Re: Client kills Internet Connection on entire network

Uh just a thought. (Shot in the dark)
I assume your SBS is your DHCP server
Do you have DHCP Services Turned on the WiFi also?
It could be killing the net.....

NIC Replacement like Susan Said is a good try also.
(Everyone should have a Extra NIC for the server in case of emergency.)
Boy remember when NIC's were $250 Ouch!

Russ

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"PhxBusOwner" <PhxBusOwner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am running SBS2003 and windows XP on 5 clients with 4 users. We have
>been
> experiencing random loss of internet connectivity. All clients and the
> server lose connection. However we have a wifi access point on a
> perimeter
> network at it STILL has internet connection (so we ruled out the cable
> modem,
> ISP, or router). Also when internet connection is lost, all other network
> functions remain (share, etc..)
>
> The only way to restore connection is via a SBS total restart. This has
> been very frustrating and we could not determine what was causing it.
> Today
> I discovered that one client was running Windows Media Player 10 and
> playing
> an MSN internet radio station. We lost connection and did a server
> restart,
> internet came back when the user tried to restart the music it killed the
> connection. We repeated the procedure and it killed it again. However we
> have had these random internet losses even when no clients are using
> Windows
> Media Player.
>
> Any ideas on the cause or how to prevent this? I cannot remote access the
> server to do a restart when internet connection is lost, which means
> driving
> to the office every time this happens (makes for a short weekend and lost
> sleep!)
>


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