Recent content by threedots

Yes, NICs are all set to auto-negotiate. One other thing, and I should have mentioned this before: all of the port activity lights on the main switch are blinking; ie, I'm getting traffic on all ports whether or not a node is turned on. I have been told this MAY be a sign of a NIC sending out...

Hi, folks. I hope someone here might have an idea about the following: I have a 100-plus node switched LAN. All traffic between switches runs at 100Mbps. All network cards on the PCs are 10/100 set to auto-negotiate to 100Mbps. I am experiencing ping times of over 150ms from any PC to the...

Hello. I work in a school, and need to stop student network-based chatting. I've stopped all chats to external servers by port blocking on the firewall. However, I need to stop LAN chat incidents. Can anyone tell me how to go about doing this? threedots

Robuck: A VXD is a Virtual Device Driver, and VMM is the Virtual Memory Manager. This should give you at least a clue as to what to be looking for. If you have a VMM error in a VXD, then you have a memory conflict. Next step? Look inside your device manager for all the memory ranges being used...

The Setup: I have 3 Win2K servers servicing a 55-node workgroup. (Active Directory not yet implemented.) All networking is switched, 100Mbps cards all set at full duplex servers and clients. I have a Linksys BEFSR41 cable router connected to a cable modem and a static IP address bound to the...

1. try http://www.emulators.com/softmac.htm to get a software emulator for Mac OS8 on a PC. If this works, you'll need your copy of MS Office (or Excel) for running on top of this. Once the data is extracted out of the .bin format, transfer the spreadsheet data through MS Excel from Mac to PC...

I have an Asus P4B266 MOBO that ran fine for about three weeks. One day it began failing its POST and is emitting a tone I cannot identify and have not heard before. The sound is best described as a continual "up-and-down", or "rising and falling" tone. This will continue...

Thanks for all of your thoughts and suggestions. I fixed the problem. Here's what I did: 1. The FDD controller was not bad. The drive was tested and confirmed on another sustem, the BIOS settings were rechecked (always a good suggestion) and confirmed viable, the cable tested, and finally, the...

I have just built a system with an Asus P4B266 MOBO. I used peripheral components from other systems to complete the build, including a floppy disk drive unit that I know to be working. I set up the BIOS for the A drive to be first in the order for the boot process, enabled "Floppy Drive...

"The cable company came out, dug in a new line from the pedestal and pulled the old line out of the dirt. Low and behond, there were several nicks in the jacket of the wire exposing the foil, and some through the foil. New wire with no nicks and no interference. " Jeesh! I hope...

Found it, under the area you described. Interestingly enough, it was named exactly this way (WOL558.VXD) but the registry Find command failed to pick it up. Thanks for the tip, and WIndows is booting just fine now! :)

I get a message on the Windows load that the file WOL558.vxd cannot be found. I've scoured the SYS.INI file and cannot find a reference to it there. Does anyone know what this file is used for and how to reload it?

Some comments on YMMV's responses: "The shielding has nothing to do with the frequency range of the cable. Quadshield is the darling of the HA industry mostly because it used to be a sign of quality cable. There are many modern quality foil and braid cables with the same frequency...

I agree with RON GROULX's excellent response, and wish to add just a bit more: Network speed is hardware-dependent; hence, it is hardware-driven. For instance, you cannot get 100Mbps out of a 10Mbps NIC no matter how you cable it. The hardware design of a communications device dictates the...

One thing to remember about any buried conduit: it will accumulate moisture regardless of how tightly you seal it. This is because air temperature differentials will inevitably cause condensation. It may be slight, and will vary depending upon your location and how deeply the conduit is buried...