>I haven't figured out what is causing it yet, but my cable connection spontaneously drops from time to time, and cannot be reinitiated with just a request. I have a batch file that forces windows to get another IP address from the 'server' with just 2 lines:
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>IPCONFIG /release
>IPCONFIG /renew

DHCP is what's causing you to drop sometimes. It seems not a lot of people know about the ipconfig release and renew, but I do the same thing and have very few problems.