Basically I can't hold a net conection for very long

I am pretty sure its my nic - it has like 50 kabillion packets etc...

this is a pic from like 8mins of my pc being connected.

rekon this would be the reason for the net dropping out intermittenly (s/p)

http://www.heardy.com/new/nic.JPG


XP didn't pick the card up natively, so i used drivers from the cd, and their site has OLDER drivers then whats on cd, stupid nethear :/

ive got a couple of spare NIC's here if you want one, they are newish pci that should be able to handle the load

i've got plenty of nics here.... its just that one is gig :p

i am using a 3com standard pci one at the moment and it seems stable.

So i think its a driver issue, adn there is no new ones :/

I had a problem like this when I used WinXP drivers for my SiS onboard. It was the manufacturer's drivers that fixed it for me however, yours seems to be the opposite.

What brand is your card?

Edit: aces, beaten.

last edited by exo at 00:12:17 26/Feb/04

Its a netgear GA302T gig nic

Check your ISP's status page for any outages

Reboot and stop running torrent :p

those nics seem to be problematic what machine are you running it in?

power

p4 1.4 @ 2.4
abit bdII raid
512ddr crucial (i think)
win xp pro sp1

the rest is standard, vid card, cd burner & dvd drive and hard drives

thats a s***load of packets for 8 mins. i've sent/recieved 150,000ea since bout 12 today. something is amiss with ur drivers or something else on the network.

that's what I was thinking squarky.... and I think its the reason I get lose network conectivity...

hence i've got back to the onboard 10/100 realtek for the moment - its alot more stable

Format your HDD, then wash it in mild soapy water.

this is fresh after a format

you run a firewall? perhaps there is some kind of ACK or ICMP loop happening with the GigE card and it might pick it up.

at minimum packet size thats almost 800mb of data you got going there, so it sounds like ur card is 'dos'ing its self. turn off any QoS or SNMP on your machine and the switch if its managed and see how you go.

I have a netgear switch/router/modem DG814

and I am running kerio personal firewall 4

should have picked it up if it was an external issue, so i'd say drivers/configuration will be where its screwing ya

probably the interface connecting the chair to the keyboard. (hehe)

Replace the nic if it continues then the netgear needs to reset to defaults and start again, if persists the switch/router will probably be the problem, broadcasting continiously.

sure your computer is turned on heardy ROOOOOOOFL

yeah - I was going to say the same thing gumby - user error, I am the first to admit i've got no skills at computers ;)

i am too hungover to worry about it today, and I have a wedding to attend this arvo... so its a tomorrow job

It seams the basic netgear nics are utter s***, I have one FA-330 that blue screens my windows 2000 machine hourly, I un-plugged the network cable and connected it to the onboard Intel connection, the computer has now been up a whole week.

also, jesus f*** thats alot of packets, my computer hasn't even passed 20 million and it's been online a week and uploaded a few gig.

I just hope this other gigabit card doesnt crap out on me, last time I ever buy netgear.

last edited by scuzzy at 12:46:44 28/Feb/04