Windows 98 problem

Go to Control Panel --> Network and look at the properties of your network adapter. Make sure that all power management (idle time) is Disabled. If your network card does not show any power management options, then look in your computer BIOS. Turn them off.

It seems to be loosing site with the network, is this a new machine on your network, do you have a problem with packets colliding, if on Novell can you remap the drives by using the novell network neighborhood, you could try patching the pc into a different hub Switch etc just to see if that helps it might pin point the problem. more extreme would just be to reinstall the network software on the pc, although this won't tell you what the problem was.. I had a same sort of problem but just with office, this may sound silly but in word go to tools, options, file location and cahnge the default documents location to another folder, It may seem daft but it solved my problem.

It seems to me a Network problem. Can you check if there is any other PC with the same name or address on your network?, Did you try to update your NIC Drivers?, I would download the latest drivers of your NIC and if doesn't work just change your NIC.
Change your computer's name and your's computer IP address. Give it a try to see what's the problem.

Please let me know if it works.

Good luck,
@lberto

It is possible that you have either a bad NIC card or an issue in your network that causes your connection to drop.

Are you loosing connections to the interent or are you only loosing network connectivity?

What Client are you using to log into your network?

Do you have a static or a dynamic IP address on your network. If you are using dynamic then the IP address assigned to you by the network may be colliding with another machine with the same IP.

You Might Try:

Clicking on Start > then Run. Type in "winipcfg" without the quotes. Click on release all the renew all and see if your connection is resotred.

*note: This will only renew your ip settings on the network not log you back into it, if you have lost connectivity. However, if you are colliding with another PC with the same IP or loosing internet connectivity because you lost connection with the network, this will resolve this issue.

It's seem like hardware related problems:
1. Make sure your air ventilation is in good. Do check your CPU and system fan. Increasing temperature will make your CPU 'unconfortable'.
2. Check your RAM module. A failure RAM always showing a similar symptom.

Hi
It could be one of these:
1- If you left your computer untouched for a while and the power managment is on then when the PC goes into sleep the client could not reconnect to to your lan. pls disable power managment from BIOS and OS.

2- Your Card may ahs a problem check it with another machine and put the other machine in this PC and try to see if the problem occurs in the new pc.You could have a resource conflect specilly with IRQ some network card the like to have no sharing change theresources last change the slot you may have PCI slot proble.
3- You may have your cable lose or been accedantly hit by any object such as a foot movement or you have or you may have a broken cable.Change the bach cable and move the PC to another point to check connection from panale to point.
4- You have a a problem with your network or you have a heafy traficc in your network specilly in the segment with this pc use network analyser.

Good luck

Mohamed

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