Losing internet connection very frequently and having to restart to be able to reconnect?

[Itwentbang]

We have two laptops hooked up to the same wireless connection as my computer, both have no problems with the internet connection. However every half hour or so my computer loses connection and to regain connection I have to restart my whole computer, which takes agees! Could it be a virus :/ ?

[jamona17]

the router is probably broken. happened to me.

[Curtis]

Could be but probably is not. Do you have your Internet connection shown on your tool bar? If not you need to set it up so that it is. Go to the control panel select network connections then right click on your connection and select properties. Here you will see a box to select to show the connection on the tool bar. When the Internet connection icon is on the tool bar right click on it. It gives you means to test the connection and see if it is a network problem and also request reconnection with out rebooting. If it is the network then you need to contact your provider and inform them of you poor connection.