Why does powering the router on or off cause my computer to crash?

It's a Win 7 machine, and the crash dump seems to refer to a memory location that cannot be accessed. I would have expected Windows to anticipate and allow a router to be powered on or off while the system is running. If the PC is in sleep mode, there is no problem.

2010-11-07T03:49:55Z

@Timothy That was too easy! Yes, it looks like the culprit was Google Talk, my email notifier.

?2010-11-07T03:38:13Z

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Maybe you have a virus or some program that relies on a constant connection to the internet?