After you configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows Vista, the network connection stops working after couple of hours – FIX
by aadhu on Jan.07, 2008, under Fixes, How-To's, Vista
I don’t know why the fix isn’t made available via windows update yet. This is a very wide spread problem where your VISTA machine which is using ICS. After a couple of hours vista looses conectivity. Some programs like Messenger, Skype, eMule, etc.. still work and other Systems using the shared connection also have connectivity.
SYMPTOMS
After you configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows Vista, you may find that, although the network connection works correctly at first, the network connection stops working after one-to-two hours. For example, you may be unable to connect to the Internet, to other computers on the local area network (LAN), or to network resources on the LAN.
CAUSE
This problem occurs because of a bug in the WinSock bind() function.
RESOLUTION
Hotfix information
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix might receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next service pack that contains this hotfix.
To resolve this problem, submit a request to Microsoft Online Customer Services to obtain the hotfix. To submit an online request to obtain the hotfix, visit the following Microsoft Website: http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=6294451
And ofcourse restart is Required after the installation to finish applying the HOTFIX.
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January 7th, 2008 on 3:59 am[...] aadhu wrote an interesting post today on After you configure Internet Connection Sharing in Windows Vista …Here’s a quick excerptI don’t know why the fix isn’t made available via windows update yet. This is a very wide spread problem where your VISTA machine which is using ICS. After a couple of hours vista looses conectivity. Some programs like Messenger, Skype, … [...]
April 10th, 2008 on 9:38 pm
Yeah!! (Wrings hands)! Nice blog you have here. I’ve enjoyed much reading your last posts. Keep it that way.
May 5th, 2009 on 9:32 pm
So I had the same problem and i’ve been looking everywhere, I find the fix, download it, and attempt to install it and it stops and says something to the effect of “your machine does not need this hotfix” and i’m like YES IT DOES!!! what do I do?
June 25th, 2009 on 6:37 pm
To date, that is June 25th 2009, I STILL have this problem, oh and by the way, I do have Service Pack 2. I’ve tried the “uncheking Ip4″ solution but it was only a partial fix… it delayed the problem for a few hours. I’ve only used Vista for a few months since I bought this laptop… So I didn’t realize this was a serious problem until I started to do some research, and found that it was rather old (a 2007 problem)… and I guess now everyone’s more o less happy. Except of course that is, myself and the previous poster.
And of course I obtained the same patch (which wasn’t easy, considering it’s kinda… OBSOLETE), but when trying to apply “the update doesn’t apply to the system”…
Well… guess I’m screwed