Win XP winsock problem, or VIA Rhine Adapter?

[dangermoose]

I'm very puzzled by a problem I'm having- if anyone can offer advice I'd be most grateful:

I am having trouble with large file transfers which appear to crash winsock on my XP Pro SP2 machine. Here's the config:

System 1: Windows 2003 Server / Linksys Gigabit GA311 (operating at 100Mbps)
System 2: Windows XP Pro (SP2) / VIA Rhine Fast Ethernet
Switch/Router: Netgear WGR614 R3

During large data pulls from XP Pro to 2003 Server, winsock seems to crash and I lose all connectivity. I have tried ALL of the following:

- winsockxpfix (reset TCP/IP stack, reload winsock, etc.)
- using latest VIA Rhine Fast Ethernet drivers
- tried NIC on auto-sensing AND 100Mb TX Full-Duplex

Thanks in advance!

-Moose

 

[bcastner]

First, determine if it is in fact a Winsock issue:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=811259

If it is, the source is likely malware: faq608-4650

Be on the lookout for contention issues at 100mbs:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315237

 

[dangermoose]

thanks for the tips, bcastner.
winsock is fine...

checked the "too many collisions" issue, and I don't think that is the whole problem but you might be on to something. did some research and found a few other people who posted they are also having "large file transfer" problems with the same onboard VIA Rhine adapter. (Did i forget to mention its an onboard card?) I searched for some info on how to change the interframe gap on this card but couldn't find it.

My suspision is there might be some interference issues with the onboard NIC. (It isn't a real high-end MoBo...) I will be disabling it and using a spare 10/100 FA311 I have lying about to see if that resolves the issue.

-Moose