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Windows 95 network timeout?

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by david.lange

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I have a Win95 pentium PC that was functioning correctly at one point in time. Windows was then relaoded for a different reason. It now routinely loses it's network connection after 90 minutes of inactivity. I have replaced the 3COM card, reformatedand reloaded Win 95 two different times. I now have loaded only Win 95, the SP for it and the application that I need to run across the network and still recieve a timeout after 90 minutes. I have also loaded new drivers for the NIC. The hardware has not changed from when it did work. ANY IDEAS??

Thanks,

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by acurrin

What network service is it timing out to? MS, Novell? Look to server or network.

You have done a pretty complete job on the workstation side.

If you want a low tech way to test if inactivity is the problem, leave word running with a bogus document open and redirect your auto-save location to the server from which you are losing the connection. Set auto-save for 30 minutes and let Word keep the connection active for a couple days. If that doesn't do it, your problem is probably not inactivity.

by david.lange

It's the Client for Microsoft Networks that times out. I'm sure that it's not on the server side because I have 150 other PCs connected to it that don't experience this problem.

by Member 21361443

Another possibility is that you may have Power Management features turned on. Turn them off, and see if that helps.

Yet another possibility could be that the network card driver has a "Wake on LAN" feature that isn't working correctly. Disable the Wake On LAN, and it may clear the problem right up.

Hope this helps!
Brian Lusk

P.S. What type of NIC card is in the machine?

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