From: "David Blair" 

It's only with externals.

Different model DSL modems, same brand.

It's only dropped once this morning. Yesterday, it was phenomenal.

All NICs are different. One wireless, 3 ether cable.


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:413f063e{at}w3.nls.net...
> Hi David.
>
> I had a very similar problem with a router in Atlanta.  Small file
> transfers
> would work OK, but ANY large transfer would choke in the router.  I think
> that you might have a bad nic driver somewhere, although you did say that
> have a new router, and went to a different DSL modem.  Are the two DSL
> modems the same model?  Is it possible both are broken?
>
> Does it happen when transferring large files between machines, or only
> coming off the net?  Maybe the upstream port is bad somehow?
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
> "David Blair"  wrote in message
> news:413e5839$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> It only happens when I use something with a heavy download- and it
>> doesn't
>> matter which machine is busy, they all hiccup.
>>
>>
>>
>> "John Cuccia"  wrote in message
>> news:n8esj0hvqgtlop5a0ogilmtobh41fl3kgi{at}4ax.com...
>> > Maybe a bad NIC is sending out periodic broadcast storms?
>> >
>> > On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 12:14:57 -0500, "David Blair"
>> >  wrote:
>> >
>> >>I have my internet server going through the router also,
along with two
>> >>other PCs. They all hiccup at the same time.
>> >>
>> >>It's dropping my Internet connectivity briefly. And I have
new cables,
> and
>> >>bought a new router before discovering that wasn't the issue.
>> >>
>> >>"Geo."  wrote in message
news:413cfcec{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>> what do you mean it also hits your server? Do you
lose connectivity
>> >>> between a
>> >>> desktop and the server? Tried a different hub or cables?
>> >>>
>> >>> Geo.
>> >>>
>> >>> "David Blair" 
wrote in message
>> >>> news:413ce238{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >>>> Okay, this isn't really a Windows question. Oh well...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> When the traffic gets heavy on my DSL connection
(like a file
> download)
>> >>>> my
>> >>>> connection drops and reconnects intermittently.
It drives me crazy,
> and
>> >>>> screws with my ability to use this thing.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I swapped out my DSL modem with another I had,
bought a new wireless
>> >>>> router,
>> >>>> changed the cables... then noticed it also hits
my server, so I
> didn't
>> >>>> bother to buy a new NIC.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Ideas?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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