Asus K8N-E - nForce Network Adapter, Dropped Connections

[imported_aleph1]

Hi,

I find that when network traffic gets high (ie, with BitTorrent, etc) the onboard nVidia network adapter will randomly stop working and requires a reinitialize. I've ruled out firewall or service provider issues as the cause.

Searching various forums, it seems that many people are having this problem but nobody can offer a definitive solution. Does anyone know of a workaround, or if upcoming forceware drivers will have a fix?

Thanks.

 

[itachi]

is it only with bittorrent or when you're downloading from a site too?

once.. i did netstat while bittorrent was running.. it was something like 50 connections used by 1 bt gui. if the problem is related to having too many open connections, then you can limit the amount of incoming/outgoing connections.

can't remember what the file arguments were.. but you can run the btdownloadgui exe and it'll show a menu of what you need. once you got that go into your registry and do a search for the executable.. add the arguments to the key and you're set.

 

[imported_aleph1]

Thanks for the reply.

Well, BitTorrent definitely seems to be the catalyst, though after the adapter stops working and I reset, simple web browsing can trigger the adapter failure as well. I suppose I'll have to wait for nVidia to fix the issue or use another NIC.