Q: The network is 2 PCs with two 10/100 NICs and a crossover cable. Everything works, I can share files and internet connection as usual. My problem is that the network often a time-out, I mean that the connection stops working and no data transfer between two PCs. It seems that this is only a few seconds, but it is enough to drop out of games.
So far I have tried following.
1. Several NICs.
2. Several PCI slots.
3. Different network speeds (100 and 10 / 2 and full duplex)
I have no idea what the problem could be. I have setup more complicated networks than those without problems, I doubt this is a case of user error. Anyway, heres some more info that could be assistance.
Main PC
Athlon 1600 977 503 Epox 8KHA `+ KT266A (latest BIOS)
Level-One 10/100 NIC (latest drivers)
ISDN 64Kbps Internet Connection
Second PC
Duron 1000
Asus A7A266 Ali Magik 1 (Do not use the latest BIOS)-Link DFE-538TX
D 10/100 NIC (using the drivers for it)
Thank you in advance.
Re:It may be the board/NIC combo.
Years ago I remember having problems with pauses/freezes on some relatives Shuttle boards and nearly any NIC we tried. We only tried four NIC's: 2 older ISA NE2000 compatibles, an unknown Maxtech brand 10/100, and NetGear 10/100. Every NIC with this particular motherboard (2 different boards) had the same problems in Windows — small pauses or freezes while playing games and the same while working with other apps, though this was less noticeable unless the system was under heavy use. (Windows 95/98 were used.)
The aforementioned motherboards by Shuttle were Pentium boards with Intel chipsets. When I tried my Intel 100B Pro NIC in either board, the pausing/freezing stopped. When I bought other Intel NIC's, and tried them in the Shuttle board, the problem was still gone, but if I retried any other NIC, the problems recurred.
Just a thought.
Re:No go, after 10-15 seconds the first time-out occurs and I get disconnected. I'm starting to think it's the cheap Ali Magik 1 chipset …
Re:I'm off to try out a new cable and to check all the settings. Thank you for your replies, I will let you know how things went.
Re:The Professional Gamer's League Linksys 10/100 NICs would do this while playing Quake 2. I tried it with multiple cards in multiple systems and it was definately to blame. I'm sure network traffic was intermittant, but we gave up on it when we realized all we had to do was boycott Linksys
(PGL Certified my ass)Re:Check the settings in the NIC properties. Many of the drivers will have a selection to allow the computer to put the NIC to sleep (to save power).
Good Luck
Scott
Re:Seems that you have tried everthing except a different cable. You might want to try that; your cable might be bad.
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