Re: [MLUG] Samba shutting off nic?

[Mikhail Kovalenko <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> Thorsteinn Sigurdsson wrote:
> 
> --- Original message ---
> I've got a bunch of Windows machines running through a Linux box as a
> gateway to an ADSL connection. We share files between Windows machines all
> the time with no problems. I'm the only one that works with files on the
> Linux box using Samba. I've got one of the shares on the Linux box mapped
> to a drive letter. If I have a file on the Linux box open in Windows for a
> while -- like a graphic I'm working on or an HTML doc -- after about 15
> minutes, the nic in my Windows machine stops responding. Since it's
> Windows, I then have to reboot, which takes forever because it's one of
> those machines that needs to be rebuilt so everything crashes and hangs
> when you try to shutdown.
> Any thoughts?

I had the exact same problem with Win95/3Com 905 10/100 NIC (early
version). Rebuilt the machine, got that card replaced with a LinkSys one
and haven't had any problems since.

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