Re: Can't find DC

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Thanks Josh,

The switch is not managed. I did change the NIC on the PC to 100mb/full
duplex to avoid negotiation. Maybe that will do the trick. See also my
response to Miha, above.

Thanks,

-- Carlos --

"Joshua Bolton" <JoshuaBolton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Check the nic card setting for speed and make sure they match those of the
> switch the pc is plugged into. Manually set and don't leave at 'auto'.
So
> that would be 100mb full duplex or 100mb half duplex, etc for both switch
> port and nic.
>
> Reason I recommend this is what you describe is intermittent network
> failure. When autonegociate between the nic and switch doesn't work quite
> right there are crc errors generated which require packet resends and/or
loss
> of network connectivity.
>
> If its a managed switch you can look at the port stats to verify these
errors.


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