Kao, Cloaked, I've got issuesFollow

System specs first:

Microsoft Windows 2000
Service Pack 4
Build 1295

AMD Athlon XP 2200+ (quit laughing!)
1 Gb RAM
GeForce FX 5200 (I said quit laughing!)
Asus A7N8X-E nForce2 Mobo
Onboard Gigabit LAN

I use a Linksys router, and currently have the network configured with DHCP. I'm using Comcast cable, they aren't blocking any ports. I've noticed alot of this going around lately, random disconnects.

Tonight I sat and watched my Rec. dwindle down to zero no less than 4 times, then come back up in the space of about a minute, and everything was fine for a while before it would drop again.

The other day I was getting completely disconnected, and unable to log back in for hours at a time.

Today I was having what seemed to be intermittant DNS issues as well, though I could never recreate them. I ended up running:

ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns

Then a computer shutdown. I unplugged the modem and router for probably an hour or better, then the modem back in, and the router when the lights normalised. Started up the computer, and everything seemed fine, but like I said, it wasnt.

You guys got any ideas?

yeah, those gigabit NiC's have been having issues. Is this for FFXI? alot of comcast users have been reporting a similar problem, so it makes me think it might not just be a problem on your end. Can you please make a log of what exact times the problems occur at for a day or so? I want to see if there is any pattern, and also compare it to the others and see if anyone else reports similar times.

Also try grabbing a cheap $10 Nic and toss it in there, see if that helps things

What model linksys router are you running?

Becker: yep, around 1am - 3am EST.

Cloaked: I can try that, I ran nslookup and it seemed to be returning everything I needed, pinged my primary and secondary DNS servers, and average 12ms. My BIOS is up to date as of last week, and I'm running my BIOS updater again right now to check for patches. I also installed all relevant patches from Microsoft early this morning. Think I'll head over to nVidia after this and see if they have any chipset driver upgrades. I'll post back if there is. I've got in the neighborhood of 15 or 20 NICs laying around, if the problem persists, I'll swap one in.

Oh, and I haven't as of yet tried connecting directly to my modem. I in fact don't have enough cable to do so. I have two subnets set up here, my room is on it's own, with an uplink to my switch from the router downstairs. I've changed nothing at all in the settings or topography of the network within the last month.

Kao: Will do, I'll just update this post when it happens for the time being. And yes it is FFXI.

 
Date        Time (EST)           Steady/Intermittent 
05/22/04    01:00am - 03:00am    Intermittent 
05/23/04    01:03am              FFXI-1401 Connection to server lost  
05/23/04    01:44am              FFXI-4011, POL-0008 

And just cuz I can...

My A+ certificate came in the mail today, I'm a card carrying tech now, all official like :)

Speaking of, ya need any help around there Kao? XD




Edited, Sun May 23 01:43:29 2004 by InSearchOf

Did your cable TV go out before the net died? Mine did, and then cable has been down since then. Not much of a response from Comcast

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