I have three AST Century City minitowers that I have installed W2k Professional on, connecting to an NT4 server. Two of the three mysteriously disconnect from the network. If I unplug the USB device (adapter), get the warning, plug it back in, the network connectivity returns. The adapter is disabling for some reason. Ideas?
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Netgear EA101 USB Ethernet Adapter 1
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It drops all connectivity, although it can ping the loopback address.<br><br>I found out late yesterday that Netgear has received a bunch of similar calls, and due to questions relating to the country of origin of the adapters, I suspect they have a bad lot. Also, one of the three AST's (all using the same adapter type) works just fine and hasn't had this problem. <br><br>We were instructed to return the adapters for an exchange.<br><br>Thanks for the response.
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