Why does my (cable modem) access just ... stop randomly?

[Barney Lerten]

I'm sure there's enough variables that this could be some combo of software and stuff I have (I never use OneDrive - close it? I use Dashlane - it had Win10 issues, later resolved.) -- but does anyone walk away from their PC, come back and find online (cable modem/Ethernet in my case) - just stops working, in everything? Evernote, Firefox, Outlook, etc.?) Programs are fine (well, Outlook freezes in mid send/receive but...) but the online access is gone? And the only fix usually is a reboot?
Never happened in Win 8.1. Happens about once a day in Win10. Reboot fixes. Network troubleshooter finds nothing. If it didn't come back after reboot I'd be desperate, as it is ... I can live with it if I have to but... was hoping one of these "cumulative updates" would help but... doesn't seem to happen when I'm working, only if I stop a bit. Got a clue that doesn't involve powershell "fun" or registry/deep file mucking?

 

[realwarder]

You need to work out what I wrong.

Can you ping your router address when it happens is the first question. What is your setup helps in pointing to things to test.

I would however go into your device manager and select the network device and do a drivers/check for updates. It appears by default W10 doesn't not update all drivers to the latest at install.