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by ypk1975

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i have windows Nt 4.0 with server pack of the latest loaded in it . i have about 75 clients connected to it. now my network is 10 Mbps . The system is having 10/100 speed network card . so my problem there some system when he is working with the network drive sunddenly the network drive gets diconnected he will not able to access any of the network drive or netwoks things . so we have shut down the system and then start it . in case we restart also we will be not able to access the networks drives at all . all networking related work in that system stop . we have power off and the start then only it will work . so pls some one advice me what i have to do . bye

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by maelgwyn

Have you tried locking down the network card from auto detect to half duplex in 10mb
mode? This could possibly be the problem. Also, check the error log, so we can see
more of the problem. It could be a faulty nic too. This could help

by Member 33712138

Sounds like something as simple as a faulty patch cable to me. If that doesn't work, try another network card or plug the cable into another wall port.

by doublejj

Further to Answer 1 - if you have switches rather than a hub, you might want to lock the switch port to 10mb too.

Had a situation where both the switch and the NIC (both 100Mb capable) got into an autosensing loop.

by steve penn

Good advice above.

Lock down the NIC to 10base half duplex.

Also try:

Installing the latest drivers.
reinstall the service pack 6a (presuming its NT)
Try using a different port on the switch/hub.

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