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Ive done a decent amount of searching for this problem, and although ive found some similar ones, none have the exact symptoms that ive been having. i recently downloaded an online game (dragon nest), along with two of my friends, also running windows 7. One friend has the same make and model of laptop as me, the other friend is my roommate. The issue that ive been having is that while playing the game, i get frequently disconnected. The game doesnt seem to lag at all, and if anything, runs smoother than anything else ive had on my computer. However, it still disconnects me every 2-7 minutes, on average. It also disconnects me randomly--where most people seem to have issues at loading screens, I will be disconnected in the middle of a field, middle of a fight, in the middle of talking to an npc or moving--never the same thing twice. I thought that the issue was limited to the mmo, but last night i was on a skype video call with my friend, and the call started getting dropped every 2-7 minutes. Ive never had this issue with videocall before, and have made calls from the same room and with the same settings in the past with no problems. Im running windows 7, on a dell inspiron laptop, and have already tried refreshing the router, turning off the IPv6 everythings, and updating my realtek network controller. The internet connection is an ethernet, through a linksys router, standard to my school, and i have no issues browsing the internet, nor does the internet go down for periods of time--its like it drops out for a second, and causes me to disconnect. ive also rummaged through the dragon nest forums, with no luck. let me know if you need any more details, thanks in advance.