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Bump 'O Rama!!

Thanks a bunch....my torn out head of hair thanks you and my wife who has a head ache listening to me scream at the cable modem thanks you....Excellent!!!

Well, I did another looooooooooooong power cycle leaving tghe modem off, unplugged and unloved for an hour....oh the humanity LOL

Seems to have worked so far - couple of big file transfers and system up for 18 hours without the wierdness returning.

Everyone keep you fingers crossed.

I can't say that I disagree with you, but I'm pretty tollerent (=lazy) about most things anyway.

I usually rebuild 3 to 4 times a year, but I've been languishing with a KK266 for 6 months that I just love, so I haven't done anything with mine - just for others.

I have been reading some of the ...

Hey Mike!!

Maybe one of the few (if ever) reasons to downgrade.

Yes, I've still on beta 2 waiting for RC1 disc.

I saw your post on the networking MS forum as well.

Good luck, sorry I couldn't have been any help to you.

I can suggest a few things:

1) Try setting up a new network connection using the "make new connection" wizard.

2) You could move the NIC card toi a different PCI slot.

3) Or try another NIC.

2 or 3 will end up chaning your dual boot NIC settings as well, changing PCI slots will likely only ...

Is TCP/IP loaded?

Can you click on the repair option just below status in the pop-up?

Sounds like maybe you should delete the NIC in system properties & reboot to reload drivers - or you could do so manually.

You'll likely have to renew the address, subnet mask & default gateway.

Start, settings, network connections - righ click on local area network, select status, support tab - check "release" button then renew.

Thanks for the links.

I had searched "activity light" before posting.

Here's a more detailed look at the wierdness: I power cycle -leaving the modem unplugged from power & the RC connector for 10 minutes. Turn off computer and completely disconnect power.

Reonnected modem power & connector ...

I've done a good deal of searching & haven't seen anything addressing my prob:

Stats - surfboard 4100, Netgeat FA310, duality WinXP/98 SE, Athlon processor, GeForce card 256 MB memory.

Last week I replaced AT&T's SB3100 with my own 4100. Yes, I had an AT&T tech do it.

After provisioning I couldn ...