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    Network latency problem

    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...
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    Stopping LAN Chatting

    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
  3. threedots

    Cable router and servers lock-up

    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...
  4. threedots

    unknown POST beep

    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...
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    Floppy volume not recognized on new Asus P4B266 MOBO

    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...
  6. threedots

    Missing device driver on boot

    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?

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