whoops-- all the OS's are the most updated:
win95 OSR2.1
win98 SE
winNT 4.0 spk 3
again, this seems to be a win95 <--> 100Mbit issue, regardless of NIC. Is that a
known issue? Alternately, will NetBEUI be a better answer?
TIA, dave.
Dave Anselmi wrote:
> Hello. I'm posting here as a last resort... I [& my MCSE friend] are
> completely stumped.
>
> I have a 3 computer LAN at home, running win95, 98, & NT. I keep getting
> BSOD's on one of the machines when it's running 95. It typically happens
> during file transfers, especially with 10+ Mbytes or more. I've tried this
> w/ multiple methods: the 95 machine as the initiator seems most stable, vs.
> if the 98 machine initiates the transfer. I've also tried with
> directly-mapped drives, vs. surfing thru network neighborhood. No dice,
> still crashing.
>
> This doesn't happen when that box is running NT, but I need that machine to
> run 95, b/c NT won't run the apps I need. I haven't tried that particular
> M/B / processor w/ 98, b/c I've found 98 creates massive amounts of
> collisions during file-transfers, where 95 & NT do not [my hub has lights
> for collisions]. Also 98 is a resource dog, and that machine is only a p233.
>
> Here's the kicker-- when I re-set the NIC on that [crashing] 95 machine,
> knocking it down from 100Mb/s to 10Mb/s, it crashes much less often.
> However, this is the second NIC w/ this behavior; currently I've got a 3com
> 905B, and I used to have an Intel EtherexpressPro 100+ (which seemed to
> crash even more often).
>
> Also, that machine is perfectly stable w/ 95 when it's NOT on the network,
> so this seems to be network related. I'm running TCP/IP network, w/ subnet
> 255.0.0.0 and gateway 9.9.9.9.
>
> Hardware:
>
> Machine1: [crashes w/ win95] ip 9.9.9.2
> win95
> asus txp4 [bought new, 1yr ago]
> pentium 233MHz
> 3C905B Etherlink XL at 100Mbit [but now set to 10Mbit]
> Hercules Dynamite ET4000 2mb pci
> AHA-2940U pci
> WDC 10gig & 5 gig ide
> Maxtor 6gig
> creative sb16 isa
>
> Machine2: [lots of collisions] ip 9.9.9.1
> win98
> abit bx6 rev2.02 [bought new, 1/2 yr ago]
> celeron 300A at 300MHz or 464MHz
> 3C905B Etherlink XL at 100Mbit
> Creative Exxtreme 4mb Permidia 2 pci
> Dynamite Monster 3DII [voodoo2] 12mb pci
> Promise Fasttrak ide raid pci
> AHA-2940UW pci
> WDC Expert 18gig 2mb buffer ide
> 2x WDC Enterprise 4gig UW
> various maxtor, ibm, wdc ide drives; total of 7 drives
> creative sb32 'awe' isa
>
> Machine3: [very stable] ip 9.9.9.3
> win95, winNT
> asus sp97-v [bought used]
> pentium 200MHz
> 3com Etherlink III pci
> Diamond s3 virge 2mb pci
> AHA-2940A
> WDC 2gig ide
>
> network hardware:
> 3com NICs in each machine
> Netgear [Bay Networks] DS-104 4port switching 100/10Mbit hub
> MonsterCable 6ft 100Mbit-rated CAT5
>
> ...This is definitely network-related, since Machine1 works fine when it's
> not on the network. Is it a 95 <--> 98 connectivity issue? Perhaps a win95
> 100Mbit issue? I haven't tested 100Mbit connectivity between two 95
> machines, b/c I don't have a 100Mbit NIC for machine3, & I'd rather not
> blow-away my 98 installation (machine2) at this time.
>
> My friend told me NetBEUI is a superior protocol, faster, more-mature, etc.
> [but we've both heard rumors about its exploitability viz. the Net]. Could
> NetBEUI solve this? How does one set it up?
>
> Thanks.
>
> David
>
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Thanks.
David
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