binarydad
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EDIT: the switch is TP-link, not d-link, and is unmanaged
My very crude network layout is below. I'm making large (e.g., 80+ GB) transfers from SERVER to SERVER2 over the network. Everything seems to be fine until some time into the transfer (it could be 30 minutes at times), the ASUS switch (it's a RT-N66U in AP/switch mode) seems to freeze up. Rebooting it fixes the issue.
When this happens, everything being routed through the ASUS switch is incredibly slow and sometimes just times out, while traffic going only through the TP-link switch seems fine.
Could it be an issue with jumping between multiple switches?
EDIT: Playing with it some more and notices a couple other oddities.
1. At one point, when I plugged re-plugged the cable back into the NIC on SERVER2, it restarted the computer. Also, the NIC itself is almost 10 years old, just to note.
2. Other devices hanging off that d-link switch seem to cause no issues and transfer speeds are high.
3. I've noticed I'm having this error, randomly (sometimes within a few minutes, sometimes within an hour): The system detected that network adapter Local Area Connection 2 was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation.
4. I'm doing a transfer now and so far it's good, so it's not consistent.
5. Also to note, SERVER is Windows 2012 and SERVER2 is Windows 2008.
Could the NIC be bad? The switch is less than a year old.
Ideas? Thanks.
My very crude network layout is below. I'm making large (e.g., 80+ GB) transfers from SERVER to SERVER2 over the network. Everything seems to be fine until some time into the transfer (it could be 30 minutes at times), the ASUS switch (it's a RT-N66U in AP/switch mode) seems to freeze up. Rebooting it fixes the issue.
When this happens, everything being routed through the ASUS switch is incredibly slow and sometimes just times out, while traffic going only through the TP-link switch seems fine.
Could it be an issue with jumping between multiple switches?
EDIT: Playing with it some more and notices a couple other oddities.
1. At one point, when I plugged re-plugged the cable back into the NIC on SERVER2, it restarted the computer. Also, the NIC itself is almost 10 years old, just to note.
2. Other devices hanging off that d-link switch seem to cause no issues and transfer speeds are high.
3. I've noticed I'm having this error, randomly (sometimes within a few minutes, sometimes within an hour): The system detected that network adapter Local Area Connection 2 was connected to the network, and has initiated normal operation.
4. I'm doing a transfer now and so far it's good, so it's not consistent.
5. Also to note, SERVER is Windows 2012 and SERVER2 is Windows 2008.
Could the NIC be bad? The switch is less than a year old.
Ideas? Thanks.
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