network help

[Ailir]

have just set up a small home/office network bridging 2 computers through an ethernet cable but on my new computer everytime i boot it with the cable in the back the second it gets into windows the computer reboots any ideas?

 

[meerclar]

are you using a regular cat5 or a crossover lead?
normal cat5 wont work and might cause unexpected probs.
also check bios for wake up on lan settings and turn them all off.
thats my knowledge exhausted

 

[Herjulf]

Sounds very strange. It simply shouldnt occur.
nomatter if u have a crossover or straight cable.

That said, what network card do you use? internal mainboard one? or pci card. If internal what mainboard?

To me it sounds like some driver misshap, the driver does something strange when computer boots up, and if the circumstances arent meeting certain demands it dont know what to do and causes that crash or the driver vs hardware together causes it.

Can also be the software you use to "bridge" causing the reboot. try disabling software and reboot and see if u get probs.

What you could do is:


1. standard driver uptune, get new chipset, drivers. and go to the mainboard manufacturer and/or network card manufacturers homepage and get a new drivers.
2. setting check. this is btw one of the main reason ppl get LD´s when porting. make sure checksumming isnt enabled on you network card. you check this under hardware -> properties on you nic -> advanced.