Perhaps a new NIC is in order?

Tony Mayer
Sysop
The Magic FunHouse BBS
http://bbs.magicom.net



>Thanks for the reply.  I first updated my firmware to the newest version.
>No change.  Then, I did as you said and changed the router from DHCP to
>static.  I was optimistic that this would correct the problem.  No
>luck...still drops the connection a couple hours later.
>
>I checked to make sure the NIC is not set to power down...is not.  I
>changed out the CAT5s with new cable...no luck still.
>
>My latest changes today are to start going through the services and
>starting some that were either disabled or not started to see if any make
>a difference.  The problem in this area for me is that even with the
>description of what the service is, I do not always understand exactly
>what it does.  I am writing them down to keep track of what changes I made
>because once I figure this out, I want to systematically turn them off so
>that I don't end up with too many things running that are not even needed.
>
>Any other suggestions you may have would be very much appreciated!
>
>Linda

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