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.

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.

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

Am about to try SwapNut, will post findings.

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.

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.

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...