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bryank2000

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July 22nd, 2004 14:00

Optiplex GXa dropping connectivity- Any ideas??

I have an Optiplex GXa, running XP that intermittently drops it's LAN connection. The OS is up-to-date with patches, and the BIOS is at the most current revision. There does not appear to be any NIC drivers posted for this system & XP.

This system is connected to a firewall/router and is configured with a static IP address. There are other systems also connected to this router and they are fine. When this system drops it's connection, rebooting alone doesn't do it. I have to shut the system down entirely, as well as the router. Bring them both back up, and everything is fine- temporarily.

Anyone have any suggestions or experienced anything like this? Would the wake-on lan setting in the BIOS apply in this case? I have run out of ideas....

Thanks-

  • speedstep

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    Posted July 22nd, 2004 16:00

    Turn off power management on the nic.
  • bryank2000

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    Posted July 22nd, 2004 19:00

    great idea- I'll try it and reply back with results....

    thanks!

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    Posted August 4th, 2004 22:00

    I have the same probem, Ive had to put all the Dell's onto another switch.

    I'm hopeing a ROM update might make the switch compatible with the NIC in the DELL.

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    Posted October 5th, 2004 23:00

    Updated the switch to the latest version and now all the dell's work fine.