XoloX KILLS MY NET CONNECTION!!!

XoloX casues a serious dial up networking probems on my PC running Windows 98 SE, and using a modem. More often than not if I leave XoloX running for a number of hours, my internet connection "dies".

Let me explain:

Sometimes, my PC will remain connected to the net, but my internet connection will by unusable - I can't send or receive any data, not only with XoloX, but with any internet software. If I disconnect from the net, I am able to reconnect and log on as normal, but I still have the same problem. The same applies if I try this a few more times.

Sometimes I have the same problem as above with the only difference being that I actually get disconnected when it occurs.

The only way in which I can restore my intenet access when this problem occurs, is to shut down my computer, and then power up and restart Windows.

NOTE: This is NOT a problem with my ISP but something casued by XoloX, it only ever happens when runnig XoloX.



I have expreienced this problem before on rare occasions before using XoloX, and I think it may have also been casued by using certain software, but forget what program and I was running, and in any case I think the problem only occured rarely.


Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Moak]

Do you have that problem with any other Gnutella client too, e.g. Bearshare? PS: No reason to shout

I don't use any other Gnutella clients.

[Moak]

Please try and report if you have the same problems than.

Am about to try SwapNut, will post findings.

[laurentabcdef]

This problem was happening on W98 whith others application when i was opening too many instance. Maybe a bug in the tcp ip socket.

I ran Gnucleus (not SwapNut) for a few hours and had the same problem. BTW I just remembered that the other program which caused the same probem was a download manager, not sure which one, maybe FashGet/JetCar.

[Moak]

So here is the solution... too much traffic kills your Windows internet connection!

I have a similar problem in my office with the DSL router... time by time it freezes and I have to reset it (for heavens sake this happens only every 2-3 days and a reboot takes only seconds). Unfourtunately only Gnutella clients crash it, a *very* wild guess is... the little router's TCP/IP stack can't handle to many open connections. I never crahsed it with a downloadmanger even when heating up the lines, but every Gnutella client does. Here at home I use a Linux box as internet router... it never crashs.

It might help to upgrade Windows. In the Bearshare Forum I rememberd some people had trouble with older Windows 95/98 versions. Sorry that I can't help, anyone else?

Moak

Thanks for the info. Maybe it's time for me to upgrade.

[milhouse_ph]

I put an answer in the gnucleus forum... I had the same problem and did some research on it... you guys were right about the sockets thing... just go to the other forum and read...