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Windows Randomly freezes

Sounds like either bad memory or blown caps on the motherboard. Unless you know what you're looking for blown caps will be hard to spot but I've seen plenty of Aopen boards with them. Do a google search for 'blown capacitors' and see what pops up. Download a copy of memtest, burn it to a CD...
- OmegaXero
- Post #29
- Aug 1, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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need suggestions on memory for OC'ing

I'm getting ready to purchase a new system. I have drilled down the components that I want, at this point I'm only stuck on the type of memory that I should purchase. I have my list of possibilities narrowed down to three products however, I am open to suggestion if anyone here feels I could buy...
- OmegaXero
- Thread
- Nov 23, 2005
- Replies: 0
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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services.exe is eating a ton of memory

Anybody?
- OmegaXero
- Post #2
- Aug 19, 2005
- Forum: Operating Systems
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services.exe is eating a ton of memory

Services.exe randomly decides to eat tons of memory on some of my desktops and servers. Now, before anyone says anything, they are spyware free. I can post HJT logs if you want but I have triple checked these things. Spyware is not a factor in why this happens. It randomly happens to desktops...
- OmegaXero
- Thread
- Aug 17, 2005
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Building Network Lists

Does the DNS on the XP machine point to your server?
- OmegaXero
- Post #2
- Jun 9, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Slow network performance with 2000 server...

Check for the specs on the gig ethernet card from Intel. Most newer gigE cards are PCI 2.2 cards, I think the BX chipsets were 2.1. This will cause issues and most likely is the cause of your poor performance. Also, I have three Marvell gigE cards that are very slow when I put them on 100mb...
- OmegaXero
- Post #6
- Jun 9, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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SDSL

SDSL will also have upload/download speeds the same (symmetric). ADSL is asymmetric, so its upload speeds are generally slower than its download speeds (much like a cable modem).
- OmegaXero
- Post #4
- Apr 6, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Cable modem gurus..does this SH*T look right? + short RANT

Yeah, if you type in the IP and you still have the same delay then its not a DNS issue. Almost sounds like a router issue on your cable company's end. Like spidey said, a traffic capture on your end might also help pinpoint the issue.
- OmegaXero
- Post #22
- Apr 6, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Cable modem gurus..does this SH*T look right? + short RANT

When you VNC into someone's computer are you going thru your cable modem to a remote system on the internet or are you just connecting to another computer inside your LAN?
- OmegaXero
- Post #18
- Apr 5, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Cable modem gurus..does this SH*T look right? + short RANT

It almost sounds like your router is not using the manual DNS values that you're specifying. I also use RR and I've had horrible performance from their DNS servers recently too (same problems you describe above). Have you tried plugging the cable modem straight into your computer and then...
- OmegaXero
- Post #16
- Apr 5, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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M0n0wall

I can't remember of m0n0wall has an option to turn off snort/instrusion detection, if it does turn it off and rerun your tests. Snort eats a lot of CPU power on older systems. Do you have a switch that you can use for your local LAN instead of your router?
- OmegaXero
- Post #3
- Apr 5, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Router/Gateway setup with a Windows 2000 Server network

The server actually doesn't know where to forward to on the internet. It just knows that whatever addresses it can't resolve will be handled by a server that is higher up. So when you type in google.com your local Windows Server just forwards the request on to your router, which forwards the...
- OmegaXero
- Post #20
- Apr 1, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Software Firewall issues with GigaNICs!!!

Manny, you're right, the windows firewall doesn't have the built in program notification that many other firewalls offer. However, I still find that keeping tabs on your virus protection and making sure you have a good arsenal of spyware software is better than most software based firewalls. Or...
- OmegaXero
- Post #5
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Router/Gateway setup with a Windows 2000 Server network

I think we all agree on him using his internal Windows server as his primary DNS server. We just seem to be at odds on how he goes about making sure that the windows server can forward requests to the internet.
- OmegaXero
- Post #14
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Router/Gateway setup with a Windows 2000 Server network

John I see your point but the whole reason of having a secondary DNS at the ISP in the first place is so that in can mask a primary DNS failure. They're supposed to be redundant so that if the primary does go down you have a mostly intact working copy on the secondary DNS server that continues...
- OmegaXero
- Post #12
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Software Firewall issues with GigaNICs!!!

It very well could be that software firewalls don't like higher MTU's for gigabit NICs. Does the windows firewall work?
- OmegaXero
- Post #2
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Dead connection until reboot

Are the 3 other machines hooked up thru the hub or are they plugged straight into the router? If the only thing that fixes your connection failing is a reboot are you getting a "network connection lost" message or something to that effect? When the connection stops can you still ping internal...
- OmegaXero
- Post #2
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Domains vs Workgroups?

nweaver brings up a great point, I totally forgot about that. XP Home could be a big gotcha for people that don't know that.
- OmegaXero
- Post #7
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Router/Gateway setup with a Windows 2000 Server network

Go do your DNS management console and right click on your DNS server, select properties. Click on the Forwarders tab and make sure that you specify the IP of your linksys router there. This will tell your server to hand off any DNS requests that it cannot resolve locally to your router. Since...
- OmegaXero
- Post #5
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Domains vs Workgroups?

I personally would go with a domain, I think it would make administration of all the clients easier. For instance, you can setup your own DNS server within the domain, this can speed up internal network requests to other systems on the local network. Each user can store their profiles on the...
- OmegaXero
- Post #5
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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How can I cripple internet access on a networked computer?

I agree with setting the default gateway to a different value. This is by far the easiest solution and it won't force you to change your current network setup by adding protocols or extra overhead, etc. etc.
- OmegaXero
- Post #10
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Sheild Up test

When you're at home then you're behind the NAT firewall that your router has in place. This should still be good enough to pass with a Stealth rating on all ports when running the Shields Up test @ GRC.
- OmegaXero
- Post #3
- Mar 31, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Well, I've totally screwed up my access rights on my external drive

Make sure that the account you're using to access the drive also has ownership. I'm assuming you're running XP, otherwise ignore that advice. You'll have to right click on the folder you're trying to access, click the Security tab, and click on the Advanced button. You'll find the Owner tab...
- OmegaXero
- Post #3
- Mar 30, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Using an old PC as a firewall.

If you're looking for a good learning experience then running your own firewall would certainly help. I do feel that these are a better solution to a hardware router for several reasons. One, almost all of these firewalls have more options than a standard router (although you can now flash the...
- OmegaXero
- Post #22
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Getting a new modem for comcast.

Sounds like a plan, as a last resort you might check with your ISP to see if they'd swap the modem. I have RR and the one time I had problems with my modem I went down the street and swapped it for a good one, no questions asked. I walked in and came out with a new modem in 2 minutes, super easy.
- OmegaXero
- Post #6
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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is my linksys router broken?

You mention your roomates are using a router and not having problems, are you both using the same internet connection? If so this could be an issue. As for resetting the router this must be performed with the router plugged in, depending on the brand of router you have the reset process can be...
- OmegaXero
- Post #2
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Actual Speeds

Bandwidth of the a standard 33Mhz, 32bit PCI bus is 133mbytes/sec. I looked it up today after you asked about it in your previous post. :)
- OmegaXero
- Post #19
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Changing DNS on Smoothwall RED interface

Mad props cleverhandle, you literally were right on the ball. Smoothwall uses the dhcpcd however, I followed this link and was able to resolve my problem. Thanks to you I actually knew what I was looking for!
- OmegaXero
- Post #4
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Actual Speeds

ROTFLMAO, for the sake of leaving your ego inflated and fully intact I'll stop arguing with you. Besides, this is warath's thread about networking, not a flame war. Try not to take a little constructive criticism too personally.
- OmegaXero
- Post #13
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Actual Speeds

Based on your grammar and proofing skills I'm sure all your published content is highly successful. Hmm. Nah!
- OmegaXero
- Post #11
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Actual Speeds

Then again, if you follow the link that he left you'll also notice that he states notable speed improvments on servers with dual xenon processors. Can you imagine how bright that would be? Jack, proof your pages before you post and for god sakes link to something other than ezlan.net. ;) "If...
- OmegaXero
- Post #9
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Refurbed Dell servers

Does anyone here have a good resource for buying refurbished Dell servers? I've tried LA Micro Group but I didn't know if there were better places to buy. I'm looking to purchase newer model servers, mainly the 2850s, I need 4 at the moment but that # is likely to go up.
- OmegaXero
- Thread
- Mar 29, 2005
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Computer Building
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AMD XP-Mobile Setup

I run an XP-M @ home on an old A7N8X board, 1 gig of RAM, 9500 PRO. I have the chip OC'd to 2GHZ @ stock voltage running air cooling. The chip doesn't even break a sweat, I'd OC it more but my old Asus board (rev 1.02) doesn't support higher multipliers than 12.5 or something close, I forget...
- OmegaXero
- Post #5
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Computer Building
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Actual Speeds

Good question on PCI bandwidth, I'm 90% certain its rated in mbits (it is something like 13 years old now). Honestly, most switches are about the same for lower end (16 port and under) applications. Just make sure that if you do buy another gigabit switch that it supports jumbo framing, this is...
- OmegaXero
- Post #6
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Actual Speeds

First off, if you're going for high network utilization rates a good NIC is important. I've seen Realtek NICs that can't push much over 70% on 100mbit switched ethernet. A good Intel PRO NIC will certainly help. Secondly, you will get different utilization numbers depending on what you're...
- OmegaXero
- Post #4
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Getting a new modem for comcast.

First off, check your line. Most modems have a web based diagnostic page that you can access (my 3com sharkfin is 192.168.100.1). Try that first and make sure your line quality hasn't degraded to the point that the modem can't maintain a reliable signal.
- OmegaXero
- Post #3
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Internet Sharing

Does your wireless access point have switched ports in it? If so can you just run some Cat5 from your two computers into that?
- OmegaXero
- Post #12
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Can't connect to any secure servers

In IE6 go to tools/options. Click on the Advanced tab and hit the "Restore Defaults" button. Restart IE and see if it works. If that doesn't fix it you can try reinstalling IE, I've had to do that once in order to get rid of that problem. Sorry I can't be more specific but I've worked on 4...
- OmegaXero
- Post #4
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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NetGear XE102 powerline adapters

It could be that something else in the house is causing a lot of interference on the electrical lines. If the connection is intermittent you might try and figure out if there is a certain device that is running when the connection drops. I have a very limited understanding of powerline...
- OmegaXero
- Post #5
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking
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Can't connect to any secure servers

Try here, that has been a useful site for me in the past when I encountered similar issues with IE6 and secure sites.
- OmegaXero
- Post #2
- Mar 29, 2005
- Forum: Networking

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