Long story short(and most likely the cause). Recently had work done on my cable in front of my house, and they screwed it up several times. for about a week, looked like i could stop complaining to them.
All of a sudden I'm getting internet disconnects all the time and random. No rhyme or reason, although a lot happen between 8pm and 11pm.
I noticed in my windows log when ever one occurs, i get a DNS Client Event error.
I'm fighting the cable company to replace it properly, they keep patching it. The only thing i really changed on my computer was a video driver update, not sure if this could cause the issue.
Why i wait for this awful company to replace my cable, what else could i check? Could it be a virus or maybe my cell phone connected to the wifi, is comcast throttling me(not doing anything besides a few online games)? Could it be some type of interference from a neighbor? I did try to go into the router and change the primary DNS to 8.8.8.8, but the issue still occured later that night.
I've checked all the connections inside and outside. And also my TV experiences issues with sound and video pixelation, usually have to change the channel for it to correct itself.
Edit: Also, some of the time, the cable modem(i have a separate wireless router) would show a disconnection, the connection lights would go out and have to reset itself.