confuse wifi card (reboot software needed)

**lez** · 09-11-2005, 07:02 AM

Sometimes my network card (when under high traffic conditions) just seems to lose the plot, it drops out and hangs.

This is annoying if 400mb into copying a 500mb file and its happened more than once.

so, next time I leave it copying a file and it stops, can I get some software to reboot the machine?

I know thats a bit drastic but its xp not linux, linux could proably just unload the driver and re-load it etc.....

So, software to reboot the pc if nets gone down, checked every 5 minutes or so? gentlemen start your hard drives...........

**DarquePervert** · 09-11-2005, 07:19 AM

Double-check the properties of that device and make certain there's no power-saving enabled for it. I've run into this on other computers where a NIC shuts off to conserve power and anything going across teh network is hosed.

**Pokey** · 09-11-2005, 07:28 AM

I dont know about getting the signal back, but i use download accel, and it will continue downloading from the spot it stopped.

**lez** · 09-11-2005, 07:37 AM

Yup I fixed that, and then turned auto-reconnect on, but it seems to crash at a more hardware level.

Its just really damn annoying when Icomeback to it after an hour (or a sleep) and find its only ftp'd 25% of my mp3's or something.

If it rebooted it could continue by itself etc

Such software must exist for windows, its not like a hang is unheard of with xp users......

**lez** · 09-11-2005, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by Pokey

I dont know about getting the signal back, but i use download accel, and it will continue downloading from the spot it stopped.

But if I dont return to the machine for 12 hours its been wasting 12 hours of time and power.

I need it rebooted.

Then the software (emule, bitlord, ftp in startup directory or whatever) can resume where it left off.

This started as a crash when in ftp from server to car pc problem, I just mentioned internet as a simple ping to google/ibm/msn etc is a simple way to see if the card is still up.

**Pokey** · 09-11-2005, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by lez

But if I dont return to the machine for 12 hours its been wasting 12 hours of time and power.

I need it rebooted.

Then the software (emule, bitlord, ftp in startup directory or whatever) can resume where it left off.

This started as a crash when in ftp from server to car pc problem, I just mentioned internet as a simple ping to google/ibm/msn etc is a simple way to see if the card is still up.

I'm not a programer, but on my server I have it reboot every 24hours, whether it needs it or not. I know its extreme, but maybe in your case, reboot every 'whatever' when you're away...

just a thought

**lez** · 09-11-2005, 08:48 AM

Ok, another scenario

I have some p2p software running, and I've been in a q for 8 hours trying to get that last 1mb of 'earth 2 the complete series 1 dvd' because I cant buy it anywhere.

Now that download would never complete if I reboot every hour, because I would fall from the q

If the stupid card hangs I dont mind rebooting as I have fell from the q anyway, but that wont happen every hour.

Sometimes the card can go a few days with no problem, then it can go to lunch twice in an evening

I have just had another google to no avail, too many hits or not enough because the keywords are too vague, but someone must have a piece of software to do this.

'every 5 minutes check connection alive, reboot if not'

**numbers** · 09-11-2005, 02:09 PM

It would actually be a terribly easy program to write. Find someone capable and they should be able to do it in an afternoon.

**ryan** · 09-12-2005, 02:00 AM

If your using a 802.11G card try setting it in the B mode. G mode is supposedly a bit flakey. A lot higher transfer speeds but I was warned they crash all the time.

Are you running XP? If your card is just over heating and quitting, I would download this shutdown program.
http://www.budja.com/shutdown/

Then I would grab a cron program that's better than Windows Scheduler. Windows Schedular will do daily, but not hourly jobs.
http://www.downloadjunction.com/product/software/30619/

**ryan** · 09-12-2005, 02:04 AM

Another thing. My wife was complaining that her wireless was going down all day. When I got off my wired computer and turned it off she had no problems after that. maybe you can be having the same problem.