> Do you have the luxury of a second network switch. I remember a few
>years back on an OS/2 LAN Server configuration having unexplained
>Sockets errors on high usage, where on an identical (hardware and
>software) system they didn't occur at the same usage levels. The only
>difference was that the system was connected to a different network hub.
>Mostly out of desparation we changed the hib - the problem didn't occur
>again !
>
>So that may be worth a try if you have a spare switch - or at least try
>it in a different socket if possible.
I have perhaps a similar problem with a desktop (quad-PPro) system
running WSEB SMP and connected to both a network and the internet.
Upon heavy /concurrent/ use of both types of network connections using
a 10 Mbps card and hub, the system loses the connection to both the
network and the internet. The only solution is to reboot the system.
Heavy internet loads does not result in losing the connection but it is
possible that very heavy network load does (have not tested that
thoroughly.)
Rick's problem may thus not be related to the laptop or WiFi connection
per se.
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