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Things that start with the letter V... and don't play nicely
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No this is not about Vista.
For the last few months I have been having problems with my Verizon Wirless Broadband card. It connects, works fine for about 4 minutes then drops the connection. This happened in various locations, including while stationary so it was not a signal or coverage problem.
Friday I finally broke down and called Verzion for support, after software and firmware upgrades the problem remained, and they insisted it had to do with my VPN connection. The only problem with that theory was I was not connected to a VPN at the time. They finally opened a "trouble ticket" and assigned it to some other support group who came back and said it was disconnection due to a "bad IP Source" and the problem is on my laptop I should contact my IT support (which if you are me basically means look in the mirror).
A few Google searches revealed many others experiencing similar issues but not solutions. To attempt to solve the problem I started disabling various services on my laptop. First I tried the Firewall, that wan't it. I switched off my Wireless, disabled my Wired Connections, not them either. Finally I disabled the Network Adapters installed with VMware Workstation...... BINGO my connection lasted for 2+ hours on the Acela from New York to Boston.
Verizon Wireless and VMWare apparently do not play nicely together
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