Network card on my laptop

Published on March 8, 2005 By XX In PC Hardware

For some reason, for a while now, it has this really weird problem.

Right now, it has 2,130,000,000,000 approx packets sent and 759 packets recived. Why does it happen? No, my switcher is not consantly flashing so it's not due to some virus or spyware.

In a short time while I'm typing this, it's now approx 2,178,000,000,000.

Either I has some insanely fast connection or I has some major network problem.

Comments (Page 1)

Lantec

on Mar 08, 2005

Are you running one of the Wireless Signal Strength widgets available in the library? I've noticed that at times when I'm not on the network that it's constantly uploading. When I close the widget it stops. Not sure what or why but it may be related to what your seeing.

on Mar 08, 2005

Nah it's wired NIC and it don't really work anymore now. I can't connect to my server with NIC. In least I can still use wireless, which DON'T have that weird problem.

I guess it was breaking down NIC card. Can I replace it on Toshiba satellite 1903-303?

on Mar 09, 2005

Well I changed it to fixed IP and it works now, but still has those trillions of packets sent.

ExodusCrow

on Mar 10, 2005

Lantec, the widgets shouldn't have anything to do with packets being sent. Do you have any widgets open that use the internet?

Lantec

on Mar 10, 2005

I have Sysmetrix running with the weather & network monitored. With the stealth version I don't have any problems but the WSS version sometimes seems to be the cause of a constant ping on the upload side. It's intermittent, and I'm not sure of the trigger, but if I close the widget it stops.

on Mar 11, 2005

21 trillion packets sent, 5 million packets received. What fun.

Seriously, I'm tired of this weird packets problem.

pjpowell

on Mar 11, 2005

You don't have anything enabled that might just be sending loads of broadcast packets onto the network that really aren't going anywhere do you?

Try downloading a packet sniffer like ethereal http://www.ethereal.com and see what type of traffic it is and where it's going. Might help you track down and eliminate the cause.

on Mar 13, 2005

OK I'm trying that. Thanks!

on Mar 14, 2005

That's so odd.

So far, the packets sent number is now in trillions. The packet capture, both ways, is at 30,000 which makes more sense.

Hmm...

WTF?

kona0197

on Mar 14, 2005

As long as your not being hacked I wouldn't worry about it.

ilikesskins

on Apr 05, 2005

Sounds weird, maybe you should try plugging the network card into another PCMIA slot of your laptop and downloading the latest drivers. Anyway if that doesn't work then you can just show off to your friends on how fast your new prototype network is.

on Apr 05, 2005

Heh. Well unfounately it's not a cardbus type hardware. It's built-in.

xjennx

on Apr 06, 2005

read my post.....

on Apr 06, 2005

WHat does wardriving has to do with my wired network card?

Besides my wifi network is heavily protected, but my laptop is connected via 100baseT network.

xjennx

on Apr 06, 2005

Use ComView..to know exactly what is being sent and being receive...then you`ll know the source....

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