Hello. I have the following configuration:
– Netgear ADSL Modem/Router w/ 4 RJ-45 ports
– 2 ethernet 100 Mbps full-duplex Switches (very simple, just a
box with 8 connectors)
– 10 PCs w/ Win2000 Professional SP4 and Norton System Works
2003 updated almost daily
-1 Macintosh PB G4
Problem Description:
When there is only ona PC connected, everything goes smoothly.
i have internet connection. This one PC is connected on the
Netgear directly, no other switch involved. When i connect
antoher PC the internet connection drops, i cannot resucitate it
until i disconnect one of the PCs from the Network. The secon
PC can be connected to the same Netgear Modem/Switch or
through another switch, it doesn’t matter, the internet
connection drops anyway. The bad thing is sometimes it works
sometimes it doesn’t. i identified ONE PC that is always
disconnecting the Internet and isolated it. i ran all possibles
Fixes i found on Symantec’s site, I updated the Antivirus and ran
it 5 times. Still nothing. BUT the drag is, there are other PC that
behave the same, still unidentified. For the moment I only have
the Apple PowerBook connected this is how I am posting this
message and this is how I search the web for stuff to fix this
issue.
Any advise?!
Cheers,
Manuel Minut