    Intel 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77V-De-Luxe
    Memory
    32GB DDR 3 1600MHz. Gskill
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Nvidia GTX460 1GB OC
    Sound Card
    NA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U2412m / Acer 2251W
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Intel 520 - 240GB SSD/ WD 1TB /Seagate 1TB/WD 500Gb/Seagate 1.0TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Coolermaster 850W
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 920
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Internet Speed
    10MB/512
I am having the same exact problem now with 2 of the 4 computers in my household. Those are both running Windows 8, the other 2 that seem to work fine, are running Windows 7. I also have 2 voip phones, which are not having any issues. Any ideas? I am going to upgrade the firmware on my D Link Router now. Will let you know if that resolves it.

After following Chev65's advice, I have set my router (there are no more firmware upgrades available for mine) to obtain DNS automatically, and set up the IPV4 as Chev65 suggested with the Google DNS of 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 and my machine has run for about 15 hours without any problem - I don't know it is Placaebo Effect, but I will swear that my torrents and my YouTube videos are both running faster.

The clincher for me is that if I just happened to go into the network and sharing page in Win 8 and even access the LAN properties without changing anything, when I exited, I started getting problems with connections and had to reboot - This has stopped since making the recommended changes.

I do find that browsing is a little slower (I am accessing the Google server via Thaialand so that might be something to do with it) but I have had none of the problems I had before where I couldn't access deeper levels from the Google page.

I have tried it on Safari, IE10 and Firefox and it is running pretty much at an acceptable level, I have even dared to turn on that software from ASUS that caused me problems before "NetworkIcontrol".

If this runs tonight I intend to try and enable my WiFi and test again, then enable the Realtek LAN and see what happens - if it keeps up like this then it is going to get marked as solved and a big thank you to Chev65!

I'm not sure why you can't access the router's set up page but you definitely should be able to if you type the correct default gateway into the URL of your browser.

As you can see you aren't alone with this problem but I'm still not sure about what the exact cause is other than it has something to do with DNS. Give it some time to make sure the changes work then report back in if you can.

If you want to find a faster DNS server in your area you can try using Google's name bench which will find the fastest DNS server in your area.

namebench - Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility - Google Project Hosting

In general I like to set up my DNS access through my router so all machines use the same DNS server, rather than having to type the DNS into my IPv4 properties but which ever way works best for you is what you should be using.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
Hi,
I am having problems with my internet connection too, after installing windows 8. The wireless connection icon shows that everything is fine-but when i attempt opening any of the browsers-explorer, chrome, or firefox, the web pages refuse to open-but windows live messenger works perfectly.
So I am baffled with the whole thing. Any solutions out there, please?
Thanks
Zailani

Yes for this particular problem it usually works to reset the TCP/IP stack and reset Winsock.

Winsock entries tells Windows 7 how to access your network services. Additionally, your TCP/IP protocol can be corrupted. The TCP/IP protocol is a stack of 4 layers that includes several transport layers, but when this stack is corrupt you will constantly have connectivity issues.

You will want to type or copy the commands below into an elevated command prompt one at a time, hit enter after each one then reboot your machine and see if your connection is any better. :)


netsh winsock reset catalog (reset winsock entries)

netsh int ip reset reset.log hit (reset TCP/IP stack)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
After updating my router, the problem seems to have gone away.. Maybe too soon to tell, but have not noticed it since the update. It was very prevalent before..
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    CPU
    Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 460
After updating my router, the problem seems to have gone away.. Maybe too soon to tell, but have not noticed it since the update. It was very prevalent before..

I read that firmware updates or changing the modem to something newer has resolved the problem for some people.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
I am having the same exact problem now with 2 of the 4 computers in my household. Those are both running Windows 8, the other 2 that seem to work fine, are running Windows 7. I also have 2 voip phones, which are not having any issues. Any ideas? I am going to upgrade the firmware on my D Link Router now. Will let you know if that resolves it.

After following Chev65's advice, I have set my router (there are no more firmware upgrades available for mine) to obtain DNS automatically, and set up the IPV4 as Chev65 suggested with the Google DNS of 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 and my machine has run for about 15 hours without any problem - I don't know it is Placaebo Effect, but I will swear that my torrents and my YouTube videos are both running faster.

The clincher for me is that if I just happened to go into the network and sharing page in Win 8 and even access the LAN properties without changing anything, when I exited, I started getting problems with connections and had to reboot - This has stopped since making the recommended changes.

I do find that browsing is a little slower (I am accessing the Google server via Thaialand so that might be something to do with it) but I have had none of the problems I had before where I couldn't access deeper levels from the Google page.

I have tried it on Safari, IE10 and Firefox and it is running pretty much at an acceptable level, I have even dared to turn on that software from ASUS that caused me problems before "NetworkIcontrol".

If this runs tonight I intend to try and enable my WiFi and test again, then enable the Realtek LAN and see what happens - if it keeps up like this then it is going to get marked as solved and a big thank you to Chev65!

I'm not sure why you can't access the router's set up page but you definitely should be able to if you type the correct default gateway into the URL of your browser.

As you can see you aren't alone with this problem but I'm still not sure about what the exact cause is other than it has something to do with DNS. Give it some time to make sure the changes work then report back in if you can.

If you want to find a faster DNS server in your area you can try using Google's name bench which will find the fastest DNS server in your area.

namebench - Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility - Google Project Hosting

In general I like to set up my DNS access through my router so all machines use the same DNS server, rather than having to type the DNS into my IPv4 properties but which ever way works best for you is what you should be using.

Thanks again, I am currently testing out the link to the Google name server.
What would you suggest I should do with my IPV4 settings on my LAN setup? I am going to give your suggestion a try today by putting in the fastest DNS directly into the router - should I put the same address into the IPV4 page or set it to obtain DNS automatically, or does it not matter?

Thanks again - day 2 and no problems yet - fingers crossed!

UPDATE- I set my DNS on the router to the two fastest suggested by name bench - the first was still 8.8.8.8 from Google , I then entered the same addresses into my LAN IPV4 and saved.

As soon as I clicked on Safari to start browsing I got BSOD - Driver error not less than or equal and the machine restarted. Co-incidence or not? But it is browsing again OK after restart.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    Intel 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77V-De-Luxe
    Memory
    32GB DDR 3 1600MHz. Gskill
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Nvidia GTX460 1GB OC
    Sound Card
    NA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U2412m / Acer 2251W
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Intel 520 - 240GB SSD/ WD 1TB /Seagate 1TB/WD 500Gb/Seagate 1.0TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Coolermaster 850W
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 920
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Internet Speed
    10MB/512
After following Chev65's advice, I have set my router (there are no more firmware upgrades available for mine) to obtain DNS automatically, and set up the IPV4 as Chev65 suggested with the Google DNS of 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 and my machine has run for about 15 hours without any problem - I don't know it is Placaebo Effect, but I will swear that my torrents and my YouTube videos are both running faster.

The clincher for me is that if I just happened to go into the network and sharing page in Win 8 and even access the LAN properties without changing anything, when I exited, I started getting problems with connections and had to reboot - This has stopped since making the recommended changes.

I do find that browsing is a little slower (I am accessing the Google server via Thaialand so that might be something to do with it) but I have had none of the problems I had before where I couldn't access deeper levels from the Google page.

I have tried it on Safari, IE10 and Firefox and it is running pretty much at an acceptable level, I have even dared to turn on that software from ASUS that caused me problems before "NetworkIcontrol".

If this runs tonight I intend to try and enable my WiFi and test again, then enable the Realtek LAN and see what happens - if it keeps up like this then it is going to get marked as solved and a big thank you to Chev65!

I'm not sure why you can't access the router's set up page but you definitely should be able to if you type the correct default gateway into the URL of your browser.

As you can see you aren't alone with this problem but I'm still not sure about what the exact cause is other than it has something to do with DNS. Give it some time to make sure the changes work then report back in if you can.

If you want to find a faster DNS server in your area you can try using Google's name bench which will find the fastest DNS server in your area.

namebench - Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility - Google Project Hosting

In general I like to set up my DNS access through my router so all machines use the same DNS server, rather than having to type the DNS into my IPv4 properties but which ever way works best for you is what you should be using.

Thanks again, I am currently testing out the link to the Google name server.
What would you suggest I should do with my IPV4 settings on my LAN setup? I am going to give your suggestion a try today by putting in the fastest DNS directly into the router - should I put the same address into the IPV4 page or set it to obtain DNS automatically, or does it not matter?

Thanks again - day 2 and no problems yet - fingers crossed!

UPDATE- I set my DNS on the router to the two fastest suggested by name bench - the first was still 8.8.8.8 from Google , I then entered the same addresses into my LAN IPV4 and saved.

As soon as I clicked on Safari to start browsing I got BSOD - Driver error not less than or equal and the machine restarted. Co-incidence or not? But it is browsing again OK after restart.

Just the router is where you type in the DNS server addresses.

You can leave the IPv4 settings at default, don't enter anything there, just leave it at DHCP enabled. Best to let the router handle everything for now.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
So, even though the firmware upgrade on my router does seem to have resolved my internet issues (2 days now, no issues), I am noticing that sharing between my computers is still pretty dang challenged. One minute it works, the next minute it doesn't. I am the owner of all of the directories that I am sharing, and I have set it so that user everyone has full control over the network resources, but it is still intermittently not working. When I try to diagnose the problem, windows troubleshooter finds no issues, but it still is unable to access the folders. Very strange. Anyone else having this problem?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    CPU
    Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 460
So, even though the firmware upgrade on my router does seem to have resolved my internet issues (2 days now, no issues), I am noticing that sharing between my computers is still pretty dang challenged. One minute it works, the next minute it doesn't. I am the owner of all of the directories that I am sharing, and I have set it so that user everyone has full control over the network resources, but it is still intermittently not working. When I try to diagnose the problem, windows troubleshooter finds no issues, but it still is unable to access the folders. Very strange. Anyone else having this problem?

I'm glad the firmware update helped, seems that was a universal fix around here. ;)

You didn't mention the type of network you have, Workgroup mixed Op system or Homegroup which would be only Windows 7 or 8 machines.

You might try adding "Everyone" both to the Security tab advanced settings and the Sharing Permissions settings which should give everyone in the network access to the files and folders on that machine.

Be sure that the time/date settings are all the same on your networked machines.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro WMC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home built
    CPU
    Q9650 @ 4.05 GHz
    Motherboard
    Gforce 780i SLI FTW
    Memory
    8GB Gskill DDR2 1200Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX-480
    Sound Card
    Asus D2 Xonar
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HannsG
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    Gskill 120GB SSD
    PSU
    Thermal Take 1000watts
    Case
    Thermal Take Xtreme
    Cooling
    9 fans air cooled
    Keyboard
    G15 logitech
    Mouse
    G9 logitech
    Internet Speed
    50mbps
The sharing issue is between 2 Windows 8 machines. Right at the moment, I am unable to browse any files on one machine from the other. Computers are in the same Homegroup. I had both machines leave the group and re-join, but it is still not working. They are also apart of the same workgroup.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit
    CPU
    Processor AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 635 Processor, 2800 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
    Memory
    8gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GTX 460
Well, it has worked for a while and I thought it was finally solved, but it has gone to the dogs again today, hanging every 30 minutes or so, cannot access the router, uTorrent dead as a doornail.

Then I discovered a message from Microsoft saying that my antivirus had quit working twice and was a security threat - AVAST - I disabled it and Windows automatically revived Defender - the internet is flying again....touch wood ... still using the 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4. DNS addresses as suggested, so again, if it all works out I will report back - Googling this problem, there really seems to be quite a few people getting the same problems - maybe MS will come up with a fix! (I had the same problem today where I could not access the router log on page - I had to switch it off and reboot the router and Win 8)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    Intel 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77V-De-Luxe
    Memory
    32GB DDR 3 1600MHz. Gskill
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Nvidia GTX460 1GB OC
    Sound Card
    NA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U2412m / Acer 2251W
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Intel 520 - 240GB SSD/ WD 1TB /Seagate 1TB/WD 500Gb/Seagate 1.0TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Coolermaster 850W
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 920
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Internet Speed
    10MB/512
Just a quick update - I noticed that yesterday afternoon after having to reboot yet again my machine began automatically installing a number of updates from Microsoft -
KB2770917, KB2756872, KB2538243, KB2777294 and KB2764462. The updates don't really say much as to what they are for but since I installed them, my Youtube and video online are working much much faster, I haven't had a single disconnection problem like before and have been able to access my router without any problem! I also managed to test a video upload to Skydrive and had my son watch it in HD full screen on his computer - it ran for 30 minutes without a glitch - maybe just maybe, something has been fixed.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    ASUS
    CPU
    Intel 3770K
    Motherboard
    ASUS P8Z77V-De-Luxe
    Memory
    32GB DDR 3 1600MHz. Gskill
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gigabyte Nvidia GTX460 1GB OC
    Sound Card
    NA
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell U2412m / Acer 2251W
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1200
    Hard Drives
    Intel 520 - 240GB SSD/ WD 1TB /Seagate 1TB/WD 500Gb/Seagate 1.0TB USB 3.0
    PSU
    Coolermaster 850W
    Case
    Coolermaster HAF 920
    Cooling
    Corsair H100i
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Microsoft
    Internet Speed
    10MB/512
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