Re: Random Client Disconnects

I have done that on the laptops but not on all the PCs. I will try that.

I should add another line here after more testing:

I have found that if 1 of the machines goes to Offline and starts working
Offline, it will cause, randomly 1, 2, 3 or all the clients to disconnect
and go to Offline mode. This is the wierd part as far as I can see: If it
was hardware related and the server was being disconnected, it should affect
all users.
But it isn't the case, some are, some are not and it is random.

Thanks for your reply. At this point I'm trying everything. I have 5 other
SBS 03 networkts that our company administers and have never experienced
anything like this before.

Cheers,
Steve
"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" <anonymous> wrote in message
news:e%23AsQKGZFHA.3908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Be sure that power save is turned off on all NICs and hibernate and power
> save is turned to NEVER on Laptops while they are connected to Network.
>
> --
> Frank McCallister SBS MVP
> COMPUMAC
> "Steve" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:bz8me.20005$on1.3001@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> Yes, I have switched the card to 100 Full and have switches (2 x 16 port
>> 1 for front end systems and one for the backend systems)
>> The other thing I should mention is that two of the clients that connect
>> are connecting via the wireless access point, these two notebooks have
>> the same problem.
>>
>> I will however try to set all the wired PCs to 100 Full and see if that
>> helps.
>>
>> I am convinced that it is not a hardware issue, rather it is a software
>> issue. I belive that it is to do with Offline Files but have little
>> experience with troubleshooting them. It could be other things I know.
>>
>> For some background info: Server hardware is Asus mb (p4p800) with 3GHz
>> Intel, dual intel server pro nics, 1GB ram, 2 SATA 160GB drives using
>> Intel SATA RAID Mirrored
>> All PCs are Intel 2.4GHz P4s using Asus boards and onboard nics.
>> 1 Laptop is Acer TravelMate C302 TabletPC
>> 1 Laptop is Acer Aspire 1414WLCi
>> All network cable is CAT6
>> Besides doing basic email, the server hosts our interal website for
>> document storage, and runs our POS system (The main program is istalled
>> on each workstation and the data files are stored on the server), also
>> does DHCP, and file storage. (Mostly word, excel and pdf stuff, some
>> pictures)
>>
>> Reports show everything as good, CPU usage never exceeds 15% load (that's
>> the highest i've seen it) in 24hr period.
>>
>> Thanks for your time.
>>
>> "Bill Swan" <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eEeKL47YFHA.2128@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Hi Steve
>>>
>>> Have you tried turning off 'autosense ' in network card in server and
>>> put it to 100 full or speed of your hub / switch. On this point do you
>>> have a hub, nowadays should have switch.. If doesn't work then do the
>>> same to pcs.
>>>
>>> Let us know how you get on.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>> "Steve" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:892me.30163$tt5.8570@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Good day all:
>>>>
>>>> I have an issue with SBS 2003 and 7 XPsp2 Clients:
>>>>
>>>> For some reason, randomly the clients disconnect from the server
>>>> causing the clients to go into offline mode. The major issue here is
>>>> when this happens it causes our POS program to stop functioning (since
>>>> it resides on a shared drive of the server).
>>>> There are no event logs created that point to anything and I have tried
>>>> the following:
>>>> Replaced both NICs in server
>>>> Replaced both switches
>>>> Replaced all network cables to the punch down
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have a suggestion on where I should start looking to
>>>> resolve this issue?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> Steve
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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