Windows XP Pro and NIC

After a few weeks of trying to find out why my Win XP pro
machine will not stay connected to the net while idle I
believe the problem is the computer is loosing connection
with the NIC. If I go to network connections disable then
enable it is restored. I have a Win 98 on the network that
is solid. Could it be the mother board going bad? Or am I
missing something. It is a new router and a new card.
Would you try a different slot? Thanks.

Sammy

If you look at the configuration of the network connection for your NIC,
there is a setting to allow the NIC to go to "sleep" to save power. Try
unchecking this and see if it helps.


"Sammy Castagna" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:20b9501c4597c$b7907150$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> After a few weeks of trying to find out why my Win XP pro
> machine will not stay connected to the net while idle I
> believe the problem is the computer is loosing connection
> with the NIC. If I go to network connections disable then
> enable it is restored. I have a Win 98 on the network that
> is solid. Could it be the mother board going bad? Or am I
> missing something. It is a new router and a new card.
> Would you try a different slot? Thanks.
>
> Sammy
>

OK I will try, Thanks, Sammy


>-----Original Message-----
>If you look at the configuration of the network
connection for your NIC,
>there is a setting to allow the NIC to go to "sleep" to
save power. Try
>unchecking this and see if it helps.
>
>
>"Sammy Castagna" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote in message
>news:20b9501c4597c$b7907150$a401280a@phx.gbl...
>> After a few weeks of trying to find out why my Win XP
pro
>> machine will not stay connected to the net while idle I
>> believe the problem is the computer is loosing
connection
>> with the NIC. If I go to network connections disable
then
>> enable it is restored. I have a Win 98 on the network
that
>> is solid. Could it be the mother board going bad? Or am
I
>> missing something. It is a new router and a new card.
>> Would you try a different slot? Thanks.
>>
>> Sammy
>>
>
>
>.
>