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GPL: network device error

8 posts by 6 people · 14 May 2001 08:04 UTC - 15 May 2001 14:20 UTC

Andre Warringa 14 May 2001 08:04 UTC#185662
A friend of mine had bigtime problems with racing GPL and N4 online, his pings were miserable and he got way too much disco's. So we did a complete reinstall of Windows 98 (his pc was a total mess :) , reinstalled GPL, I changed his modem for another one and we tried GPL. It seemed to be solved, his ping times were normal now in VROC. We went online and tried a race. Everything seemed ok, good quality, no warpings. But after a minute or 5 there was a message at the top of the screen, something like '10035 Error on Network Device'. The quality bar shot to the top and we got a disco. This happens every time on his pc.. I mess around with his core.ini after that, there's something like 'use network' in the core.ini and I set it off, but it didn't help. If this is any help: he used to have a network card in his pc but not anymore. Maybe GPL is still looking for that network card somehow? Any ideas/help would be very much appreciated.. I want to kick his butt online :) Andre
On Mon, 14 May 2001 10:03:45 +0100, "Ian P" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (7 lines)>Two things spring to mind > >1, Is the modem disconnecting ? If it is, the dial up networking might be >set to disconnect after x minutes of inactivity, this can be changed from >Internet options / connections, then click on the DUN you're using and >settings, then in the dial up settings box press advanced and uncheck the >box that says disconnect if idle for ....
It doesn't disconnect - we can reconnect to the race immediately after a disco.. >2, The ISP is goosed ;) He has the same provider as me, same area, and I allmost never have disco's.. Andre
Two things spring to mind 1, Is the modem disconnecting ? If it is, the dial up networking might be set to disconnect after x minutes of inactivity, this can be changed from Internet options / connections, then click on the DUN you're using and settings, then in the dial up settings box press advanced and uncheck the box that says disconnect if idle for .... 2, The ISP is goosed ;) -- Ian P <email invalid due to spam> Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > A friend of mine had bigtime problems with racing GPL and N4 online, > his pings were miserable and he got way too much disco's. > So we did a complete reinstall of Windows 98 (his pc was a total mess > :) , reinstalled GPL, I changed his modem for another one and we tried > GPL. > It seemed to be solved, his ping times were normal now in VROC. > We went online and tried a race. Everything seemed ok, good quality, > no warpings. > But after a minute or 5 there was a message at the top of the screen, > something like '10035 Error on Network Device'. > The quality bar shot to the top and we got a disco. > This happens every time on his pc.. > > I mess around with his core.ini after that, there's something like > 'use network' in the core.ini and I set it off, but it didn't help. > > If this is any help: he used to have a network card in his pc but not > anymore. Maybe GPL is still looking for that network card somehow? > > Any ideas/help would be very much appreciated.. > I want to kick his butt online :) > > Andre
You might try one of the various modem connection tweak progs out there, and use small packets and limit it to 26400 with a modem string. It is odd you are getting 'network device' error without discoing from the isp tho, that's the only time I get that error. You might run the SysMon prog in the background to see if it catches any strange activity on the modem. rms [email hidden]
I get the same error when I race N4 online. But it is not always it discos from the server, sometimes it manages to get the quality and ping back to normal. I recently signed up for ADSL but the provider have some problems getting it to work. So in the meanwhile I have to use a 56k modem. And the connection has goten really bad since I signed for that ADSL thing. So I guess the ISP have done something with the line. But I don't think it has to do with any networkcard I got this error message before I even owned a networkcard. /attis Andre Warringa <[email hidden]> skrev i diskussionsgruppsmeddelandet:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (23 lines)> A friend of mine had bigtime problems with racing GPL and N4 online, > his pings were miserable and he got way too much disco's. > So we did a complete reinstall of Windows 98 (his pc was a total mess > :) , reinstalled GPL, I changed his modem for another one and we tried > GPL. > It seemed to be solved, his ping times were normal now in VROC. > We went online and tried a race. Everything seemed ok, good quality, > no warpings. > But after a minute or 5 there was a message at the top of the screen, > something like '10035 Error on Network Device'. > The quality bar shot to the top and we got a disco. > This happens every time on his pc.. > > I mess around with his core.ini after that, there's something like > 'use network' in the core.ini and I set it off, but it didn't help. > > If this is any help: he used to have a network card in his pc but not > anymore. Maybe GPL is still looking for that network card somehow? > > Any ideas/help would be very much appreciated.. > I want to kick his butt online :) > > Andre
I had this exact same problem. Win98 and 56k LT WinModem. I'd get "Error on Network Device" and then about 10-20 seconds later be disconned from the server. Happened *every* time I raced online and I never managed more than maybe one minute on track before the error kicked in. My modem connection was still working properly and I was still online when I got back to the Windows desktop. Solution? I updated my modem drivers to Lucent version 5.97. I now connect at either 52,000 or 53,333 bps and have relatively few problems racing online (I get discoed about once every 10 races, which I guess is about once every 10-15 hours, including practice and qualifying). Hope that helps JimSeamus "Andre Warringa" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
Quoted text (23 lines)> A friend of mine had bigtime problems with racing GPL and N4 online, > his pings were miserable and he got way too much disco's. > So we did a complete reinstall of Windows 98 (his pc was a total mess > :) , reinstalled GPL, I changed his modem for another one and we tried > GPL. > It seemed to be solved, his ping times were normal now in VROC. > We went online and tried a race. Everything seemed ok, good quality, > no warpings. > But after a minute or 5 there was a message at the top of the screen, > something like '10035 Error on Network Device'. > The quality bar shot to the top and we got a disco. > This happens every time on his pc.. > > I mess around with his core.ini after that, there's something like > 'use network' in the core.ini and I set it off, but it didn't help. > > If this is any help: he used to have a network card in his pc but not > anymore. Maybe GPL is still looking for that network card somehow? > > Any ideas/help would be very much appreciated.. > I want to kick his butt online :) > > Andre
On Mon, 14 May 2001 18:09:37 +0100, "Jim L" <[email hidden]> wrote:
Quoted text (7 lines)> >I had this exact same problem. Win98 and 56k LT WinModem. I'd get "Error on >Network Device" and then about 10-20 seconds later be disconned from the >server. Happened *every* time I raced online and I never managed more than >maybe one minute on track before the error kicked in. My modem connection >was still working properly and I was still online when I got back to the >Windows desktop.
Yep, exactly the same problem my friend has.. >Solution? I updated my modem drivers to Lucent version 5.97. > >I now connect at either 52,000 or 53,333 bps and have relatively few >problems racing online (I get discoed about once every 10 races, which I >guess is about once every 10-15 hours, including practice and qualifying). I allready replaced his modem for another one, but both modems gave the same problems. But the first modem was a Winmodem, the second one is an old 28k8 modem.. Thx for the tip, I'll try a newer modem from work on his pc.. Andre >Hope that helps >JimSeamus

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