[VolvoNut]

Hey everyone. I've been experiencing a strange problem recently with my new machine. Oddly enough, I had the same problem with my old machine and I'm guessing that may have something to do with the fact that the network cards (built into the mobo) are the same (my old board was also an ASUS). Anywho, so after a random amount of run time, I get a page full of the same error on my system log (occurring every few seconds), stating that my network driver has encountered an error. It doesn't say anything more than that, but the result of this is all network traffic comes to a stop. It doesn't seem to matter what programs I'm running at any given time, nor the amount of time from when I boot up to when this problem occurs. Strangely, windows thinks I'm still connected to my router, but nothing happens if I try to repair the connection and the only way to fix the problem (if temporarily) is to reboot. I have also tried reinstalling the driver and I've made sure it's the latest stable version.

I run ZoneAlarm for a firewall, with windows firewall disabled.

Any thoughts would be much appreciated.


Cheers,
Al

Edit: The exact name of my network card is: Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller

 

[johnwill]

FWIW, I've had issues with a couple of different Asus boards and the built-in Ethernet. I suggest a PCI NIC as a replacement. :smile:

 

[VolvoNut]

To clarify, I've been looking at my logs more thoroughly and these are the 3 important messages I get:

This will show up dozens of times within a couple of minutes:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: yukonwxp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 101
Date: 11/12/2007
Time: 2:00:08 PM
User: N/A
Computer: PURPLEMONGOOSE
Description:
Driver has encountered an internal error
Data:
0000: 00 00 08 00 02 00 62 00 ......b.
0008: 00 00 00 00 65 00 07 e0 ....e..à
0010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0018: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ........
0028: 73 6b 67 65 69 6e 69 74 skgeinit

Then I'll get a few of these:

Event Type: Warning
Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1003
Date: 11/12/2007
Time: 2:05:15 PM
User: N/A
Computer: PURPLEMONGOOSE
Description:
Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 7A7905A62B0E. The following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
Data:
0000: 79 00 00 00 y...

And finally:
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Dhcp
Event Category: None
Event ID: 1001
Date: 11/12/2007
Time: 2:12:27 PM
User: N/A
Computer: PURPLEMONGOOSE
Description:
Your computer was not assigned an address from the network (by the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 7A7905A62B0E. The following error occurred:
The semaphore timeout period has expired. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
Data:
0000: 79 00 00 00 y...

The only difference I can see between the last 2 is that one is a warning and the other is an error (for what it's worth). I tried googling this and the best solution I got for xp pro was to set my IP manually, but that hasn't helped. I don't know if this changes the landscape at all, but if not, what NIC cards would you recommend? I'd like to have gigabit/PCI-E, if possible.


Cheers,
Al

Edit: I also seem to get one of these after the DHCP warnings start:

Event Type: Information
Event Source: BROWSER
Event Category: None
Event ID: 8033
Date: 11/12/2007
Time: 10:33:23 AM
User: N/A
Computer: PURPLEMONGOOSE
Description:
The browser has forced an election on network \Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{5BD7F973-D5A3-444E-AF2B-A7E770EA7265} because a master browser was stopped.

 

[johnwill]

I'd look at the Intel Pro/1000 series, they've worked well for me, and they were pretty inexpensive.

 

[kusburu]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I'm having this exact issue. Did this ever get resolved?

 

[VolvoNut]

Yeah I did, but it's probably not the answer you're hoping for. :4-dontkno

Anyway, I took johnwill's advice and got myself Intel's Pro/1000 PT Desktop Adapter (PCI-E) and that cleared all my issues up. Around the same time (I believe, though I can't completely remember ) my Linksys WRT54GS was dying so I replaced that with Apple's AirPort Extreme Wireless-N router. I know the initial problem was caused by my onboard network adapter but I would highly recommend Apple's router in general. It's a very solid performer (albeit on the expensive side) and seems able to handle games *and* torrents across multiple connected machines simultaneously, whether wired or wireless. I don't know if it actually has Quality of Service, but whatever it's got, it works. :grin: And it's print server and NAS (network attached storage) capabilities are neat too.

Probably more info than you were looking for, but hope it helps.


Cheers,
Al