From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Hopefully your wireless router wasn't a D-Link Dl-624. There have similar
complaints about that router. I suffered the connection drops while my
D-Link router reset and finally replaced it with a Linksys. Does your
router create a log file that you can check?


"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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