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by jribble

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I have two machines both with the Windows 2000 Pro OS. I am connected by a LAN line and use TCP/IP. The two machines get dropped from the web a different times. It depends on how long I'm on and how many windows I open. We also have 1 Windows 2000 server box that is used not as a DNS ora DHCP but as a workstaion for GIS students. However, a 98SE box has no problems keeping its connection. Furthermore, we use static ip addressing in this office. I changed the hub but still got the same results. I don't know what to do.

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by will shakespeare

Not easy to answer without seeing them up close and personal... but I suggest a few trouble-shooting steps... try disconnecting the Server,and W98SE boxes, and allow each W2K Pro machine to run on the LAN by itself, connected to the same port and cable the W98SE box uses... then you can see if it is a hardware error.
Can u answer this 2, when the connection drops, do you need to reboot, or log off, and on, or does the connection come back if you wait?
If you need to reboot, then next time theconnection drops, type ipconfig /all at a command prompt and re post that information here... if I'm not around, someone will be able to help take this further, I'm sure.

Will

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