Problem getting disconnected from LAN

[Beeblequix]

Howdy folks

The other day I played at a LAN party. Great fun. No problems (~5min setup time).

Two days later I went and played on a real dog of a LAN. I kept on having problems staying connected to the LAN. I use winXP home. I'd 'repair' my connection with the handy little feature, I'd be able to see the other comps and shared harddrives, but after say 5 minutes I'd get disconnected. When this would happen I'd look into the network, see the screen where it shows you which comps are on the LAN, but I'd be unable to see anything inside of them until I'd 'repair' the connection.

I'm using a Dlink 530tx nic from my olde pc on my new comp. I wonder if it's just that when the sys integrator who put my system together didn't seat the card properly, in which case I got lucky at the first LAN party and when I went to the second the card retreated a tad. But why can I repair the connection in XP? Wouldn't it be unable to repair if it's not quite seated or would it for breif periods? Also, on my mobo, is it possible that certain pci cards like to have a 'higher priority', meaning, not in slot 5, 4,etc?

sys:
xp Home
Athlon XP1700+
Asus a7v266-e
256 ddr
msi geforce3ti200
40gb hdd
16x40 dvd/cdrom
12x10x32 cdrw
dlink 530tx nic
creative modemblaster 56k
soundblaster live platinum 5.1
blah blah blah

thanks

Beeble Quix

[Fat_Rob]

Hey beeblequix

i'm havin a similar problem to yours. i have 6 computers networked (win '98). problem with one of em disconnecting from the network after a period of time, sometimes 10 minutes and sometimes fine for hours. i can reboot the pc and it's back on the network.

so far, i have:

changed NIC's
changed cables
changed ports on the router
manually set the IP
checked the subnet mask
the green light on the NIC stays green even when disconnected

if you learn anything about your problem, please keep me informed and i'll do the same... i'm pulling my hair out with this.
hopefully i can come up with something as well.

FR

[Beeblequix]

Hey Fat_Rob

I talked to a friend of mine who said similar probs happened to them when they used the cheap 15-20 dollar nics in their pcs @ werk. When they bought better ones, though, their problem was solved.

I'm not sure if that's what the doctor ordered for you or I. This NIC werked in my last pc (asus p3v4x). I do recall that I had to rearrange my pci cards so that my nic had higher precedence so to speak over my modem; my modem had to be located after it or the whole [)@|\/| thing would hoze. I personally don't think it's necessary to buy a new nic when I know this one werked just fhyne two months ago on the same LAN.

B.Quix