Problem with Server2k3 dropping network configuration

Hi all.

I am experiencing a very strange and frustrating problem. For no reason,
windows server 2003 will drop out my Ethernet connection(s) shortly after
boot up. Roughly about 10 minutes. At first I thought maybe it was some
3rd party software causing the problem. So I did a fresh reload of windows
server 2003. Loaded nothing additional but the drivers for the NIC's. I
configured the NIC's to use a static IP. Shortly, around 10 minutes, I can
look at the status of the NIC's and it will say "Address Unavailable". The
NIC's no longer have an IP configuration. No network communication is
possible. I can reboot the machine, and all will be well again for about 10
minutes. I have seen this happen now on two different ASUS motherboards. A
P4S800, and a P4T533-C. The NIC's used are Intel 1000MT Gigabit Ethernet
cards. To eliminate the possibility of a hardware problem. I tried loading
a fresh install of Windows XP on both motherboards. All is fine and dandy
then. So I would think it's definitely an issue with windows server 2003
causing this.

Anyone else run into this and/or solved this problem?

Thanks for any help,
Nate

It sounds as if your NICs are going to sleep. From device manager, check
the power management setting for the NIC. Make sure it is not set to power
off after x minutes idle time.

"Nate" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi all.
>
> I am experiencing a very strange and frustrating problem. For no reason,
> windows server 2003 will drop out my Ethernet connection(s) shortly after
> boot up. Roughly about 10 minutes. At first I thought maybe it was some
> 3rd party software causing the problem. So I did a fresh reload of
windows
> server 2003. Loaded nothing additional but the drivers for the NIC's. I
> configured the NIC's to use a static IP. Shortly, around 10 minutes, I
can
> look at the status of the NIC's and it will say "Address Unavailable".
The
> NIC's no longer have an IP configuration. No network communication is
> possible. I can reboot the machine, and all will be well again for about
10
> minutes. I have seen this happen now on two different ASUS motherboards.
A
> P4S800, and a P4T533-C. The NIC's used are Intel 1000MT Gigabit Ethernet
> cards. To eliminate the possibility of a hardware problem. I tried
loading
> a fresh install of Windows XP on both motherboards. All is fine and dandy
> then. So I would think it's definitely an issue with windows server 2003
> causing this.
>
> Anyone else run into this and/or solved this problem?
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Nate
>
>

Hi Bill,

I forgot to mention that this setting had already been checked, and is not
the problem.

Thanks for the reply,
N8


Bill Grant wrote:
> It sounds as if your NICs are going to sleep. From device manager,
> check the power management setting for the NIC. Make sure it is not
> set to power off after x minutes idle time.