From: "David Blair" 

I moved it to a 10mb ethernet card and it was okay, but I had no big downloads going.


"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:413f1a99{at}w3.nls.net...
> I'd vote for an upstream problem.  Can you take a chance and connect
> direct
> to the DSL modem (fully patched/protected machine required) and see if the
> disconnects occur that way? (That might eliminate any internal problems.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "David Blair"  wrote in message
> news:413f1904$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> 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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