Problems w/ Network when going to a Link

[Battleangel3222]

This one has really got me stumped. It seems anytime I click a link or enter a link manually, I pretty much have a good 25-50% chance that it will just sit at its current link as if I never pressed it to begin with.

So basically - any time I want to go to a link I have to click it often many times until it finally goes.

I have tried swapping to my 2nd network plug on my motherboard, but that doesnt seem to help it, I have also swapped network cables about 4 times thinking maybe something wrong with the cables too. So I am completely clueless here . I figure maybe it could be the drivers since it works fine on a different laptop I have right next to me....Or maybe its a bad motherboard? Any help or idea here is appreciated.

I should also note, sometimes links that are near instant on another computer on the network, take a good 5-10 seconds (example, something that is always instant being the router interface @ 192.168.1.1 often hanging 5-10 seconds on this computer, and ALWAYS instant on another), which could perhaps be related to the above.

Router: Linksys WRT150N
Motherboard: EVGA 680i

Again, any and all help / suggestions / ideas are appreciated! Much thanks

 

[cprince]

It sounds like a DNS issues. When you clicked on a link in the web browser, did you notice the web browser said "Looking up ....." or did the web browser frozed up? If the web browser said "Looking up ..." then it's having problems resolving the domain name. Try using static IP instead of DHCP.

 

[Battleangel3222]

matter of fact - Static IP is what im already using so I can open ports for it related to World of Warcraft and such. In regards to your first question - anytime I click a link, pretty much 25-50% chance it will simply show the empty loading bar in the bottom right of my FireFox browser and disappear a second later as if I never clicked a link at all. Any idea?

 

[cprince]

can you ping anything and how long it'll take?